Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0081485
CUTLER-OROSI WWTF, Cutler, CA: NPDES CA0081485 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 201Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CUTLER-OROSI WWTF, held by Cutler-Orosi Joint Powers Wastewater Authority, holds NPDES permit CA0081485, which discharges to Sand Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2013 and expiring May 1, 2018. 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 | CUTLER-OROSI WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cutler-Orosi Joint Powers Wastewater Authority |
| NPDES ID | CA0081485 |
| 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 | May 31, 2013 |
| Expiration date | May 1, 2018 |
| Address | Cutler, CA 93615 |
| Receiving water | Sand Creek |
| Subwatershed | Lower Sand Creek (HUC 180300070802) |
| 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
- 221Pollutants on file
- 201Under a numeric limit
- 221With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 221 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 195 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 193 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 3 | 101 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 1 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| % Survival Flow Through 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total recoverable | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum) | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 11 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES CA0081485.
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 CA0081485.
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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