HomeMy WebLinkAbout05. Adopt Resolution No. 2017-045 encouraging and promoting pollution prevention and declaring September 18-24, 2017 as Pollution Prevention WeekPage 1 of 8
Item 5.
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
September 21, 2017
TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FROM: TIMOTHY POTTER, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SUPERINTENDENT
REVIEWED BY:
LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTAL & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
DIVISION MANAGER
J EAN-MARC PETIT, DI RECTOR OF ENGI NEERI NG AND TECHNI CAL
SERVICES
ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2017-045 ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING
POLLUTION PREVENTION AND DECLARING SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2017 AS
POLLUTION PREVENTION WEEK, AND RECEIVE INFORMATION ON 2017
POLLUTION PREVENTION AWARDS PRESENTED AT SUSTAINABLE
CONTRA COSTA ANNUAL AWARDS GALA. AWARDS REVIEWED BY
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL & PLANNING COMMITTEE.
Pollution Prevention Week occurs every year starting on the third Monday in September. This event is
recognized nationally and is used to encourage pollution prevention awareness. Central San has actively
supported Pollution Prevention Week since it started in California in 1993 including adoption of a
Resolution proclaiming Pollution Prevention Week in Central San's service area. Central San's Pollution
Prevention Week activities include:
• Pollution Prevention Week Resolution highlighting Central San's ongoing commitment to pollution
prevention
• Household Hazardous Waste Facility
• Mt. View Sanitary District Partnership
• Contra Costa Green Business Program Partnership
• Contra Costa Clean Water Program Partnership
• Pharmaceutical Disposal Program
• Education and Outreach Programs
• Lateral Connection Article
• Promotion of Central San's HHW Facility on MVSD's Billboard
• Mathew Thomas inviting participation
• Celebrating twenty successful years
• Charles Waltmire's graphic artistry
• "Toilets are Not Trash Cans" regional campaign through Bay Area Pollution Prevention Group
o Featuring Central San's graphic design for "Wipes Clog Pipes" program
• Annual Awards Program
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• Sustainable Contra Costa Gala Event on September 20, 2017
• Recognition in three different categories included in attachments
Recommend adoption of proposed resolution declaring September 18-24, 2017 Pollution Prevention
Week in the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District.
Attached are the proposed resolution and corresponding gala event recognitions.
Roger S. Bailey
General Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Proposed Resolution
2. Gala Event Recognitions
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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 -
CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT
RESOLUTION DECLARING POLLUTION PREVENTION WEEK
WHEREAS, it is the mission of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District to protect
public health and the environment; and
WHEREAS, the presence of hazardous substances in homes and businesses in the
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District service area, which could be improperly
discharged to sanitary sewers or storm drains, creates a potential threat to public health
and the environment; and
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, State Water
Resources Control Board and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
Board support reducing hazardous discharges at the source through more efficient use,
conservation, product substitution, recycling, reuse and waste reduction, which is
termed pollution prevention; and
WHEREAS, pollution prevention techniques will reduce the amount of hazardous
substances being discharged to sanitary sewers and storm drains; and
WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District accepts and properly disposes of
household and commercially -generated hazardous waste from the cities of Clayton,
Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon and
Walnut Creek and the unincorporated communities in central Contra Costa County, and
adopting pollution prevention measures will reduce the amount, cost of handling and
proper disposal of this waste; and
WHEREAS, since our Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility opened in 1997,
over 502,000 customers have been served and more than 36 million pounds of
household hazardous waste have been recycled or properly disposed of; and
WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District is partnering with the Contra
Costa County Office of the Sheriff, the communities of Alamo, Clayton, Concord,
Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon and Walnut
Creek, Allied Waste Services of Contra Costa County, Central Contra Costa Solid
Waste Authority and Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery to provide collection and proper
disposal of more than 103,000 pounds of unwanted residential pharmaceutical waste in
central Contra Costa County since February 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, a certified green business, is
partnering with other agencies and businesses in the county to certify and recognize
green businesses through the Contra Costa Green Business Program; and
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Resolution No. 2017 -
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WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District is partnering with the Contra
Costa Clean Water Program to inspect businesses to reduce stormwater pollution; and
WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District is partnering with the Mt. View
Sanitary District to provide environmental compliance inspection services to reduce
pollution at its source in their service area; and
WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District conducts and supports programs
to educate customers about pollution prevention and how critical proper use, storage
and disposal of hazardous substances in the household and workplace are to protecting
the environment; and
WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District offers educational programs in
the areas of water quality, pollution prevention, wastewater treatment, water supply, and
the aquatic life of the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta for more than 4,000 elementary,
middle and high school students in its service area; and
WHEREAS, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District is a Visionary Partner of
Sustainable Contra Costa and will conduct its Annual Pollution Prevention Week
Recognition Program, which includes Recycled Water Champions, Water Quality
Community Partners, and Pollution Prevention Awards to honor District customers that
conserve and protect water quality and the environment, at Sustainable Contra Costa's
Stn Annual Leadership In Sustainability & Green Building Awards Gala on the evening of
Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at the Concord Hilton; and
WHEREAS, Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24, 2017, is
recognized nationally as Pollution Prevention Week.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that it is the policy of the Central Contra Costa
Sanitary District to encourage and promote pollution prevention practices, technologies
and education that will reduce the discharge of hazardous substances to sanitary
sewers and storm drains; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors declares that September 18
through September 24, 2017, be recognized within the Central Contra Costa Sanitary
District as Pollution Prevention Week.
