A Fact Sheet from the Naval Underwater Warefare Center: Keyport Water Quality Pollution Prevention Program

NUWC-KYPT Env. Div. C/043: 5/19/95

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NUWC, Division Keyport

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Keyport location and detachments

• Northwestern United States
  
• Central Puget Sound - state of Washington
  
• Detachments:
  
  • Hawaii
    
  • San Diego
    
  • Nevada
    
• Arctic Submarine Lab

Location Map

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Location Map

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Full Service Test and Evaluation

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Depot & Industrial Operations

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Multi Medium Pollution Prevention Program

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P2 HAZMIN Working Group

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Policy & P2 Program Philosophy

• Multi Medium Pollution Prevention
  
• Total Quality Approach
  
• Continuous Process Improvement
  
• Cross Functional Teams
  
• Supply Department
  
• Facilities Engineering
  
• Environmental Division
  
• Ranges & Craft Operations
  
• Major Industrial Waste Water Generators & Polluters

Water Quality Program

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Water Quality Program Elements

• Pollution prevention
  
• Industrial wastewater mgmt.
  
  • Industrial waste treatment system
    
  • Sanitary sewer system
    
• Stormwater management
  
• SPCC & spill response planning
  
• Drinking water
  
• Range craft
  
• Review & monitor construction projects

Water Quality Program History

• 1948 Water Pollution Control Act
  
• 1956 - 69 Federal Water Pollution Control Act+ amendments
  
• 1970 EPA established
  
• 1972 National Pollution Discharge Elimination System established
  
• 1977 Clean Water Act
  
• 1982 Water Quality Act
  
• 1990 40 CFR 122.26 establishes 3 permits (general, group, & individual)
  
• OPA-90 & Navy Spill Response Mgmt 5090.1a,
  
• 1992 Federal Facilities Compliance Act (FFCA)
  
• State shoreline management regs, drinking water regs, & water conservation regs
  
• Plus - EPCRA, RCRA, & NEPA

Water Quality Program Drivers

• Regulations
  
• Costs
  
  • Permit fees (one time & renewal)
    
  • Recurring fees (annual regulation exp.)
    
  • Project implementation
    
  • Treatment
    
  • Handling
    
  • Disposal
    
  • Fines
    
  • Litigation
    
• Best management practices (BMPs)

Water Quality Program Goals & Objectives

• Eliminate all industrial discharges to the storm water system
  
• Focus on waste water management P2 techniques to improve water quality
  
• Reduce the amount of waste water sent to IWTP
  
• Reduce amount of waste water sent to sanitary sewer/POTW plant
  
• Reduce water contamination at the source
  
• Conserve water

Water Quality Manager Responsibilities

• Permit Application & Management Administrator
  
  • EPA - NPDES permits
    
    • Storm water discharge general permit
      
    • Non-contact cooling water permits
      
    • Industrial activity storm water discharge multi-sector permit
      
  • Washington State Department of Ecology permit #7353
    
    • Regulates Industrial Waste Treatment Plant (IWTP) pretreatment operation
      
    • Permits & regulates sanitary sewer discharge to POTW
      
• Water Quality Regulatory Compliance Manager
  
  • Consultant & advisor
    
  • Research, test, & analysis coordinator
    
  • Plan developer
    
  • BMP clearing house agent
    
  • Monitoring, and reports generator
    
  • Records repository keeper
    
• SWPP planning & execution team chair/facilitator
  
• IWTP operations monitoring & reporting
  
• Sanitary sewer discharge permit compliance liaison
  
• Water quality program MSDS AUL review & authorization
  
• Facility construction project reviewer - water quality, discharge compliance, and water conservation
  
• Pollution prevention HAZMIN working group liaison
  
• Drinking water program support
  
• Local watershed management committee member

NUWC Water Quality Sub Comm. Responsibilities

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Water Quality Pollution Prevention Initiatives

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Water Quality Program Projects

• NUWC Hydraulic System
  
• Industrial process waste water pretreatment
  
• Industrial waste water to sanitary sewer
  
• Non-contact cooling water
  
• Storm water
  
• Surface water
  
• Drinking water
  
• HAZMAT/Min projects with WQ tie-in
  
• Water conservation
  
• Construction projects

NUWCDK - Water Quality Hydraulic System

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NUWCD - Keyport Regulated Hydraulic System

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Industrial Waste Water Management

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Industrial Waste Treatment Plant

• Pretreats waste from:
  
  • Metal plating
    
  • Aluminum cleaning & etching
    
  • Photographic processing
    
  • Torpedo teardown & defueling
    
  • Otto Fuel II & alodine treatment
    
  • Planned bicarbonate of soda paint removal system

Industrial Waste Treatment Plant

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Sanitary Sewer

• Regulated by Washington State Dept of Ecology
  
  • Applied June 1993/issued permit #7353 June 1994
    
• Eliminated S/S discharge points:
  
  • 3 metals parts washers
    
  • Auto hobby shop
    
  • X-ray process
    
• Regulated discharge points:
  
  • Central heating plant boilers
    
  • Torpedo Test Facility
    
  • IWTP
    
• Modified discharge points:
  
