HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 003-15RESOLUTION NO. 003-15
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SEWER
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted statewide
General Waste Discharge Requirements (GWDR) for publically owned sanitary
sewer systems requiring development and implementation of a system- specific
local Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) that documents a comprehensive
program for preventing and addressing sewer system overflows and sewer
collection system operation, maintenance, and repair; and
WHEREAS, the original City of Bakersfield SSMP was completed and
implemented in 2009; and
WHEREAS, the SSMP shall be updated every five years and must be approved
by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, City Staff has prepared an updated SSMP; and
WHEREAS, the City shall prepare and file a recertification with the State Water
Resources Control Board after the adoption of the updated SSMP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as
follows:
1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein
by reference.
2. The City Council hereby adopts the updated Sewer System
Management Plan dated December, 2014.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by
the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on JAN n,7 2015
by the following vote:
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COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, MAXWELL, WEIR, SMITH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, PARLIER
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER NCYV-
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER t4Qf- -
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER NO A,
CITY CLERK and Ex Offici Jerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED JAN 0 7 2015
HARVEY L. HALL
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
JOSHUA H. RUDNICK
Deputy City Attorney
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City of Bakersfield
Public Works Department
Sewer System Management Plan
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December 2014
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Sewer System Management Plan
Index:
Section 1 - Goals for Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Program .....................3
Section 2 - Organization ......................................... ..............................4
Section 3 - Legal Authority ...................................... ..............................5
Section 4 - Operation & Management Plan ............... ..............................6
Section 5 - Design & Performance Provisions ............ ..............................7
Section 6 - Reporting of Sewer Overflows & Emergency Response Plan ... 8 -9
Section 7 - Fats, Oils & Grease Plan ( FOG) ................ .............................10
Section 8 - System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan ..................1 l
Section 9 - Monitoring & Program Modifications ...... ..........................12 -13
Section 10 - Program Audits ................................... .............................14
Section 11 - Communication Program ..................... .............................15
Appendix A - Organizational Chart ......................... .............................16
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Section 1. GOALS for Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Program
The City of Bakersfield's goals for its wastewater collection system is as follows:
To reduce and mitigate sanitary sewer overflows; ensure adequate capacity for
peak flows; prevent public health hazards and unnecessary damage to public
and private property; perform all operations in a safe manner to avoid personal
injury; monitor and maintain the collection system by use of Closed Circuit
Television (CCTV) equipment and hydro- jetter trucks on a regular basis; maintain
proper documentation and records; and properly manage all parts of the
wastewater collection system.
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Section 2. Organization
Legally Responsible Official: Stuart Patteson, P.E., Public Works Operations
Manager, City of Bakersfield, 661 - 326 -3781
Sewer Maintenance Section, 661-326-3111
(See Appendix A, Streets Division Organizational Chart, for a detail of the
hierarchy within the division.)
Street Maintenance Superintendent, Mike Connor, 661-326-3111
Sewer Maintenance Supervisor, Brandon Stevens, 661-326-3111
When a report of a sanitary sewer overflow or potential sanitary sewer overflow is
received, a sewer maintenance crew is dispatched to the location. These staff
members are trained and experienced in identifying and verifying sanitary sewer
overflows. If the report is verified as a sanitary sewer overflow, the Sewer
Maintenance Supervisor is contacted and informed of the overflow. Depending
on the extent and level of the overflow, the Sewer Maintenance Supervisor
would contact their supervisor, the Street Maintenance Superintendent.
Depending on the extent and level of the overflow, the Street Maintenance
Superintendent would contact the Operations Manager (Legally Responsible
Party) and /or the Public Works Director.
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Section 3. legal Authority
The City of Bakersfield has legal authority to operate a wastewater collection
system, with a sewer ordinance that describes how the public can and cannot use the
sewer system. We have service agreements with certain agencies and districts with
satellite collection systems that discharge into our lines. Currently those agencies are:
• East Niles Community Services District
• Kern Sanitation Authority (KSA) - Formerly Mount Vernon Sanitation District
• County Service Area 71 (CSA71)
The City of Bakersfield has legally binding requirements, that new sewer systems
are properly designed and constructed to handle the present and any future growth for
the area. The plans are carefully reviewed by a registered civil engineer before any
construction can begin. Plans are checked to make sure there is adequate access for
cleaning and repair equipment to get to all manholes, cleanouts and lift stations. If the
manholes are on private property, the property owner must grant the City easement
rights, which must be documented and recorded with the proper agency. The City of
Bakersfield does have an ordinance (Bakersfield Municipal Code 14.12.220 B.9.), which
provides the legal authority to prohibit discharge of excess Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG)
that would cause adverse effects on the sewer system. The City has a written ordinance
(BMC 14.12.), which allows City staff to enforce compliance with the ordinance when
there are violations of illegal dumping into our system. Illegal dumping and FOG
compliance is monitored by our Sewer Maintenance Crews and enforced by our
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Inspectors.
