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i Third Quarter 2008 Groundwater Treatment Facility Monitoring Report Forward Landfill WDR Order No. 5-2003-0080 1.0 Summary This Third Quarter 2008 Monitoring Report for the Forward Incorporated(Forward) Landfill Groundwater Treatment Facility(GTF)presents the monitoring results for influent and effluent.This report was prepared as stipulated by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board(CV Water Board)Waste Discharge Requirements(WDR)Order No. R5-2003-0080,which was adopted on April 25,2003. After reviewing the information presented in this document,the following conclusions were made: • The GTF operated for 1,553 hours between July 1 and September 30,2008,at 70.3 percent uptime,and treated 16.920 million gallons of groundwater. System uptime during third quarter 2008 excluding the annual acid wash and effluent pipe replacement was 87.1 percent. During this period,the GTF removed approximately 1.5 pounds of volatile organic compounds(VOC). • During third quarter 2008,the effluent samples collected in July,August,and September met WDR Order No. R5-2003-0080 for VOCs.No VOCs were detected. 2.0 Operational Summary The GTF operated for 1,553 hours between July 1 and September 30,2008,at 70.3 percent uptime,and treated 16.920 million gallons of groundwater at an average flow rate of 182 gallons per minute,or 0.261 million gallons per day. During this period,the GTF removed approximately 1.5 pounds of VOCs.Table 1 presents the monthly average effluent flow rates in gallons per day. TABLE 1 Monthly Average Effluent Flow Rates Third Quarter 2008 Groundwater Treatment Facility Monitoring Report, Forward Landfill WDR Order No.135-2003-0080 Average Flow Rate Month (gallons per day) July 265,000 August 271,000 September 256,000 At the g beginning of third quarter 2008,extraction wells EW-1 and EW-2 were operational, g and the effluent was discharging to the infiltration pond. Both wells were found to be RDD082970002(CAH4207.DOC)