For City Council Meeting and Rialto Utility Authority [January 8, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Ahmad R. Ansari, Interim City Administrator
Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
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Request City Council Adopt Resolution No. 7439 and Rialto Utility Authority Board Adopt RUA Resolution No. 01-19, Authorizing Submission of a Grant Application to the State Water Resources Control Board for the Water Recycling Funding Program Pilot Project.
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BACKGROUND:
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) administers the Water Recycling Funding Program. The mission of the Water Recycling Funding Program is to promote the beneficial use of treated municipal wastewater (water recycling) in order to augment fresh water supplies in California by providing technical and financial assistance to agencies and other stakeholders in support of water recycling projects. Through this program, SWRCB provides grants to assist public agencies with the construction of pilot projects for new potable reuse.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
To be funded, applicants must demonstrate that the pilot project will develop new information that does not currently exist and increase the body of knowledge regarding technologies that help the understanding of how potable reuse can effectively be achieved through the innovative application of current and new technologies. Eligible pilot projects may receive grant funds in the amount of up to 35% of actual eligible pilot study construction costs incurred up to a maximum of $1 million.
The City of Rialto has proposed a study to the SWRCB. This study addresses the value of high-quality secondary wastewater effluent and the use of nanobubble technology for potable reuse application. The question being asked is "what benefits could combined mainstream simultaneous nitrification/denitrification (SND) and nanobubble technology processes provide for wastewater treatment ...
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