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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIRES ORDER NO. 5-01-172 • 10 EAST-SIDE WINERY DBA OAK GE VINEYARDS SAN JOAQUINCOUNTY b. 100 lbs/acre/day as a 7-day average; and; C. The maximum loading rate that ensures that the discharge will not create a nuisance. BOD limits are in effect unless and until the Discharger demonstrates that another limit is technically justified, as described in Provision H.9. 3. Effective as of 16 June 2002, the maximum total dissolved solids loading to the land application area shall not cause total dissolved solids groundwater concentrations to exceed 450 mg/1. 4. The wastewater discharged to the land application area shall not have a pH of less than 6.5 or greater than 8.5. D. Land Application Area Requirements: 1. The discharge shall be distributed uniformly on adequate acreage in compliance with the Discharge Specifications. 2. Crops shall be grown on the application area. Crops shall be selected based on nutrient uptake capacity, tolerance to high soil moisture conditions, and consumptive use of water and irrigation requirements. Cropping activities shall be sufficient to take up all the nitrogen applied. Crops shall be harvested and removed from the application area. 3. Hydraulic loading of wastewater and irrigation water shall be at reasonable agronomic rates designed to minimize the percolation of process wastewater and irrigation water below the root zone (i.e., deep percolation) 4. The discharge of process wastewater, including runoff, spray or droplets from the irrigation system, shall not occur outside the boundaries of the land application area. 5. The freeboard in the land application area shall never be less than one foot as measured vertically from the water surface to the lowest point of overflow. 6. Application of process wastewater to the land application area via flood irrigation shall only occur on furrows graded so as to achieve uniform distribution, minimize ponding and provide for tailwater control. Furrow runs shall be no longer and slopes shall be no greater than what permits reasonably uniform infiltration and maximum practical irrigation efficiency. The minimum furrow slope shall not be less than 0.2%. 7. Wastewater application areas (e.g. furrows) shall be allowed to dry for at least 72 hours from the end of wastewater application. 8. The land application facility shall have sufficient capacity to accommodate allowable wastewater flow, design seasonal precipitation, and ancillary inflow and infiltration. Design seasonal precipitation shall be based on total annual precipitation using a return period of 100 years, distributed monthly in accordance with the historical rainfall patterns.