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CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD INSPECTION REPORT 12 August 2005 DISCHARGER: Windmill Cove Marina LOCATION & COUNTY: 7600 Windmill Cove Road, San Joaquin County CONTACT(S): John Bresciani INSPECTION DATE: 20 July 2005 INSPECTED BY: George Lockwood and Nathan Evenson ACCOMPANIED BY: Dave Hamley BACKGROUND: A report of a sewage spill at Windmill Cove Marina was filed with the Office of Emergency Services on 4 April 2005, by Mike Escotto of the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department. The report stated that an unknown amount of sewage was spilled into the San Joaquin River from a leach field that had failed. Apparently septic water was surfacing from a leach field and running off into the waterway. The problem appeared to be the failure of the surface cover over the leach field and also associated with a failed pump in the dosing system. The leach field was compacted and the pump was repaired. These actions appeared to have resolved the immediate problem. On 14 July 2005, a complaint regarding water in the fuel being dispensed at the Windmill Cove Marina and a suspected water quality problem was received by the State Water Resources Control Board. The water quality part of the complaint alleged that after having contact with the water in the vicinity of the Windmill Cove Marina the person became very ill. As a follow up to this complaint the Regional Water Board scheduled an inspection with the marina owner John Bresciani (209) 948-6995. OBSERVATIONS: At approximately 1100 hours we arrived on location at the marina office (see location map Attachment A). The weather was warm, sunny, clear, and little to no breeze. At the time of our inspection the river level appeared to be a foot lower than the vegetative high tide mark. The water level and groundwater in the marina fluctuate approximately 3 feet due to the estuary diurnal tidal influence. Mr. Hamley met with us at the office and then took us to the fuel dock. Fuel Dispenser (pictures 1 & 2): The dock was in poor condition with the fuel dispenser listing dramatically. The Dispenser was described to us as a suction run dispenser and had been red tagged for non-operation by the regulating authority. Mr. Hamley indicated that when the tide was high the incidence of water in the fuel was more prevalent than at low tide. The facility has an aboveground storage tank and the fuel line leading to the dock was underground. The fuel line appeared to be buried shallow and near the ground surface above the