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Resolution No. 2017 -
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21St day of September, 2017, by the Board of Directors of
the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, by the following vote:
AYES:
Members:
NOES:
Members:
ABSENT:
Members:
Paul H. Causey, P.E.
President of the Board of Directors
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
COUNTERSIGNED:
Elaine R. Boehme, CMC
Secretary of the District
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
Approved as to form:
Kenton L. Alm, Esq.
Counsel for the District
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Recycled Water Champions
2017
Business Champions
Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District
Citizen Champion
Curtis Wood, Martinez
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Water Quality Community Partners
2017
17 years
Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District,
Concord
15 years
Contra Costa County Coroner's Office, Martinez
14 years
Contra Costa Water District Bollman Filtration Plant
Lab, Concord
12 years
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Forensic
Science Laboratories, Walnut Creek
Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek
9 years
Acalanes Union High School District Maintenance
Facility, Moraga
Contra Costa Water District Alum Drying Pond,
Martinez
8 ears
Aquarius Pool & Spa, Walnut Creek
Mercer Owners Association, Walnut Creek
7 years
Black Diamond Brewery Co., Concord
Captain Vineyards, Moraga
Del Monte Foods- Research Center, Walnut Creek
Ising's Culligan Water Systems, San Ramon
San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon
The CONCO Companies, Martinez
6 ears
Gold Coin Car Wash, Concord
Gold Coin Car Wash, San Ramon
John Muir Medical Center -Walnut Creek Campus,
Walnut Creek
5 years
Cerus Corporation, Concord
4 years
Republic Services, Inc., Pacheco
San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Maintenance Facility, San Ramon
Shadowbrook Winery, Walnut Creek
3 years
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, Concord
Contra Costa Newspapers, Concord
Plains Products Terminals, LLC, Martinez
SFPP, L.P. (d.b.a. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners),
Concord
2 years
7 Flags Car Wash, Martinez
Geronimo's Professional Auto Detailing, Walnut Creek
PG&E San Ramon Technology Center, Danville
1 year
Acme Fill Corporation, Martinez
BMW Concord, Concord
Copart, Inc., Martinez
DenMat Holdings, LLC dba G. Hartzell & Son,
Concord
Independent Construction, Concord
Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek
Kwik -N -Easy Car Wash, Concord
Military Ocean Terminal Concord, Concord
Mt. Diablo Unified School District Maintenance
Facility, Concord
SEG Trucking (Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery),
Concord
Systron Donner Inertial, Inc., Concord
Waterworld, Concord
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Pollution Prevention Award Winners
2017
Buddha Gate Monastery
3254 Gloria Terrace, Lafayette
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Practice water conservation and reuse by watering their gardens with rain water
collected in rain barrels, saving vegetable wash water from the kitchen to water plants,
and installed automatic faucets and low -flow toilets. Prevent pollutants from entering
the sanitary sewer and storm drain systems by educating members, making their own
environmentally friendly detergent out of recycled citrus peels and placing strainers over
sink drains. Conduct a vigorous recycling program and conserve electricity.
Dr. Michael S. Tobian, DDS
301 Lennon Lane, #102, Walnut Creek
Staff well trained in Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Pollution Prevention. Site
uses dry vacuum system which drastically reduces water consumption. Amalgam
separator in use and on routine maintenance cycle. X-rays are digital. Amalgam rarely
placed and any amalgam waste is off hauled.
Mrs. Pastures Cookies for Horses
1001 Shary Circle, #12, Concord
Facility minimizes water use in their processes and screens wastewater for solids
before disposal. Ingredients purchased in bulk when possible to reduce packaging
waste. Dough scraps are remixed or composted. Facility recycles a large majority of
their waste and only has one household sized garbage can sent to the landfill each
week.
The Conco Companies
5050 Imhoff Place, Martinez
Use recycled water to wash trucks. Wash water flows through an innovative
pretreatment system that includes flow channels, a sand trap and a Sand -Oil Interceptor
to remove pollutants before they enter the sanitary sewer. Two new sawdust collectors
were installed to prevent sawdust from entering the storm drain system; sawdust is now
recycled with other wood at the facility. Installed solar panels and LED lights to reduce
electrical usage.
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