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More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane3/1/2024N/AEffluent ViolationsNumeric effluent violation   79    
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane2/1/2024N/ADesign Criteria (85%)85% Design Criteria Warning (if exceeded for 3 consecutive months triggers permit action)   194.8    
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane3/15/2023N/AReporting ViolationsFailure to submit required report (non-DMR, non-pretreatment)     Auto-generated late/missing submittal  
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane3/1/2023N/AEffluent ViolationsNumeric effluent violation   26.6 Operator reported that these violations may be due to lagoon turnover, pipe crack, or birds stirring with not time to settle.   
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane3/1/2023N/AEffluent ViolationsNumeric effluent violation   32 Operator reported that these violations may be due to lagoon turnover, pipe crack, or birds stirring with  
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane2/1/2023N/AEffluent ViolationsNumeric effluent violation   3.65 The TSS appeared very high in the 02/23 influent sampling. At this time we are unsure why TSS would be indicated as so high in the Influent sampling, we will be checking this and looking into what may have caused this. As well as ensuring we are doing everything, we can to maintain this at a lower reading moving forward. Ammonia Samples came back high in the first set of samples 02/14/23. This may have to do with the unusual weather patterns that we saw this February ranging from 4 degrees up to 46 degrees with inconsistent weather patterns of sun to snow. Waterfowl came and went this month. All of these factors could lead to pond turnover multiple times with in the month, the constant stirring of the ponds could potentially lead to a more septic like environment allowing for us to pick up more ammonia in sampling. We will continue to monitor this and act as necessary to prevent issues.  
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane2/1/2023N/ADesign Criteria ExceedanceExceedance of Design Criteria   272.75 The TSS appeared very high in the 02/23 influent sampling. At this time we are unsure why TSS would be indicated as so high in the Influent sampling, we will be checking this and looking into what may have caused this. As well as ensuring we are doing everything, we can to maintain this at a lower reading moving forward. Ammonia Samples came back high in the first set of samples 02/14/23. This may have to do with the unusual weather patterns that we saw this February ranging from 4 degrees up to 46 degrees with inconsistent weather patterns of sun to snow. Waterfowl came and went this month. All of these factors could lead to pond turnover multiple times with in the month, the constant stirring of the ponds could potentially lead to a more septic like environment allowing for us to pick up more ammonia in sampling. We will continue to monitor this and act as necessary to prevent issues.  
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane2/1/2023N/AEffluent ViolationsNumeric effluent violation   6.4 The TSS appeared very high in the 02/23 influent sampling. At this time we are unsure why TSS would be indicated as so high in the Influent sampling, we will be checking this and looking into what may have caused this. As well as ensuring we are doing everything, we can to maintain this at a lower reading moving forward. Ammonia Samples came back high in the first set of samples 02/14/23. This may have to do with the unusual weather patterns that we saw this February ranging from 4 degrees up to 46 degrees with inconsistent weather patterns of sun to snow. Waterfowl came and went this month. All of these factors could lead to pond turnover multiple times with in the month, the constant stirring of the ponds could potentially lead to a more septic like environment allowing for us to pick up more ammonia in sampling. We will continue to monitor this and act as necessary to prevent issues.  
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane8/1/2022N/AReporting ViolationsLate Submittal of DMRs     September 2022. Ecology does not routinely issue enforcement actions for those facilities that submit DMRs up to 5 days late. Ecology may consider taking action when facilities repeatedly submit their DMRs late.  
More Info FAIRFIELD WWTP WA0045489ActiveMunicipal NPDES IPFairfieldSpokane4/1/2022N/AEffluent ViolationsNumeric effluent violation   82.8 April DMR Violation Letter BOD/TSS % Removal BOD and TSS are both slightly low in the percentage of removal as we discharged through the month of April. This is expected to be due to pond turnover with the changing temperatures that we received multiple times going back and forth from warm to cold, and we will continue to monitor this to ensure these trends don’t continue as we continue to discharge this year. We will also monitor for I&I as this may contribute to a cleaner initial influent flow providing less potential for treatment.   
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