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INFORMATION SHEET ALPINE PACKING COMPANY, INC. WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Alpine Packing Company, Inc. (Alpine)prepares processed and raw meat products. Meat is delivered to the facility for processing; animals are not killed at the site. Processed meat products include sausages, hams, bologna, salami,pork products, and poultry products. Raw products include beef, pork, and lamb (which includes chucks,brisket, ribs, loins, rounds, flanks, etc.). The facility is located in Stockton with surface water drainage to the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta. Water is provided by two on-site groundwater production wells. The plant performs regular cleaning using several products, which include the following chemical compounds: sodium hypochlorite, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, and sodium dichloroisocyanurate. A site boiler provides hot water; the feed water for the boiler is softened using a regenerative water softener. Regeneration brine is discharged to the wastewater system. Operations are conducted year round, five days a week. The facility has been operating since the 1940's. The wastewater generated from the site activities is characterized by moderate concentrations (approximately 26 mg/l) of organic nitrogen and high concentrations of dissolved solids. Wastewater is discharged from the facility to one of two sumps for settling, and then it is piped to the wastewater treatment ponds. There are four ponds in series. Wastewater is pumped from the last pond to a 14-acre land application area. Because the ponds are maintained at relatively constant levels, there is little available storage provided in the ponds. The lack of storage combined with the lack of evapotranspiration in the winter months indicates wastewater is being applied to land at inappropriate times during the winter months. The Discharger is required to perform an evaluation of the storage capacity and construct improvements if needed. Wastewater is presently metered at the pumping station which discharges treated wastewater to the land application area. No information on the flow rate of wastewater from the facility is available. This Order requires installation of a flow meter to determine the wastewater flow to the ponds. The treated wastewater is currently applied to a 14.0-acre land application area. Approximately 66-acres are available for land application but were not proposed for use in the Report of Waste Discharge. This Order allows the additional land application area to be designated for use upon submittal of technical reports and approval of the Executive Officer. The Discharger plans to flood irrigate the land application area; use of sprinklers to apply the water is acceptable if the discharge is performed in accordance with the WDRs. Current average wastewater generation rate is approximately 25,000 gpd. The Discharger is not anticipating an increase in the wastewater flow rate. y