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Agenda Item - 2.a.


Garden Grove Sanitary District


INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM

To:Scott C. Stiles

From:William E. Murray
Dept.:General Manager 

Dept.: Public Works 
Subject:

Approval of the Sewer System Management Plan Update for the Garden Grove Sanitary District. (Action Item)

Date:9/27/2016

OBJECTIVE

To receive Garden Grove Sanitary District (GGSD) Board approval of the updated Garden Grove Sanitary District Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and authorization for the Public Works Director to sign the document as the Legally Responsible Official. 

BACKGROUND

On May 2, 2006, the SWRCB adopted the Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements and the Monitoring and Reporting Program (WDR) by issuing Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ. It required GGSD to update the previously approved SSMP. The SSMP is an all-inclusive plan that includes all the plans and programs as ordered by the WDR. The SSMP requires the development and implementation of sewer system best management practices.

 

The WDR also required GGSD to provide the publicly available internet website address to the California Integrated Water Quality System Project (CIWQS) Online Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) Database where a downloadable copy of GGSD’s approved SSMP, critical supporting documents referenced in the SSMP, and proof of local governing board approval of the SSMP is posted.

DISCUSSION

The SSMP is intended to serve as a comprehensive management plan for preventing SSO ensuring compliance with the WDR and the regulations of the State of California and the Federal Government. Overall, the plan provides for a financially sound and sustainable infrastructure replacement and improvement program, the implementation of best management practices, an emergency spill response plan and a routine operations/preventative maintenance plan.

 

The completed SSMP consists of (11) district program elements as listed in the WDR. These elements are listed below:

 

  1. Goal
  2. Organization
  3. Legal Authority
  4. Operation and Maintenance
  5. Program Design and Performance Provisions
  6. Overflow Emergency Response Plan
  7. FOG Control Program
  8. System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan
  9. Monitoring, Measurement, and Program Modifications
  10. SSMP Program Audit
  11. Communication Program
FINANCIAL IMPACT

There is no financial impact that will result from this action. 

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Board of Directors:

 

  • Approve the updated Sewer System Management Plan, subject to modification as requested by the State Water Resources Control Board and subject to periodic update by the Garden Grove Sanitary District General Manager; and

 

  • Authorize the Public Works Director to sign the document as the Legally Responsible Official.

 

By:  Brent Hayes, Public Works Supervisor




ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateTypeFile Name
SSMP Report9/15/2016Backup MaterialSSMP_Report.pdf
SSMP Appendix9/15/2016Backup MaterialSSMP_Appendix.pdf