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Item 4.c.
CENTRAL SAN
September 16, 2019
TO: REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
FROM: LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTALAND 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 Meetings:
• August 16, 2019: Most recent BACWA Executive Board Meeting (Jean-Marc Petit attended for
Central San in Lori Schectel's absence).
• September 9, 2019: Annual Joint BACWA/BAAQMD Meeting in San Francisco
• September 26-27, 2019: BACWA Annual Technical Workshop at EBMUD's Pardee Facility
• October 18, 2019: Next regular Executive Board Meeting
• October 28, 2019: Clean Water Summit Partners Meeting in Sacramento
Upcoming Events:
• October 2, 2019: 2019 Symposium on Science & Solutions for Microplastic Pollution in Berkeley
(web viewing available)
• October 10, 2019: Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay Annual
Meeting in Berkeley
• October 21-22, 2019: 14th Biennial State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference in Oakland
Nutrient Watershed Permit Updates:
• Nature Based Solutions Study update: The required Scoping and Evaluation Plan to be submitted to
the RWQCB by the December 1 deadline. There will be a committee conference call September 10
and the next quarterly meeting will be on October 10 at the Union Sanitary District.
• Recycled Water Report update: HDR gave an overview of the process. The BACWA Regulatory
Program Manager sent out a spreadsheet to the Permits and Recycled Water committees so that
agencies could update their Points of Contact for the Study. The Evaluation will be a synthesis of
information provided by individual agencies. The Scoping and Evaluation Plan will be submitted by
December to the RWQCB, then an information request will be sent out in early 2020. This item will
be on the Recycled Water Committee agenda at each bimonthly meeting.
Microplastics:
• Carolynn Box of 5Gyres gave a presentation on her organization's work looking at microplastic
pollution globally. She gave an overview of the results of studies on microplastics in the Bay, as well
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as wastewater and stormwater sources. There are also policy recommendations under development.
There was discussion about SFEI, 5Gyres, and BACWA working together to make sure messaging
is consistent.
Sanitary Sewer System Waste Discharge Requirements:
• CASA is continuing to meet with the State Water Board.A new issue that the State Water Board is
considering incorporating into the Order is that of exfiltration, and they may require agencies to study
it.
Additional Information/Monthly Bulletins: https:Hbacwa.org/bacwa-bulletins/
Strategic Plan Tie-In
GOAL TWO: Strive to Meet Regulatory Requirements
Strategy 1 - Strive to achieve 100%permit compliance in air, water, land, and other regulations
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