For City Council Meeting and Rialto Utility Authority [November 27, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Ahmad R. Ansari, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
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Request City Council Approve Resolution No. 7431 Adopting the Sanitary Sewer Management Plan (SSMP) As Updated in October 2018.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2006, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) approved Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ, making the Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) a requirement for all public agencies that own or operate a sanitary sewer system comprised of more than one mile of pipes or sewer lines which convey wastewater to a publicly owned treatment facility. This Order requires owners of sewage collection systems to update the SSMP every five years and perform a self-audit every two years.
The objective of the SSMP is to eliminate the occurrence of preventable Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs). Public agencies are required to develop and implement a written program that improves the effectiveness and sustainability of existing sewer systems in order to prevent SSOs. SSOs are overflows from sanitary sewer systems of domestic wastewater, as well as industrial and commercial wastewater. SSOs often contain high levels of suspended solids, pathogenic organisms, toxic pollutants, nutrients, oxygen-demanding organic compounds, oil and grease and other pollutants. SSOs may pollute surface or ground waters, threaten public health, adversely affect aquatic life, and impair the recreational use and aesthetic enjoyment of surface waters.
The City of Rialto (City) owns and operates over 250 miles of sewer mainline and is obligated to comply with the permitting requirements as directed by the SWRCB. The City's sewer collection system meets the criteria requiring compliance with this Order.
On September 22, 2009, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5757 approving the City's SSMP and on June 10, 2014, the City Council ado...
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