SITE INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE 1980-1999

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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS CITY OF LODI WHITE SLOUGH WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY -8- 4. Use of reclaimed water shall be limited to surface irrigation of orchards and vineyards, fodder, fiber, or seed crops. 5. Grazing of milking animals within the area irrigated with undisinfected reclaimed water is prohibited. 6. The discharge to irrigation areas of domestic wastewater in excess of the following limits is prohibited: Constituent Units Monthly Average Daily Maximum BODS* mg/1 40.0 80.0 Settleable Matter ml/1 0.2 0.5 * 5-Day, 20 °C, Biochemical Oxygen Demand 7. Areas irrigated with reclaimed water shall be managed to prevent breeding of mosquitos. More specifically, a. Tail water must be returned and all applied irrigation water must infiltrate completely within a 48-hour period. b. Ditches not serving as wildlife habitat should be maintained free of emergent, marginal , and floating vegetation. c. Low-pressure and unpressurized pipelines and ditches accessible to mosquitos shall not be used to store reclaimed water. 8. Reclaimed water for irrigation shall be managed to minimize erosion, runoff, and movement of aerosols from the disposal area. 9. Stormwater runoff from the irrigation field shall not be discharged to any surface water drainage course within 30 days of the last application of reclaimed water. 10. Application of reclaimed wastewater to the reclamation area shall be at reasonable rates considering the crop, soil , climate, and irrigation management system. The nutrient loading of the reclamation area, including the nutritive value of applied sludge and the reclaimed water, shall not exceed the crop demand. 11 . There shall be no irrigation or impoundment of reclaimed water within 500 feet of any domestic water well or within 100 feet of any irrigation well unless it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Executive Officer that less distance is justified.