Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0038733
RAYMOND A. BOEGE ALVARADO WWTP, OLD ALAMEDA CREEK INTERMITTENT WWD, Union City, CA: NPDES CA0038733 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RAYMOND A. BOEGE ALVARADO WWTP, OLD ALAMEDA CREEK INTERMITTENT WWD, held by Union Sanitary District, holds NPDES permit CA0038733, which discharges to Old Alameda Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 18, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | RAYMOND A. BOEGE ALVARADO WWTP, OLD ALAMEDA CREEK INTERMITTENT WWD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Union Sanitary District |
| NPDES ID | CA0038733 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 18, 2015 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Address | Union City, CA 94587 |
| Receiving water | Old Alameda Creek |
| Subwatershed | San Francisco Bay Estuaries (HUC 180500041001) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 2With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 1 | April 30, 2023 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 6 | 1 | April 30, 2023 | 341% over the limit |
| Volume, total | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CA0038733.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.