Table 1: NPDES limits for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Parameter
Average
Monthly Limit
Average Weekly
Limit
Daily Max
Other
Limitations
CBOD5
15 mg/L
22.5 mg/L
N/A
N/A
709 lbs/d
N/A
N/A
≥ .85 (30 Day
Avg.
minimum)
N/A
CBOD5 %
Removal
N/A
N/A (Report
only)
N/A
TSS
30 mg/L
45 mg/L
19,015 lbs/d
28,522 lbs/d
TSS % removal
N/A
N/A
N/A
Total residual
chlorine (TRC)
E. coli bacteria
N/A
N/A
11 ug/L
≥ .85 (30 Day
Avg.
minimum)
N/A
47 cfu/100 ml
N/A
88 cfu/100 mL
N/A
Mercury, total
1.35 x 1011 cfu/d
0.008 ug/L
0.008 lbs/d
0.012 ug/L
N/A
951 lbs/d
0.008 lbs
1.5 mg/L
N/A
6342 lbs/d
951 lbs
15 mg/L
N/A
N/A
6342 lbs
N/A
N/A
Total ammonia as
N
Total Inorganic
Nitrogen, as N
Total Kjeldahl
nitrogen
0.005 lbs/d
1 mg/L
634 lbs/d
10 mg/L
9513 lbs /d
N/A