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Orange County Sanitation District
Meeting of the LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Monday, February 5, 2018 12:00 P.M. Administration Building Board Room
10844 Ellis Avenue Fountain Valley, CA (714) 593-7433
AGENDA
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
DECLARATION OF QUORUM:
PUBLIC COMMENTS: If you wish to address the Committee on any item, please complete a Speaker’s
Form (located at the table at the back of the room) and submit it to the Clerk of the Board or notify the Clerk of
the Board the item number on which you wish to speak. Speakers will be recognized by the Chairman and are requested to limit comments to three minutes.
REPORTS: The Committee Chair and the General Manager may present verbal reports on miscellaneous
matters of general interest to the Committee Members. These reports are for information only and require no
action by the Committee. CONSENT CALENDAR: Consent Calendar Items are considered to be routine and will be enacted, by
the Committee, after one motion, without discussion. Any items withdrawn from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion will be considered in the regular order of business. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
RECOMMENDATION: Approve minutes for the Committee meeting held on December 11, 2017. NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
None. INFORMATION ITEMS:
2. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE (Rebecca Long)
3. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Jennifer Cabral)
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY:
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ADJOURNMENT: The next Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 12, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
Accommodations for the Disabled: Meeting Rooms are wheelchair accessible. If you require any special disability related accommodations, please contact the Orange County Sanitation District Clerk of the Board’s office at (714) 593-7433 at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. Requests must specify the nature of the disability and the type of accommodation requested. Agenda Posting: In accordance with the requirements of California Government Code Section 54954.2, this agenda
has been posted outside the main gate of the Sanitation District’s Administration Building located at 10844 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, California, and on the Sanitation District’s website at www.ocsd.com, not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting date and time above. All public records relating to each agenda item, including any public records distributed less than 72 hours prior to the meeting to all, or a majority of the Board of Directors, are available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk of the Board. Agenda Description: The agenda provides a brief general description of each item of business to be considered or discussed. The recommended action does not indicate what action will be taken. The Board of Directors may take any action which is deemed appropriate. NOTICE TO DIRECTORS: To place items on the agenda for the Committee Meeting, items must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board 14 days before the meeting. Kelly A. Lore Clerk of the Board (714) 593-7433 Klore@ocsd.com For any questions on the agenda, Committee members may contact staff at: General Manager James D. Herberg (714) 593-7300 jherberg@ocsd.com Assistant General Manager Director of Environmental Services Bob Ghirelli James Colston (714) 593-7400 (714) 593-7450 rghirelli@ocsd.com jcolston@ocsd.com Public Affairs Supervisor Jennifer Cabral (714) 593-7581 jjcabral@ocsd.com Senior Public Affairs Specialist Rebecca Long (714) 593-7444 rlong@ocsd.com
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MINUTES OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District Monday, December 11, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.
A meeting of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee was called to order by Chair Sebourn on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District. Director Kim led the pledge of allegiance.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Greg Sebourn, Board Chair
David Shawver, Board Vice-Chair
Allan Bernstein, Member-At-Large Peter Kim, Member-At-Large Chad Wanke, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Donald P. Wagner, Member-At-Large John Withers, Member-At-Large
STAFF PRESENT: Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Jim Colston, Director of Environmental Services Rob Thompson, Director of Engineering Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance & Administrative Services
Tina Knapp, Deputy Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral Alfredo Garcia Rebecca Long Kelly Newell
Tyler Ramirez
OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hogin, General Counsel Eric O’Donnell, Townsend Public Affairs
Cori Williams, Townsend Public Affairs Eric Sapirstein, ENS Resources (via teleconference)
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Chair Sebourn did not provide a report.
REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER:
General Manager Jim Herberg did not provide a report.
ITEM NO. 1
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CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board) MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED TO: Approve minutes for the Committee meeting held on November 13, 2017.
AYES: Bernstein, Kim, Sebourn, Shawver, and Wanke
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT: Wagner and Withers NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
2. LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY PLAN AND YEAR-END REVIEW (Bob Ghirelli) Assistant General Manager Bob Ghirelli introduced this item and Rebecca Long, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, provided an informative PowerPoint presentation
that provided legislative highlights of 2017, tours and briefings given to State and
Federal delegations, and reviewed the 2018 Legislative and Regulatory Plan. Cori Williams, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA), reviewed the status of the legislative concept identified by the Committee regarding bid advertising.
MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board of
Directors to: Approve the Orange County Sanitation District 2018 Legislative and Regulatory Plan.
