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CSPA
petitions SWRCB for review regarding Regional Boards permit for Rio
Vista waste water treatment plant
September 10, 2008 -- In a review of the
State Water Resources Regional Board's granting of a permit to the Rio
Vista wastewater treatment plant, CSPA's Executive Director, Bill
Jennings, found the permit so deficient that CSPA has filed a petition
for review.
Calling the the permit, "A horribly
deficient permit, bad for fish and bad for the delta," Jennings
stated that the numerous problems with the permit include an effluent
discharge that is in reality a killing zone for salmon smolts and other
juvenile fish,
The effluents discharged into the river
include numerous chemicals and metals far in excess of state and federal
statutes. These include large amounts of aluminum, ammonia, copper and
boron as well as a number of other known toxic metals and chemicals.
The operation of the plant violates the
Best Practical Treatment and Control practices which would provide
adequate processing of the wastewater, removing these killing chemicals
and also violates the federal Clean Water Act requirements.
CSPA is petitioning the state board to
vacate the regional boards order and issue
a new order that is protective of identified
beneficial uses and comports with regulatory requirements.
CSPA's Petition to
the SWRCB