Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve the City's Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) Update and Authorize the City Manager or Her Designee or the City's Legally Responsible Official to Certify and Submit the SSMP to the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
The SWRCB program requires collection agencies to present the SSMP to the agency's governing board for approval and re-approval every 6 years. The updated SSMP has been completed and requires adoption by the City Council prior to submitting to the SWRCB.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that City Council approve the SSMP Update so that it can be certified and submitted to the SWRCB as required by the SWRCB.
BACKGROUND
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) adopted Order No. 2006-0003- DWQ, Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer Systems in May 2006. The order requires public agencies that own or operate sanitary sewer systems to develop and implement Sewer System Management Plans (SSMPs). An SSMP is used to facilitate proper funding and management of sanitary sewer systems with the goal to reduce/eliminate spills. It must contain a spill response plan designed to minimize water quality impacts and potential nuisance conditions.
On December 6, 2022, the SWRCB adopted Order No. 2022-103-DWQ, Statewide Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) - General Order for Sanitary Sewer Systems (2022 Order), which became effective on June 5, 2023 and superseded the 2006 Order and amendments thereafter. Through the General Order, the SWRCB requires an enrollee (the City) to:
* Comply with federal and state prohibitions of discharge of sewage to waters of the State, including federal waters of the United States;
* Comply with specifications, and notification, monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping requirements in the General Order that implement the federal Clean Water Act, the California Water Co...
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