For City Council Meeting and Rialto Utility Authority [April 24, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
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Request City Council Ratify the Added Facilities Agreement between the City of Rialto/Rialto Utility Authority and Southern California Edison for the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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BACKGROUND:
Wastewater treatment converts wastewater into an effluent (outflowing of water to a receiving body of water) that can be returned to the water cycle with minimal impact on the environment or directly reused. The treatment process takes place in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) or a sewage treatment plant. Pollutants in municipal wastewater (households and small industries) are removed or broken down during the processing. Rialto WWTP operates on a 24/7 basis processing sewage from wastewater customers throughout the City. Any service failures could cause a variety of problems, including environmental or regulatory. A potential cause of service failure is electrical.
In an effort to prepare against a possible service failure, staff has been working directly with the City's Southern California Edison (SCE) representatives on potential electrical service problems for the WWTP.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
Currently, the WWTP is served by SCE from two circuits, the Bloomington electrical feed and the Colton electrical feed as per an Additional Facilities Agreement (AFA) with SCE established on February 23, 1999 and included as Attachment 1. This AFA requires SCE to maintain the equipment. As part of their maintenance activities, it was discovered that a switch was faulty and required replacement. In addition to the maintenance of the new switch, the City completed a review of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and SCE rules. Per the rules, SCE required the City to enter into a second AFA for Reserve Capacity for backup supply. The Reserve Cap...
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