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Item 4.b.
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
March 14, 2018
TO: REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
FROM: LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTAL & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
DIVISION MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: JEAN-MARC PETIT, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL
SERVICES
ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: RECEIVE UPDATE ON THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE BAYAREA
CLEAN WATER AGENCIES (BACWA)
BACWA New Officers
• Lori Schectel — BACWA Executive Board Chair
• Amit Mutsuddy(City of San Jose)— BACWA Executive Board Vice Chair
BACWA Outside Group Representation
• Lori Schectel — California Association of Sanitation Agencies State Legislative Committee
• Lori Schectel — Summit Partners
• Lori Schectel — Nutrient Management Strategy Steering Committee Alternate
• Mary Lou Esparza— Regional Monitoring Program Technical Committee
• Tim Potter— National Association of Clean Water Agencies Task Force of Dental Amalgam
Joint Meeting of BACWA Executive Board and the San Francisco (SF) Bay Regional Water
Board on March 2, 2018
• Nutrients — Sea Level Rise (SLR) analysis to be included in report. HDR evaluated each BACWA
member's discharge outfall location to determine the flood impacts associated with SLR over the
next 100 years. The study utilized publicly available data from the United States Army Corps of
Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and publicly available topography data. 10
of the 37 sites are not impacted by SLR including Central San.
• Sanitary Sewer Overflow(SSO) Waste Discharge Requirements — Bill Johnson of the Regional
Board will be giving input to the State Board. 50% of SSOs from BACWA agencies are less than 50
gallons. BACWA would like to address reporting requirement with a"de minimis" threshold.
• Joint Meeting with BACWA Executive Board, SF Bay Regional Water Board, and the Bay Area Air
Quality Management District to take place later this Spring. Draft agenda for review by each agency
to be ready by end of March.
• Cannabis Permitting — California Water Environment Association holding trainings. Central San staff
has attended. Of BACWA members, East Bay Municipal Utility District appears to have the most
applicants and is billing and treating them as a nursery. Indoor growers are notifying the state if they
are discharging to a publicly owned treatment works. Central San has surveyed service area
March 14, 2018 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 25 of 28
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municipalities.
Next BACWA Executive Board Meeting on March 16, 2018.
Additional Info/Monthly Bulletins:
https:Hbacwa.org/bacwa-bulletins/
March 14, 2018 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 26 of 28