Final A Street Pond Expansion Environmental Assessment at Beale Air Force Base, California
Abstract
PURPOSE AND NEED OF PROPOSED ACTION. The A Street Pond is a wastewater holding pond located in the central portion of Beale AFB that has been highly disturbed over the years. Currently, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent consisting of treated wastewater as well as effluent from the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) Site 13 pump and treat system is pumped to the 1.8 million gallon A Street Pond. The pond can provide up to I million gallons of water per day for irrigation at the golf course and is authorized to do so by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB). The proposed project is to increase the capacity of A Street Pond in order to hold more treated wastewater. Additionally, a conveyance pipeline would be constructed from A Street Pond to the Beale AFB baseball fields in order to facilitate the land application of the additional effluent. The main pond used to hold effluent, Pond 4, becomes close to full capacity during the rainy season, November through May. Expansion of A Street Pond would allow additional storage capacity when Pond 4 capacity is reached during unexpected storm events or upset conditions. This would avoid the need to discharge effluent into surface waters during such events. Currently, effluent is land applied at the 40-acre spray field near the WWTP and the golf course. Expansion of A Street Pond would allow for land application of additional effluent at the Beale AFB baseball field instead of discharging into surface waters, where stringent effluent limits must be met. The current system of using effluent for irrigation purposes saves millions of gallons of potable water each year. Expansion of A Street Pond and the construction of an additional conveyance pipeline would support additional irrigation locations and consequently save even more potable water.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA609327
Entities
People
- Ammon Rice
- Jennifer Marchek
- Matt Brown
- Nadia Burleson
- Rebecca Evans
- Roberta Tassey