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Section 4. Operation & Management Plan
The City of Bakersfield keeps up to date sewer maps on hand at various locations,
including in the sewer maintenance vehicles and sewer cleaning vehicles. Map books
are updated on a regular basis as new and replacement sewer lines are installed. If a
discrepancy is found by either a hydro - jetting crew or the video inspection crew, it is
given to the Sewer Supervisor who is responsible for making sure that the map books get
corrected and updated. The Sewer Supervisor also works with our Geographic
Information System (GIS) Division on placing the maps and manhole locations on the
City's database. This allows the sewer maintenance crews to locate manholes and
pipelines more quickly, and is a common reference for all Public Works Divisions.
Currently, the City is divided into five geographical sections with six to eight areas in each
section. There is a hydro - jetter vehicle assigned to each section that cleans lines on a
daily basis. When an area is completed the hydro - jetter crews move to the next area
and turn in daily logs on the lines cleaned that day, noting any problems found.
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Section 5. Design & Performance Provisions
The design and construction standards and specifications, as well as the
inspection for the installation of new sanitary systems, pump stations and other
appurtenances; and for the rehabilitation and repair of existing sanitary sewer systems
are fully detailed in the City of Bakersfield's Engineering Subdivision Design Manual in the
Standards for Sanitary Sewers, the Standards for Drainage, and the Sewer Pump Station
Specification sections.
Links are listed to these sections below:
Standards for Sanitary Sewers:
httr): / /www.bakersfieldcity.us/ citvservices /r)ubwrks /designman /pdf /1- sewers -1.pdf
Standards for Drainage:
http:// www. bakersfieldcity .uslcityserviceslpubwrks /desianman /pdf /2- drainage -1 .r)df
Appendix A - Sewer Pump Station Specification:
http: / /www.bakersfieldcitv.us/ citvservices /pubwrks /desianman /pdf /6- bibapp -1 .pdf
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Section 6. Reoortina of Sewer Overflows & Emeraencv Response Plan
The City of Bakersfield's goals for its wastewater collection system is as follows:
To reduce and mitigate sanitary sewer overflows; ensure adequate capacity for
peak flows; prevent public health hazards and unnecessary damage to public
and private property; perform all operations in a safe manner to avoid personal
injury; monitor and maintain the collection system by use of Closed Circuit
Television (CCTV) equipment and hydro- jetter trucks on a regular basis; maintain
proper documentation and records; and properly manage all parts of the
wastewater collection system.
During normal working hours, which are from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday, calls go to the Streets Division office at (661) 326-
31 1 1. These calls can come from the public, Police Department or from
other City divisions. Once the call comes in, the Clerk Typist sends the call
to the Sewer Supervisor if in the office. If not, they will contact the sewer
crew working that area by radio. If reports come in after hours, the
recording will direct them to contact the Police Department, who has the
proper phone numbers to get the quickest response to correct the
problem.
Once the Sewer Supervisor is notified of a sewer overflow, they are to call
a two - person crew, respond to the location and evaluate the needs.
Additional crews will be called if needed to quickly and efficiently handle
the situation.
3. Any sewage spill in excess of the 1,000 gallon "reportable quantity"
(California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Section (a) ) and /or a spill that
reaches a channel, storm drain, or surface water will be reported to the
agencies listed below. A discharge of less than 1,000 gallons must also be
reported if the discharge is (or will be):
• To waters of the State (waters of the State include all waters within
the boundaries of the State, whether public or private, whether in
natural or artificial channel and whether surface or subsurface),
• To the ground within five feet of groundwater or within 500 feet of
a surface water, water well, or domestic water supply source,
• Causing a pollution or threatened pollution,
• Causing a nuisance,
• A potential threat to public health.
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Agencies to be notified:
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) - (916) 845-
891 1 or (800) 852 -7550
Kern County Environmental Health (EHS) - (661) 862 -8740
Kern County Fire Dispatch (24 hrs.) - (661) 861 -2521
The OES and Kern County EHS must be notified within two hours of sewer
spills that reach surface water or drainage facilities that reach surface
water. The City of Bakersfield is required to certify, no later than 24 hours,
that the OES and EHS were notified.
4. Once the problem is resolved, the crew leader will fill out a sewer overflow
form with all the vital information and turn it into their supervisor. The
Supervisor then reviews the problem, makes sure everything is filled out
correctly, contacts all agencies as required, and then gives it to the Clerk
Typist to enter the information into the State Water Resources Control
Board Sanitary Sewer Overflow database (SSO).
5. Hydro Cleaning Trucks are to be fueled and water tanks topped off at the
end of the work shift, so that they are ready to respond quickly to an
emergency call that comes in after normal working hours. The Sewer
Supervisor is required to make random checks of this equipment to ensure
this is being done.
The Sewer Supervisor is required to train his employees on how to estimate
the amount of spillage and the proper procedure on filling out the sewer
overflow form.
The Sewer Supervisor is required to instruct and train his crews on the
proper way to clean up a sewer overflow, and to make sure that all
overflows are cleaned and disinfected as instructed.
