Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0083488
PARADISE ID WTP, MAGALIA, Magalia, CA: NPDES CA0083488 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 138Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PARADISE ID WTP, MAGALIA, held by Paradise Irrigation District, holds NPDES permit CA0083488, which discharges to Magalia Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 2010 and expiring May 1, 2015. 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 | PARADISE ID WTP, MAGALIA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Paradise Irrigation District |
| NPDES ID | CA0083488 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 27, 2010 |
| Expiration date | May 1, 2015 |
| Address | Magalia, CA 95954 |
| Receiving water | Magalia Reservoir |
| Subwatershed | Oregon Gulch-South Fork Feather River (HUC 180201230606) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
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
- 142Pollutants on file
- 138Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 142 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 23 | 23 | February 28, 2018 | 900% over the limit |
| Dichlorobromomethane | 5 | 10 | 10 | August 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 5 | 8 | 8 | May 31, 2020 | 399% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2018 | 873% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | |
| %Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Oncorhynchus mykiss | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Asbestos | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan sulfate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 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 CA0083488.
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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