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t. <br /> INTRODUCTO RECYCLING AND REUSE <br /> rr The current discharge permit issued by the Central <br /> Located in San Joaquin County,California,in the fertile Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board to the <br /> Central Valley,the City of Lodi has long been recognized as City of Lodi is structured to encourage land <br /> one of the principal production areas for Tokay and Zinfandel application of domestic effluent,as mandated by the <br /> grapes. Since 1923,the City has been providing wastewater Delta Basin flan. The City owns in excess of 1000 <br /> services to the community. The cornerstone of the City's acres of land and leases over 900 acres to local farmers <br /> program,the White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility for the cultivation and harvesting of alfalfa,pasture, <br /> (White Slough)was originally constructed in 1966. White and feed corn. The plant has the flexibility to irrigate <br /> Slough provides the City of Lodi with a means to achieve domestic flow and digested sludge to the cropland or <br /> hld <br /> water quality standards required for the protection of the to store and re-treat souprocess upsets occur.= ��m.�. <br /> environmentally sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. — � <br /> Through the years,White Slough has been expanded and „u <br /> improved to meet the increasingly stringent environmental <br /> protection standards in an econornicaIly sound manner. The <br /> most recent project,completed in 1992,will enable White - <br /> Slough to serve the Citizens of Lodi into the 21st Century. <br /> maim <br /> WATER QUALITY MONITORING <br /> SERVICE AREA -. PRESENT GENERAL PLAN The City has a fully equipped,state-certified laboratory which is <br /> wo EIUMNE mvER involved in every phase of wastewater treatment from process <br /> control and pretreatment sampling to final effluent discharge <br /> l monitoring. The staff tests wastewater samples for various kinds of - -- - - <br /> r organisms and toxic concentrations that may be present in the water. <br /> The staff also aids plant operations personnel by identifying process <br /> f _ ... <br /> upsets and providing guidance to change operating parameters. <br /> .o.':•: <br /> OPTIMIZING OPERATIONS <br /> •r. <br /> LODI AVE •:•::,: 9 <br /> The experienced plant operations staff administers the day-to-day <br /> >: control of the White Slough facility. Plant operations are monitored <br /> wovwrnu wtiT:;:_:�>: <br /> %49E ST :.'..,. and recorded from the Main Indicating Panel located in the Control <br /> Building. All of the processes,support systems,and equipment <br /> 3 <br /> associated with the plant are,to varying degrees,operated and <br /> controlled automatically. The operating status of all processes and k <br /> t major equipment is transmitted to the Control Building and ` <br /> lmo <br /> displayed in the Main Indicating Panel.To attain and nh taro <br /> CrHWRY BLVD <br /> J treatment performance requirements,to ensure the normal life ®8111 11M own wimp- <br /> { expectancy of equipment and structures,and to optinuze operation ®����i ".OWN <br /> FiVI!!EY UNE and maintenance costs requires the constant attention of skilled <br /> 0.21 07J, <br /> personnel knowledgeable in a variety of disciplines. The White <br /> MEN � <br /> Slough staff meets the always challenging wastewater treatment <br /> ff .. demands of a growing Central Valley community, _ <br />