REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Revised 2015 Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP)
Report
BACKGROUND
On May 2, 2006, the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) adopted Order No. 2006-0003 - Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements (GWDR) for Sanitary Sewer Systems. The Order requires public agencies that own or operate sanitary sewer systems to develop and implement a SSMP aimed at reducing sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). It also requires these agencies to report all SSOs to the Board. The SSMP must include 11 elements demonstrating how the agency constructs, manages, operates and maintains its sanitary sewer system. These elements are described in the attached revised SSMP and are summarized below:
1. Goals of the SSMP
2. Organization and chain of communications for SSMP
3. Legal Authority to operate and maintain its sewage collection system
4. Sewer Collection System Operation & Maintenance Program
5. Sewer Collection System Design and Performance Provisions
6. Sewer Overflow Emergency Response Plan
7. Fats, Oil and Grease Control Program
8. Collection, System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan
9. Monitoring, Management and Plan Modifications
10. SSMP Program Audits
11. Communication Program with Public and Stakeholders
The Order required that the governing body for each agency approve its agency's SSMP at a public hearing. Council approved the SSMP on September 11, 2012.
On July 26, 2013, the State Water Board's Executive Director issued a revised Monitoring and Reporting Program (MRP) that became effective on September 9, 2013. The revised MRP required staff to make changes to the 2012 SSMP for monitoring and reporting SSOs. In addition, the GWDR requires that the SSMP be updated and recertified at least every five years.
This report recommends the adoption of the revised SSMP in its entirety to meet State Board's MRP requirements.
EXISTING POLICY
General Plan Goal EM-6: Effective Wastewater Collectio...
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