AYES: Bernstein, Kim, Sebourn, Shawver, and Wanke
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT: Wagner and Withers
INFORMATION ITEMS: 3. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE (Rebecca Long)
Ms. Long introduced Eric Sapirstein, ENS Resources, who provided an update on
the tax bill (H.R. 1 and S. 1), highlighting the elements that have indirect and direct impacts on OCSD. Mr. Sapirstein indicated that further information pertaining to infrastructure policymaking is anticipated at the beginning of 2018. Mr. Sapirstein also provided the names of individuals recently appointed to agencies of interest to
OCSD.
Ms. Long provided an overview of the recent California Association of Sanitation Agencies State Legislative Committee meeting, indicating that discussions focused on legislation; as well as the priorities of the organization, which are currently
flushable wipes and microplastics. In response to a question from the Committee,
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Ms. Williams indicated that, in regard to the bid advertising legislative concept being
developed by OCSD, the current priority is finding an author.
4. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Jennifer Cabral) Jennifer Cabral, Public Affairs Supervisor, provided an overview of recent Public
Affairs activities and reported that the project to update OCSD’s video library has
been completed and that this was primarily undertaken as an extension of onboarding new Board Members and employees. Ms. Cabral thanked the Committee for attending the State of the District event in November. Two new videos (one pertaining to resource recovery and the other to the flushable three)
were shown to the Committee. Ms. Cabral indicated that these videos will be
provided to our member agencies for them to share. Vice-Chair Shawver offered local school districts as an additional avenue for sharing the videos. OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS,
IF ANY:
Vice-Chair Shawver thanked the consultants and staff for their commitment to the legislative efforts of OCSD and commented that it is being recognized by legislators. Director Bernstein echoed Vice-Chair Shawver’s suggestion of sharing the videos with
local school districts and voiced his appreciation for the Sanitation District’s staff and
consultants. Vice-Chair Shawver suggested also sharing the videos with Orange Coast Community College. Board Chair Sebourn reminded the Committee that the next Board meeting is
December 20. Chair Sebourn reiterated the importance of having a working knowledge
of OCSD to aid in the decision-making process and encouraged all Board Members to take the tour of both Plant Nos. 1 and 2 being offered before the December 20 Board meeting and, if unable to participate on this tour date, please contact staff to schedule a date and time.
ADJOURNMENT: Chair Sebourn declared the meeting adjourned at 12:37 p.m. to the next Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting, Monday, February 5, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
Submitted by:
_____________________ Tina Knapp, CMC Clerk of the Board
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Meeting Date 02/05/18 To Bd. of Dir. --
AGENDA REPORT Item Number 2 Item Number --
Orange County Sanitation District FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager Originator: Robert P. Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION Information Only.
BACKGROUND The Orange County Sanitation District’s (Sanitation District) legislative affairs program includes advocating the Sanitation District’s legislative interests, sponsoring legislation (where appropriate), and seeking Federal/State funding for projects.
Staff will provide an update on recent legislative activities. RELEVANT STANDARDS
• Unified legislative advocacy and public outreach program
• Build brand, trust, and support with policy makers and community leaders
• Maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with neighboring agencies
• Listen to and seriously consider community input on environmental concerns
• Use all practical and effective means for recovering wastewater for reuse
PROBLEM Without a strong advocacy program, elected officials may not be aware that the Sanitation District is more than a wastewater treatment plant – treating and sending water to the
ocean. The Sanitation District is an environmentally engaged organization which recycles more than 50 percent of its wastewater. Additionally, to help meet the goal of 100 percent recycling, the Sanitation District uses the byproducts from the wastewater treatment
process to produce biosolids and energy used to help run the two plants in Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach. PROPOSED SOLUTION
Work with Local, State, and Federal officials to advocate the Sanitation District’s legislative interests. Help to create/monitor legislation and grants that would benefit the Sanitation District, the wastewater industry, and the community as a whole. To assist in
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our relationship building activities, we will continue to reach out to our elected officials providing facility tours, one-on-one meetings, and trips to D.C. and Sacramento.
RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING ACTION
If we do not work with Local, State, and Federal elected officials, legislation could be passed that negatively affects the Sanitation District and the wastewater industry as a whole. Additionally, this could affect our chances of receiving grant funding.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Assembly Member Tom Daly has agreed to author legislation on behalf of the Sanitation District that will amend public contracting code for sanitation districts to modify the bid
advertising requirement to post construction bid notices in a newspaper. ATTACHMENT
The following attachment(s) are included in hard copy and may also be viewed on-line at the OCSD website (www.ocsd.com) with the complete agenda package:
• Federal Update & Legislative Matrix - ENS Resources
• State Update & Legislative Matrix - Townsend Public Affairs
• Grant Matrix
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M E M O R A N D U M TO: Rebecca Long FROM: Eric Sapirstein DATE: January 15, 2018 SUBJECT: Washington Update The second and final session of the 115th Congress convened this month within a critical time to finalize spending for the current fiscal year 2018, resolve the impasse over immigration and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), address infrastructure policy and prepare for the highly anticipated fiscal year 2019 budget that the White House will transmit to Congress in February. Additionally, since our last update, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation formally transmitted its first-ever selection of projects under the WIIN program. The selection of only three projects from the western U.S. included OCSD’s proposed project. Once Congress finalizes the FY 2018 spending bill, and approves the project selections, OCSD should anticipate swift obligation of the funding assistance to its project. Last, the past few weeks were notable for re-election news. Within OCSD’s congressional delegation, Representative Royce announced his decision to retire at the end of 2018. While speculation persists that the announcement was prompted by an increasingly competitive congressional district, Royce’s decision follows actions by fellow committee chairmen that face term limits on their chairmanship that forces them to return to rank and file status. The loss of a leadership role is often cited as the motivating factor to return to private life.
