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North City Water Reclamation Plant

9 37I013897 · Notice of Intent · San Diego, San Diego

Official record — State Water Resources Control Board, Industrial General Permit

Official

Facility record

Facility name
North City Water Reclamation Plant
WDID
9 37I013897
Application type
Notice of Intent
City
San Diego
County
San Diego
ZIP
92121
Primary SIC code
4952
SIC description
Sewerage Systems
Date active
1998-04-15
Regional Water Board
Regional Board 9 - San Diego Region

Hydrologic

Geographic context

Official facility coordinate plotted against the official 2026 impaired-water geometry.

Official facility point
32.88112, -117.20026
HUC12 subwatershed
Carroll Canyon
HUC12 code
180703040401
Impaired-water associations (derived)
2
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303(d) context

Associated impaired waters

Grouped by derived geographic association class.

Derived

Subwatershed + nearby

1 waterbodies
Carroll Canyon

River & Stream · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (4) Benthic Community Effects, Cyfluthrin, Pyrethroids, Toxicity

Distance 0.86 km

Confidence high

Fact sheet

Nearby impaired water

1 waterbodies
Soledad Canyon

River & Stream · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (5) Benthic Community Effects, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment Toxicity, Selenium

Distance 0.85 km

Confidence medium

Fact sheet

Associations are calculated from official facility coordinates, USGS HUC12 boundaries, and official 2026 impaired-water geometry. They do not establish a discharge connection or causation.

TMDL requirements

Water Board-stated TMDL waste load allocations applied to this industrial permit in SMARTS.

Official record — SMARTS TMDL dataset, State Water Board

No SMARTS TMDL requirement is recorded for this WDID. In the statewide TMDL export only permits in Regions 4, 8 and 9 currently carry industrial TMDL requirements, so an absence here is not a statement that the facility discharges to an unimpaired water.

Official monitoring

SMARTS monitoring

Self-reported industrial stormwater sampling results as submitted by the discharger to SMARTS.

Official record — SMARTS parameter data, State Water Board
Reported results
641
Sample events
91
Distinct parameters
13
Reporting years
2015 – 2023
First sample
2015-09-15
Latest sample
2024-02-20
Source regional dataset
Region 9 - San Diego
Source retrieved
Aug 21, 2026

Official SMARTS public reports

Parameters reported

Reported results over time

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Most recent reported results

Latest 25 of 641
Sample dateLocationParameterResultUnitsEvent
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Aluminum18.7mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Ammonia as N, TotalND (non-detect / est.)mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Copper.0258mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Escherichia coli (E. coli)63MPN/100 mLQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Iron18.2mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Lead.0148mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N).396mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Oil and Grease6.82mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1pH8.43SUQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1pH8.66SUQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Total Coliform17000MPN/100 mLQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Total Suspended Solids (TSS)500mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-20NC SDR 1-1Zinc.126mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Aluminum4.75mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Ammonia as N, TotalND (non-detect / est.)mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Copper.0123mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Escherichia coli (E. coli)435MPN/100 mLQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Iron6.28mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Lead.00526mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N).315mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1pH7.75SUQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1pH8.39SUQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Total Coliform14000MPN/100 mLQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Total Suspended Solids (TSS)189mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2024-02-05NC SDR 1-1Zinc.0731mg/LQualifying Storm Event

Monitoring rows are official self-reported SMARTS submissions, joined to this facility by WDID. California Stormwater Intelligence does not restate, correct, average or evaluate reported values, and no benchmark comparison or violation determination is made.

YDOS-derived

Numeric Action Level comparison

Reported SMARTS analytical results compared against the Numeric Action Levels of the Industrial General Permit version in effect for each reporting year (July 1 – June 30).

Derived
Reporting years evaluated
9
Years with an NAL exceedance
6
Most recent evaluated year
RY 2023
Ruleset
igp_nal_ruleset_v1 / igp_nal_v1
ParameterNAL typeCalculated valueNALResultSamples usedMethod

Aluminum, Total

aluminum_total

Annual20.48 mg/L0.75 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.27.31× threshold4 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Ammonia, Total (as N)

ammonia_n

Annual0 mg/L2.14 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0× threshold4 eligible4 non-detect as zeroarithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Copper, Total

copper_total

Annual0.034 mg/L0.033 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.1.02× threshold4 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Iron, Total

iron_total

Annual24.42 mg/L1 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.24.42× threshold4 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Lead, Total

lead_total

Annual0.023 mg/L0.262 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.09× threshold4 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Nitrite Plus Nitrate (as N)

nitrate_nitrite_n

Annual0.364 mg/L as N0.68 mg/L as NAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.54× threshold4 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Oil and Grease

oil_grease

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above25 mg/LAt or below NALNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.3 eligible1 non-detect as zerocount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

pH

ph

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above6 – 9 pH unitsWithin NAL rangeNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.8 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

tss

Instantaneous maximum2 samples above400 mg/LAbove NAL2 eligible results in this reporting year were outside the instantaneous maximum NAL. Two or more such results in one reporting year is the condition stated in the Order.4 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

Zinc, Total

zinc_total

Annual0.189 mg/L0.26 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 4 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.73× threshold4 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

An NAL exceedance is a permit-defined condition that triggers Exceedance Response Actions under the Industrial General Permit. It is not a violation, an enforcement action, or a Water Board compliance determination. Annual values use the arithmetic average of eligible results with non-detects treated as zero; instantaneous maximum NALs (total suspended solids, oil and grease, pH) are exceeded when two or more eligible results in a reporting year fall outside the level. Rules transcribed from 2014-0057-DWQ as amended by 2015-0122-DWQ (effective 2015-07-01, superseded 2020-06-30); 2014-0057-DWQ as amended by 2018-0028-DWQ (effective 2020-07-01).

Provenance

Source & provenance

Source agency
California State Water Resources Control Board
Source dataset
Industrial General Permit — permitted facilities (statewide GIS layer)
WDID
9 37I013897
Source feature ID
17384
Application type
Notice of Intent
Regional board derivation
WDID region prefix
Geometry status
valid
Last successful facility import
Aug 21, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC

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