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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIRE, M ORDER NO.R5-2003-0179 -8- VAN RUITEN-TAYLOR RANCH LTD. VAN RUITEN-TAYLOR WINERY LLC SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 6. The discharge of domestic waste to the process wastewater treatment system is prohibited. 7. Discharge of wastewater to other than the Land Application area described in Finding No. 17 and shown on Attachment B is prohibited. 8. Excessive irrigation with wastewater that results in tailwater runoff is prohibited. B. Discharge Specifications: 1. The monthly average discharge from the treatment system shall not exceed 3,600 gpd. 2. Neither the treatment nor the discharge shall cause a condition of nuisance or pollution as defined by the CWC, §13050. 3. The discharge shall not cause the degradation of any water supply. 4. No waste constituent shall be released or discharged, or placed where it will be released or discharged, in a concentration or in a mass that causes violation of the Groundwater Limitations. 5. Objectionable odors originating at this facility shall not be perceivable beyond the limits of the property owned by the Discharger. 6. The Discharger shall operate all systems and equipment to maximize treatment of wastewater and optimize the quality of the discharge. 7. The wastewater treatment system and land application area(s) shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent inundation or washout due to floods with a 100-year return frequency. 8. No physical connection shall exist between wastewater piping and any domestic water supply or other domestic/industrial supply well without an air gap or approved reduced pressure device. 9. The wastewater treatment, storage, and land application system shall have sufficient capacity to accommodate wastewater flow and seasonal precipitation. Design seasonal precipitation shall be based on total annual precipitation using a return period of 100 years, distributed monthly in accordance with historical rainfall patterns. C. Effluent Limitations: 1. The maximum total nitrogen loading to the land application areas shall not exceed the agronomic rate for plant available nitrogen(PAN) for the type of crop to be grown, as specified in the most recent edition of the Western Fertilizer Handbook. PAN shall be calculated as 100 percent of the total nitrogen content of the waste, unless and until the Discharger demonstrates that another proportion is technically justified, as described in Provision G.9.