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The following summarize issues of interest to OCSD.
Tax Bill Enacted into Law As reported at the close of 2017, Congress gave final approval of the tax cuts bill, H.R. 1, and the president signed the measure into law. On final passage, OCSD’s congressional delegation essentially voted along party lines. Representatives Walters and Royce voted for the measure. Representative Rohrabacher joined Representatives Lowenthal, Sanchez and Correa voting against H.R. 1. As enacted, the measure imposes significant changes to the tax code impacting local governmental financing. First, state and local taxes (SALT), previously eligible for federal tax deduction would be limited to not more than $10,000 of SALT and/or property taxes. A second revision to eliminate the use of advanced refundings of municipal debt became effective for bonds issued after 12/31/2017. This action means that the practice of issuing tax exempt bonds, with a lower interest rate to allow for an early “call” on bonds that carry a higher interest rate, will no longer be available to public agencies. In a reversal of earlier tax proposals, the law restores the unrestricted use of private activity bonds (subject to state volume caps) for, among other things, public private partnerships. Finally, no changes were made to the use or availability to traditional GO and Revenue Bonds and other pure public financing tools.
White House Prepares for Imminent Release of Infrastructure Plan Months of waiting for the White House infrastructure plan may soon come to an end as the president prepares for the January 30 State of the Union Address to Congress. As part of this address, we expect that a seventy plus page plan, detailing elements of the proposal, will be floated in the days leading up to the address, according to administration. The plan’s outlines are probably the worst kept secret in Washington. The proposal will rely on a federal contribution of $200 billion over ten years. The federal assistance would leverage $800 billion from nonfederal sources over the same ten years. According to administration officials the expectation is that nonfederal support would be derived from state and local resources. The outstanding question is how any plan would allocate resources among the various infrastructure needs that encompass water to roads to airports and ports, harbors and rail needs. As to the status of existing core water infrastructure assistance programs, it appears that a bifurcated approach will be pursued. First, the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund Program would be maintained, but only at current spending levels of approximately 1.3 billion; rather than at an increased level. Second, the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) would be increased, on a funding basis to support more project funding opportunities.
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Support in Congress for the administration’s proposed plan remains uncertain. At hearings in both the House and Senate, Members on a bipartisan basis voiced support for enhancing existing programs like the State Revolving Fund, as opposed to limiting growth in these programs. Nonetheless, given the groundswell of support for WIFIA, it appears increasingly likely that some level of increased assistance for highly leveraged assistance, like WIFIA, could survive infrastructure negotiations in the coming months.
Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations Remain an Open Question; Fiscal Year 2019 Budget on the
Horizon
As this update is written, the prospect of finalizing an FY 2018 budget appears to be a daunting task. Senate efforts to resolve immigration disputes and incorporate a compromise into a final spending bill, commit $18 billion to start construction of the border wall, and a variety of environmental policy riders, impacting permitting and other matters, have conspired to limit hopes for a final spending agreement by January 19. The current stopgap spending bill expires on this date. Therefore, it is increasingly possible, barring an unforeseen breakthrough, that Congress will need to extend stopgap spending for an additional period of time to allow for a final spending agreement to be passed. Complicating the development of a final spending bill is the February 5 deadline for the White House to transmit its FY 2019 budget request. If an FY 2018 agreement proves elusive before February 5, the prospect of finalizing two budgets at the same time would be a major challenge; especially within an election-year cycle. This could in turn lead to a year-long Continuing Resolution (CR) for FY 2018. For OCSD, the prospect of a year-long would not carry adverse consequences since funding levels would remain static, allowing for adequate funding of water infrastructure programs such as WIIN.
