# HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA, ET AL., RIVER OAKS AWWTP
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20271`
- **Case Number:** 04-1986-0070
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $180K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OWNS & OPERATES   THE RIVER OAKS ADVANCED WWTP WHICH SERVICES A 125 SQUARE-    MILE AREA NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IN UNINCORPORATED   HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE RIVER OAKS PLANT THAT THIS CASE     CONCERNS HAS HAD CONSISTENT EFFLUENT LIMITATION VIOLATIONS   SINCE EARLY 1985, EVEN THOUGH AVG DAILY FLOWS AT THE PLANT   HAVE BEEN AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL (5 MGD) SINCE 1981. THE    RIVER OAKS PLANT IS UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION TO EXPAND PLANT  CAPACITY TO ABOUT 10 MGD. CONSTRUCTION DISRUPTIONS, LACK OF  SPRAY IRRIGATION LAND DISPOSAL CAPACITY, LACK OF PROPER OP-  ERATION & MAINTENANCE MEASURES, & LACK OF INTERIM IMPROVE-   MENTS DURING CONSTRUCTION, HAVE CAUSED THE VIOLATIONS.

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