RWQCB approves master reclamation permit for Camp Pendleton northern treatment plant

The Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) approved a master reclamation permit for the Northern Regional Tertiary Treatment Plant on Camp Pendleton.

The 5-0 RWQCB vote Aug. 13, with Eric Anderson absent and one vacancy on the board, adopts a monitoring and reporting program along with the tentative order.

“We’re real happy about it,” said Camp Pendleton environmental compliance division head Andy Entingh. “It’s going to replace two of our 1950s era plants.”

Currently sewage treatment plants No. 11 and No. 12 treat municipal wastewater collected from the northern part of the base. The Ma...