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eotogical Technics 1101 7th Street <br />Modesto, California 95354 <br />(209) 522-4119/Fax#522-4227 <br />Annual Monitoring Report <br />2003 <br />Long Ranch <br />5203 West Ripon Road <br />Manteca, CA <br />Project No. 896.2 <br />January 20, 2004 <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />The site is situated on 14.4 acres west of the town of Ripon and south of the town of <br />Manteca. It is located approximately 1.5 miles from the San Joaquin River and 3.5 miles <br />from the Stanislaus River. <br />The site is used for swine ranching and processing. Approximately 600 swine are currently <br />processed at the site per month. Liquid wastes from the ranching and slaughterhouse <br />operations are discharged onto approximately 12 acres of land owned by Long Ranch Inc. <br />and onto another 68.5 acres of adjacent property used as cropland. Wastewater produced <br />from the operation is held in the existing pond until discharge to the cropland. An onsite <br />well provides domestic and process water and two septic systems are used to dispose of <br />domestic wastewater. <br /> <br />2.0 FACILITY MONITORING <br />The following is a discussion of the monitoring that was performed at Long Ranch during <br />the year 2003 as required in the Monitoring and Reporting Program 99-142. <br />Facility monitoring required by the WDR includes bi-annual pond effluent testing and <br />annual testing of the discharge fields. <br /> <br />2.1 Sample Collection and Sample Analysis <br />Pond Effluent Sampling <br />Geological Technics Inc. (GTI) staff went to the site on August 15 and October 24, 2003 to <br />collect pond effluent samples. Because water was not being discharged to the fields at the <br />time of collection, a long handled dipper was used to collect grab samples from the pond. <br />The samples were transferred into two, 500-mL poly bottles and placed in a chilled ice chest <br />for transport to the laboratory. Pond freeboard was reportedly never less then the 2-foot <br />minimum.