HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1971 - 0013RESOLUTION NO.71-13
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,5,6,
7,AND 11,OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,ESTABLI
SHING POLICY WITH RESPECT TO PROTECTION OF
BENEFICIAL USES OF OCEAN WATERAND REQUESTING THE
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
TO REVIE~EXISTING WASTE DI3CHAP~.E ~EQUIREIi’~TS
WHEREAS,these Districts have entered into a wastewater treat
ment and disposal agreement with the Riverside County Flood Control
and Water Conservation District providing for accepting,treating and
disposing of a maximum of 50 million gallons per day.of wastewater
from the Santa Ana River drainage area upstream of Prado Dam,which
wastewater,if disposed of in said upstream drainage area,will cause
a further degradation of the quality of flow of the Santa Aria River
entering Orange County,and
WHEREAS,said agreement also is in the best interests of Orange
County in that it effectively provides that the quality of such
upstream wastewater discharges will be put under the control of the
Sanitation Districts,and
WHEREAS,the Boards of Directors have evidenced and implemented
their concern in the preservation of the water quality of the Pacific
Ocean in the area of the Districts’wastewater discharge by means of
(a)A continued planned program since 1956 of expansion and upgrading
of wastewater treatment and.disposal facilities.Said program has
required~the annual expenditure of approximately $4 million for the
past several years and it is planned that a similar level of expendi
tures will continue indefinitely (b)The construction and equipping
of a new and modern laboratory building at a total estimated cost of
$300,000.SaId laboratsry will be capable of perfor~iing all tests
necessary to monitor effluent quality and,by means of toxicity tests,
to measure its effect,if any,on marine life in the discharge area.
This laboratory will be staffed to perform any and all tests deemed
necessary and it is planned that the scope of sucli test.s and research
will be above and beyond waste discharge requirements established by
the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (c)A monitoring
program of the q~ia1ity of marine waters in the wastewater discharge
area and a comprehensive study of the existing and future marine
life in said area.The scope of said monitoring program and study
is over and beyond the existing requirements of the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board (d)Entering into a joint
powers agreement with other Southern California waste dischargers
to provide an intensive study of the effects of waste discharges on
nearshore waters.Said study,now being cor~ducted by the Southern
California Coastal Water Research Project Authority at an expected
total eventual cost of $1,100,000,is expected to provide valuable
information to guide the Districts in future plans for further
upgrading of the quality of wastewaters discharged to the marine
environment,and
WHEREAS,the dispo~ai of wastewa~ter to the Pacific Ocean by the
Sanitation Districts is under the statutory jurisdiction of the
California Regional Water Quality Control Board,Santa Ana Region,
which has adopted Resolution No.59-5 (3-68)regulating the quality
of the wastewater discharged by the Districts in order to protect
the beneficial ocean uses established by said Regional Board,and
WHEREAS,each Sanitation District has recently adopted a uniform
connection and use ordinance which provides for regulation of the
quality of wastewater discharged to the Districts’facilities,and
WHEREAS,it is planned that s~id uniform ordinance will be
further Implemented in the near future by adoption of rules and
regulations regulating the discharge of toxic materials,and
WHEREAS,said aforementioned agreement with the Riverside County
Flood Control and Water Conservation District provides that said
District must meet tñe same wastewater quality standards as have
been,or may be,established for ~astewater discharges within the
Sanitation Districts.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Boards of Directors of
County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,and 11,of Orange
County,Californ~a,as follows:
1.That these Boards of Directors hereby reaffirm their fixed
and continuing policy for taking all necessary measures including,
•but not limited to,those enumerated hereinabove,to protect the
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quality of marine waters in the Districts’wastewater discharge area
as said quality may be affected by said discharge.
2.Recognizing that the protection of the quality of marine
waters in the Districts’wastewater discharge area is a statutory
responsibility of the.California Regional Water Quality Control
Board,Santa Ana Region,said Board is hereby requested to review and
to revise,if necessary,the Districts existing waste discharge
requirements for the purpose of assisting the Districts in the further
Implementation of the hereinabove stated policy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that cop~es of this resolution be
furnished to members of the legislative delegation from Orange
County,the Orange County Board of Supervisors,the State Water
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Resources Control Board,the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board,Santa Ana Region,the Santa Ana Watershed Planning
Agency and the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Authority.•
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
sS.
I,J.WAYNE SYLVESTER,Secretary of the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitatipn Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,
6,7,and 11,of Orange County,Cali.fcrnia,do hereby
cei~tify that the above and foregoing Resolution No.71-13
was regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of said Boards on the 10th day of February ,1971
Directors Norman E.Culver (Chairman),Gilbert
Arbiso,Morton Baum,Jerry Christie,Robert
Clark,Jesse Davis,Mark Stephenson,Robert.
Finnell,Norma Gibbs,Jack Green,Lorin Griset,
Robert Harvey,Wade Herrin,Edgar Hirth,
Joseph Hyde,~Edward Just,Don Mclnnis,Derek
McWhinney,Clifton C.Miller,Ellis N.Porter,
Howard Rogers,Donald Shipley,Hal Sims,
Don E.Smith,Donald Winn and Robert Battin
NOES:None
ABSENT:Dfrectors Jack Berton,Henry Weda.a arid
Lindsley Parsons
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
10th day of February
I have hereunto set my hand this
,1971
~c ret a ry,
oar of Li ectors,County
Sanitation Distric~ts N6s.1,2,
3,5,6,7,and II,of Orange
County,California
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by the following vote,to wit
AYES:
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