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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER NO. R5-2004-0704 <br /> FOR <br /> THE WINE GROUP, INC. <br /> FRANZIA WINERY <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> This Order is issued to The Wine Group, Inc. (hereafter known as "Discharger") and is based on <br /> provisions of California Water Code Section 13304 which authorize the Regional Water Quality Control <br /> Board, Central Valley Region(hereafter known as Regional Board) to issue a Cleanup and Abatement <br /> (C&A) Order. <br /> The Executive Officer of the Regional Board finds, with respect to the Discharger's acts, or failure to <br /> act, the following: <br /> 1. Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. 95-097 was adopted by the Regional Board on <br /> 28 April 1995 for the Wine Group's Franzia Winery in San Joaquin County. The WDRs address <br /> the wastewater discharge associated with winery production activity. <br /> 2. The Discharger owns and operates the facility and is responsible for complying with this <br /> enforcement action. <br /> 3. The facility consists of approximately 330 acres of grape vineyards and 62 acres of paved area <br /> where various administrative and processing buildings are utilized to produce, bottle, and package <br /> wine and high proof alcohol. <br /> 4. Sanitary wastewater generated at the facility is discharged to several separate septic tank/ <br /> leachfield systems, all of which are located within the 62-acre paved area. <br /> 5. The facility currently crushes approximately 75,000 tons of grapes per year. The winery operates <br /> year-round, while the distillery that produces the high proof alcohol operates about three months <br /> per year. <br /> 6. Production water is generated from three on-site wells, and is treated by water softeners prior to <br /> usage. <br /> 7. The facility generates approximately 400,000 gallons of process wastewater per average working <br /> day. Process wastewater consists primarily of crush equipment washwater, stillage waste, cellar <br /> wash water, vacuum filter process waste,wine ion exchange regeneration brine process waste, <br /> regeneration brine from ion exchange units, non-contact cooling water, and storm water runoff. <br /> 8. Chemicals used during various processing activities that are introduced into the waste stream <br /> include chlorine, trisodium phosphate, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sulfamic and citric <br /> acids, sulfuric acid, ammonia, and sulfur dioxide. The strength of the wastewater is highly <br /> variable depending on the season and operations being conducted at the winery and distillery. <br />