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Annual Update on
CCCSD's Pollution
Prevention Program
Melody LaBella
February 16, 2012
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Presentation Overview
• CCCSD's Pollution Prevention (P2) Program
• Priority Pollutants of Concern for 2011
• 2011 P2 Report Highlights
• Priority Pollutants of Concern for 2012
• What's New for 2012?
• Acknowledgements
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CCCSD's P2 Program
• Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program
• Source Control Program
• Community Outreach
• Collaborative Partnerships
■ Local, regional, statewide and national
Priority Pollutants for 2011
• Mercury
• Cyanide
• Dioxin
• Copper
• Acrylonitrile
• Lead
■ Fats, oils & grease (FOG)
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2011 P2 Report Highlights
Central Contra Coate Sanitary District
2011 Annual Pollution
Prevention Report
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HHW Collection Program
• Collected almost 2 million pounds of HHW
• Collected over 100 pounds of mercury waste
■ 318,900 feet of fluorescent lamps (up 18 %)
■ 1,390 thermometers
• Collected >17,000 pounds of pesticides
■ 4,400 pounds of pyrethroid pesticides
• Collected >8,500 pounds of unwanted medications
■ Over 30,000 pounds since program inception
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Source Control Program`
• Worked closely with our permitted industries to
achieve the first year with no industries in
significant non - compliance
• Continued investigating mercury sources at
middle schools
• Continued implementing our Mandatory Dental
Amalgam Program with 100% compliance
■ Started 3 -year re- inspection cycle
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2011 Mercury Concentrations
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■ Reached our new lowest monthly effluent
concentration in September
■ First time under 5 ppb
■ Reached our new lowest annual average
effluent concentration
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Community Outreach
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• Included several P2 and "green" articles in the
3 issues of the Pipeline mailed to all customers
• Reached over 7,500 students through our
student education programs
■ Water Wizards, Sewer Science & Delta Discovery
• Continued educating employees about P2
■ Lateral Connection & 2012 P2 Calendar
• Created outreach piece for medical facilities
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Collaborative Partnerships
• Contra Costa Master Gardeners
■ IPM messages to 2,000 people
• Bay Area Pollution Prevention Group (BAPPG)
■ Trained over 500 dental assistant /hygienist
students on importance of dental amalgam BMPs
• Contra Costa Green Business Program
■ 23 new businesses certified (296 total)
• Contra Costa Clean Water Program
■ 826 inspections at 588 businesses
Priority Pollutants for 2012
• Mercury ■ Bis(2-ethyl hexyl)phth late
• Cyanide ■ Polychlorinated biphenyls
• Dioxin (PCBs)
• Copper ■ Flushable products
■ Acrylonitrile ■ Ammonia
■ Fats, oils & grease (FOG)
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What's New for 2012?
• Survey /investigate potential significant sources
of ammonia, other than human waste
• Distribute outreach piece to medical facilities
• Include an article in our Pipeline encouraging
our customers to use alternatives to plastic
water bottles
Acknowledgements
■ P2 Small Workgroup ■ Guidance & Input
• Colleen Henry
• Bonnie Lowe
■ Tim Potter
■ David Wyatt
■ Ann Farrell
• Jim Kelly
• Margaret Orr