Camp Pendleton reclamation permit modified

The Regional Water Quality Control Board approved a modification to the master reclamation permit for Camp Pendleton.

The RWQCB’s June 26 action incorporates requirements for recycled water use at new sites and modifies discharge specifications for several chemical constituents.

The significant changes include increasing the flow limitation from 5.0 million gallons per day (mgd) to 7.5 mgd, allowing discharge to new landscape irrigation sites, specifying new uses for recycled water produced from the Southern Regional Tertiary Treatment Plant such as dual plumbing and construction-type uses, re...