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Section 7. FATS, OILS & GREASE PLAN (FOG)
The City of Bakersfield currently works with the Kern County Environmental
Health Services Department to distribute a FOG pamphlet when City Wastewater
Staff conducts inspections at food establishments. The Wastewater Industrial
Inspection Staff has distributed over 500 BMPs (Best Management Practices) to
restaurants over the last years. The goal of the City is to inspect all restaurants
every year. Wastewater Treatment Plant 2 is set up as a receiving station for FOG
disposal.
Bakersfield Municipal Code (BMC) 14.12.220 B.9 provides the legal
authority to prohibit discharge of excess FOG that would cause adverse effects
on the sewerage system. The City Building Department enforces and inspects
that all requirements of the uniform plumbing code and City standards are
followed for new City sewer connections. City Industrial Waste Inspectors
conduct new construction inspections and enforcement per BMC 14.12. Sewer
Maintenance crews report any locations or areas of heavy FOG during routine or
specific cleaning operations. These locations are reported to the Sewer
Maintenance Supervisor who may decide that a CCTV inspection is warranted.
The Supervisor will contact the Industrial Waste Inspection Division for possible
investigation of the dischargers. These locations or areas are placed on a "HOT
SPOT" list that is cleaned on a regular basis until the problem is corrected.
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Section S. System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan
The City of Bakersfield Public Works Design Engineering Division provides
the sewer collection system evaluation and capacity services. The City's
collection system contains approximately 1,069 miles of sewer main, six inches in
diameter and greater. The system also contains 55 pump and lift stations.
Overflows in the City of Bakersfield are the result of FOG and other causes of
clogging or plugging of lines. There are no known pipeline capacity problems
that result in sewer overflows.
There are known structural problems with certain sewers. These pipeline or
manhole deficiencies are discovered during Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
inspections of the sewer lines. Pipelines that are discovered with structural
deficiencies are recommended for repair, rehabilitation, or replacement. These
types of projects are included in the City's 5 -year Capital Improvement Program.
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Section 9. Monitorina & Proaram Modifications
Performance Measures
The indicators that the City will use to measure the performance of its
Wastewater Collection System and the effectiveness of its Sewer System
Management Plan (SSMP) are:
• SSO Rate (SSOs /100 miles /year);
• Number of SSOs for each cause (roots, grease, debris, pipe failure,
capacity, lift station failures, etc.);
• Average SSO volume (gallons);
• Percentage of SSOs greater than 100 gallons;
• Percentage of SSOs reported as Category 1;
• Percentage of total spilled sewage discharged to surface water.
Historical and Baseline Performance
The City maintains information relevant to the performance of the
collection system in its records. This historical performance data is for the
performance measures described. The City has been reporting SSOs using
California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) since 2007. CIWQS data will
be used as the City's historical performance data.
Performance Monitoring and Program Changes
The City will evaluate the performance of its Wastewater Collection
System annually using the performance measures identified above. The City will
update the data and analysis in this section at the time of the evaluation. The
City may use other performance measures in its evaluation. The City will prioritize
its actions and initiate changes to this SMP and the related programs based on
the results of the evaluation.
SSMP Updates
The City will update its SSMP at least every five years. The City will
determine the need to update its SSMP more frequently based on the results of
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the annual audit and the performance of its Sanitary Sewer System. In the event
that the City decides that an update is warranted, the process to complete the
update will be identified at that time. The City will complete the update within
one year following identification of the need for the update.
City staff will seek approval from the City Council for any significant
changes to the SSMP. The authority for approval of minor changes such as
employee names, contact information, or minor procedural changes is
delegated to the Public Works Operations Manager.
The City will certify that it has completed the annual audit using CIWQS.
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Section 10. Program Audits
This section outlines the auditing method that the City will follow to evaluate the
effectiveness of the SSMP to identify updates that may be needed for a more effective
program.
The City will audit its implementation and compliance with the provisions of this
SSMP on an annual basis. The audit will be conducted by staff from the Public Works
Department. The audit team may include members from other areas of the City, as
needed. The scope of the audit will cover each of the major sections of the SSMP.
The results of the audit, including the identification of any deficiencies and the
steps taken or planned to correct them, will be included in the SSMP Audit Report. The
SSMP Audit Report will focus on the effectiveness of the SSMP program, compliance with
the WDR requirements, and identification of any deficiencies in the SSMP. The SSMP
Audit Report will identify revisions that may be needed for a more effective program.
Information collected as part of Section 9 - Monitoring and Program Modifications will be
used in preparing the audit.
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Section 11. Communication Program
Communication with the Public
The Public Works Department website contains Wastewater Collection and
Industrial Waste program information with contact numbers:
http:// www. bakersfieldcify .us /cityservices /pubwrks /wastewater /index.htm
As described in this Plan, the City reports SSOs electronically to the California
Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS). The electronic SSO data, as well as
information regarding regulatory actions is available at:
httr): / /www.waterboards.co.aov /water issues / programs /ciwgs /r)ublicreports.shtml.
The website will be updated to include a link for customers to the State Water
Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Sanitary Sewer Overflow Program (CIWQS) website.
The link to the SWRCB website will enable citizens to review for themselves all the SWRCB
WDR and SSMP requirements that the City is being mandated to develop and
implement.
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