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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Approving Work Plan and Schedule for the City Cf Lodi's
Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP)
MEETING DATE: November 7,2007
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution approving the attached work plan and schedule
for the City of Lodi's Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The State Water Resources Control Board adopted the Statewide
General Waste Discharge Requirement Order No. 2006-0003
(Order)) on May 2, 2006. The Order requires that all public
collection systems comprised of more than one mile of pipeline be
regulated. The purpose of the Order is to protectthe State's water from wastewater discharges associated
with periodic system failures. The Order requires that each operator of a publicly -owned collection system
develop and implement a system specific SSMP. According to the Order, the purpose of the plan is to
facilitate properfunding and management of sanitary sewer systems statewide. Compliance with the Order
is also a provision of the City's Proposed Discharge Permitfor the White Slough Water Pollution Control
Facility adopted in September 2007. The SSMP work plan and schedule is the first required deliverable to
comply with the Order.
The SSMP is comprised of eleven elements: Collection System Management Goals; Organization of
Personnel; Legal Authority for Permitting Flows to the System; Operations and Maintenance Activities;
Design and Performance Provisions; Overflow Emergency Response Plan; Fats, Oils and Grease
Program; System Capacity Assurance; System Monitoring and Measurement Plan; Internal SSMP
Audits; and SSMP Public Communications Program. The SSMP work plan and schedule is the first task
outlined in the State's implementation schedule. The Order requires that this element be completed in
November2007.
FISCAL IMPACT: No fiscal impactto the City is anticipated for this element of the Order,
however, upon completion of the work plan, an estimated cost for
complying with the Order will be addressed as part of the budget process
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable. 4i4ji
Richard C. Prima, Jr.
Public Works Director
Prepared by Kevin Gaither, Water Services Technician
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Attachment
APPROVED:
Blair Kin City Manager
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