Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA8000188
REGIONWIDE WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM - TEMESCAL CREEK DISCHARGE, Lake Elsinore, CA: NPDES CA8000188 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 154Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
REGIONWIDE WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM - TEMESCAL CREEK DISCHARGE, held by EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit CA8000188, which discharges to Temescal Creek And Santa Ana River. EPA’s file records it issued May 22, 2009 and expiring May 31, 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 | REGIONWIDE WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM - TEMESCAL CREEK DISCHARGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | CA8000188 |
| 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 22, 2009 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2014 |
| Address | Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 |
| Receiving water | TEMESCAL CREEK AND SANTA ANA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Laborde Canyon-San Jacinto River (HUC 180702020202) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment, Storm Water Industrial |
| 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
- 164Pollutants on file
- 154Under a numeric limit
- 164With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 164 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 86 | 50 | February 28, 2026 | 232% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 53 | 19 | March 31, 2009 | 421% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free available | 2 | 58 | 16 | March 31, 2026 | 210% over the limit |
| Dichlorobromomethane | 3 | 55 | 14 | March 31, 2026 | 67% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 39 | 7 | February 28, 2026 | |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 3 | 52 | 5 | February 28, 2026 | 2,841% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 25 | 3 | January 31, 2023 | 96% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 25 | 3 | January 31, 2009 | 500% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 66 | 2 | March 31, 2006 | 108% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 0 | 64 | 2 | March 31, 2017 | |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 47 | 1 | January 31, 2020 | 49% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 3 | 28 | 1 | February 28, 2010 | 10% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 20 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 39% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 3 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 24 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity, time above limit | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Carbonate ion- [as CO3] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Halomethanes | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 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 CA8000188.
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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