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Item 6.a.
CENTRAL SAN
December 14, 2020
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 and Upcoming Events:
• Last BACWA Executive Board Meeting: November 20, 2020
• Joint Meeting of BACWA and Regional Water Board: November 30, 2020
• Next BACWA Executive Board Meeting: December 18, 2020
• BACWA Membership Annual Meeting: February 19, 2021
Key Discussion:
Per-and pol-yfluoroalkYl substances (PFAS): Jen Jackson of the San Francisco Department of the
Environment (SF Environment) discussed potential development of PFAS containing product labeling
legislation. Jen Jackson reached out to East Bay Municipal Utility District and California Association of
Sanitation Agencies (CASA) about partnering to develop this legislation. SF Environment is talking with
Clean Water Action, Natural Resources Defense Council, and other organizations as well and likely will be
looking for support from BACWA. Labeling has the ability to provide a platform for a future ban. CASA
also discussed creating a working group to look into other possibilities such as source disclosure.
Nutrients: The BACWA Board continued to discuss its approach to negotiating the third Nutrient
Watershed Permit and development of BACWNs key tenets for the next permit. BACWA's Nutrient
Strategy Team will be meeting on December 3, 2020 to discuss possible approaches in more detail.
There is a planning strategy meeting with BACWA staff and the Regional Water Board's planning team on
December 17, 2020 that Lori Schectel will be participating in, as one of two BACWA Board members at
the meeting. There is also a Nutrient Management Steering Committee meeting on December 11, 2020
and there will be a meeting in December on the Delta-Suisun Modeling project that Central San will be
participating in.
Additional Information/Monthly Bulletins: https://bacwa.org/bacwa-bulletins/
December 14, 2020 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 20 of 33
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Strategic Plan Tie-In
GOAL TWO:Environmental Stewardship
Strategy 1—Achieve 100%compliance in all regulations
December 14, 2020 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 21 of 33