  • Steam plant
    
  • Heat treat quench
    
  • Fuel tank flush
    
  • Otto fuel treatment

State Waste Discharge Permit

State of Washington
Department of Ecology
PO Box 7600
Olympia, WA 98504-7600

In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 90.48 RCW, as amended, and Chapter 173-216 WAC, as amended

Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport
Keyport, WA 98345-7610

Plant Location:
610 Dowell Street
Keyport, Washington
Kitsap County

Industry Type: Testing, Maintenance, and Repair of Underwater Weapons

Waterway Segment Number: 07-15-03

Publicly Owned Treated Works (POTW) Receiving Discharge: Port Orchard Bay, Puget Sound via Central Kitsap Wastewater Treatment Plant (Secondary Treatment Activated Sludge)

Discharge Location Description:
Latitude: 47 deg 40' 35" N
Longitude: 122 deg 36' 05" W

Water Body ID Number: WA-15-0030

is authorized to discharge in accordance with the general and special conditions which follow.

John H. Glynn
Section Supervisor
Water Quality Section
Northwest Regional Office

II. Final Effluent Limitations for Sample Points 001, 006, 007 and 010.

Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting through the expiration date, the Permittee is authorized to discharge industrial wastewater to the Central Kitsap POTW subject to the following limitations:

Effluent Limitations

Parameter	Sample Points[1]	Daily Maximum[2]	Monthly Average[4]
Flow (Bldg 825)	001	144,000 gpd	N/A
Flow (Bldg 207)	006	40,000 gpd (B)	N/A
Flow (Bldg 234)	007	5,000 gpd	N/A
Flow (Bldg 84)	010	3,200 gpd (B)	N/A
pH	001,006,010	not outside the range of 6.0 - 10.0 s.u
pH	007	not outside the range of 6.0 - 11.0 s.u.
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	001,006	200 mg/L	N/A
Oil & Grease	001	100 mg/L	N/A
Total Toxic Organics (TTO)	001	2.13 mg/L	N/A
Cyanide (T)	001,006	1.9 mg/L	0.55 mg/L
Total Metals[3]	001	10.5 mg/L	5.0 mg/L
Cadmium (T)	001	1.0 mg/L	0.5 mg/L
Chromium (T)	001	5.0 mg/L	2.5 mg/L
Copper (T)	001	4.5 mg/L	1.8 mg/L
Lead (T)	001,006,010	0.6 mg/L	0.3 mg/L
Mercury (T)	001	0.005 mg/L	N/A
Nickel (T)	001	4.1 mg/L	1.8 mg/L
Silver (T)	001	2.0 mg/L	N/A
Zinc (T)	001	4.2 mg/L	1.8 mg/L

NOTES:
(T) means total
(B) means batch discharge

[1] The final effluent sample point is defined as the nearest accessible point after final treatment and prior to actual discharge or mixing with other flows. The sample points are defined as follows:

001: Wastewater from Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Plant (IWTP), Building 825.
006: Torpedo run testing water from Building 207.

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Non-Contact Cooling Water

• Submit NPDES APPS - NCCW Discharge for +/- 12 buildings
  
• Investigate closed-loop
  
• Bldg. 15 & 24 env. test NCCW closed-loop project (accounts for 1/2 of station water usage)

Storm Water

• Formed SWPP Team - educate & identify opportunities
  
• Initiatives:
  
  • Labeled storm drains
    
  • Eliminated or controlled washdown run-off of vehicles & equipment (torpedoes & targets)
    
  • Closed loop systems:
    
    • Hydro test cell containment
      
    • Environmental & hydro test facilities
      
  • Covered outdoor material storage

Surface Waters

• Range craft initiatives
  
  • "Green ship" concept
    
  • "Zero discharge" policy
    
    • Bilge water, deck cleaning, bottom coatings initiatives
      
    • Craft maintenance procedures initiatives
      
    • Craft maintenance facilities initiatives (ie. Marine ways)
      
• Range initiatives NEPA studies
  
  • 3d range underwater equipment
    
  • Weapons systems discharges
    
  • Vessels & vehicles discharges
    
• Other
  
  • Marine ways modifications
    
  • In-water construction projects review

Drinking Water Accomplishments

• 400k gal/day average consumption
  
• Conducted lead testing on all drinking fountains
  
• 1994 connected to Central Kitsap water system 50% of NUWCDK water
  
• Closed NUWCDK well #4 (IR action item)

Drinking Water - Current Projects

• Conduct source water cross connect study (drinking water/industrial process)
  
• Installing & maintaining backflow preventors on all industrial processes source water inputs

HAZMAT/Minimization Projects - Water Quality Tie-in

• Hydro blast & abrasive removal systems
  
• Alodine wash water treatment
  
• Otto Fuel II separator & treatment systems
  
• Torpedo & target post range maintenance procedures
  
• DRMO yard initiatives
  
• IWTP enhancement initiatives

Water Quality Program Summary

• Well established multi media pollution prevention program
  
• Holistic approach to water quality management
  
  • Drinking water,
    
  • Storm water pollution prevention,
    
  • Surface waters,
    
  • Industrial waste treatment,
    
  • Sanitary sewer, and
    
  • Water conservation
    
• Working to comply with SWPP general permit while we wait for receipt of multi-sector permit
  
• Problems completing storm drain testing due to clogged drains
  
• Updating draft SWPP master plan
  
• Implementing SWPP best management practices
  
• Many SWPP projects underway