Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0048151
PISMO BEACH WWTP, Pismo Beach, CA: NPDES CA0048151 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 98Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PISMO BEACH WWTP, held by PISMO BEACH, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit CA0048151, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued October 23, 2009 and expiring October 23, 2014. 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 | PISMO BEACH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PISMO BEACH, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | CA0048151 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 23, 2009 |
| Expiration date | October 23, 2014 |
| Address | Pismo Beach, CA 93449 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| 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
- 126Pollutants on file
- 98Under a numeric limit
- 122With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 126 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 28 | 16 | June 30, 2021 | 1,400% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 45 | 15 | April 30, 2012 | 63% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 24 | 5 | February 28, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 7 | 21 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 64% over the limit |
| Tributyltin | 2 | 7 | 2 | December 31, 2010 | 1,457% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 31 | 1 | January 31, 2006 | 22% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 5 | 21 | 1 | March 31, 2015 | 15% over the limit |
| TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 5 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 5 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine | 2 | 4 | 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 CA0048151.
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.