Appointments to Federal Agencies When Congress adjourned the first session, a number of pending White House nominations in the Senate expired. In most instances, the Senate leadership simply agrees to carry-over pending nominations. However, this time, a handful of nominations were allowed to expire, requiring the White House to resubmit the nominations. Two of these nominations have a direct impact on OCSD interests. First, Kathleen Hartnett White’s nomination to become the head of the Council on Environmental Quality will need to be resubmitted. The decision not to carry the nomination into the second session was attributable to Senators’ concerns that answers to questions posed during her confirmation hearing were considered highly questionable as to whose views the responses were. The second nominee subject to renewal is Andrew Wheeler who was poised to become the Deputy Administrator at USEPA. Wheeler, who most recently served as a key official in the largest coal company, will need to reappear before the Senate to secure an approval of the nomination. While these nominations are pending, the USEPA’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water received confirmation. David Ross will now manage the clean water programs.
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R.1071 Paul Tonko (D-NY)Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017. Amends
the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase assistance for States,
water systems, and disadvantaged communities; to encourage
good financial and environmental management of water
systems; to strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency’s
ability to enforce the requirements of the Act; and for other
purposes.
Introduced 2/13/17
Referred to the House
Committee on Energy and
Commerce 2/15/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 465 Bob Gibbs (R-OH)Water Quality Improvement Act. Amends the Clean Water
Act to allow for integreated plan permits for CSO's and related
wet weather compliance needs in association with traditional
discharge mandates to allow for priority setting.
Introduced 1/12/2017
Referred to House
Committee on
Transportation &
Infrastructure Mark-up likely
in July
Watch NACWA
Supports/Could
become vehicle
for permit term
extensions to ten
years from five
years
None Yet
Assigned
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017. To enable
needed drinking water standards, reduce lead in drinking water,
plan for and address threats from climate change, terrorism,
and source water contamination, invest in drinking water
infrastructure, increase compliance with drinking water
standards, foster greater community right to know about
drinking water quality, and promote technological solutions for
drinking water challenges.
Introduced in House
2/15/17, Referred to
Subcommittee on
Environment 2/17/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 1663 Robert Wittman (R-VA)Water Resources Research Amendments Act. Amends the
Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants
for and require applied water supply research regarding the
water resources research and technology institutes established
under that Act.
Introduced 3/21/17
Referred to Committee on
Natural Resources -
3/21/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 1579 Scott H. Peters (D-CA)Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act. To require drinking
water systems to assess and address their vulnerabilities to
climate change, source water degradation, and intentional acts
to ensure secuity and resiliency.
Introduced in House
3/16/17, referred to
Committee on Energy and
Commerce
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
Proposed Federal Legislation 2017-2018
Priority
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 434 Jeff Denham (R-CA)New WATER Act. Authorizes the Department of the Interior,
for 15 years after this bill's enactment, to provide financial
assistance, such as secured loans or loan guarantees, to
entities that contract under federal reclamation law to carry out
water projects within the 17 western states served by the
Bureau of Reclamation, other states where the Bureau is
authorized to provide project assistance, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Introduced 1/11/17
Referred to Subcommittee
on Water, Power, and
Oceans - 2/7/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 448 Jared Huffman (D-CA)Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act. Amends the
Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy
conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude
from gross income subsidies provided: (1) by a public utility to a
customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of
such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any
water conservation or efficiency measure; and (2) by a storm
water management provider to a customer, or by a state or
local government to a resident of such state or locality, for the
purchase or installation of any storm water management
measure.
Introduced 1/11/2017
Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means - 1/11/17
Support ACWA and
CASA Support
S. 692 Deb Fischer (R-NE)Water infrastructure Flexibility Act provides for integrated
plan permits, to establish an Office of the Municipal
Ombudsman, to promote green infrastructure, and to require
the revision of financial capability guidance.
Approved by Senate without
objection on Unanimous
Consent on 10/10/17 and
referred to House
Committee on
Transportation &
Infrastructure
Support NACWA
Supports
H.R. 1654 Tom McClintock (R-CA)Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act To authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and permitting
processes related to the construction of new surface water
storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate
the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit
processing, and for other purposes.
Introduced 3/21/17
Referred to Committee on
Natural Resources,ePassed
House and referred to
Senate 6/26/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R.998 Jason Smith (R-MO)SCRUB Act SCRUB would institutionalize a process to identify
those regulations that are eligible to be repealed. Under the
measure, a bipartisan review commission would examine rules
fifteen years or older that are determined to be not necessary
and should be repealed immediately, or given to the
appropriate agency for the purposes of prioritizing the rule for
repeal.
Passed House 3/1/17 240-
185, Received in Senate -
referred to Committee on
Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
Support No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 1653 Robert E. Latta (R-OH)Drinking Water Affordability Act amends certain provisions
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced 3/21/2017
Referred to Subcommittee
on Environment
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 1807 Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of
2017 amends the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments of
1981 by exempting certain water transfers between public
water supplies located on, along, or across the boundaries of
Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal
trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not
apply to covered water transfers containing a prohibited species
if: (1) the species are present in both public water supplies
before the transfer and the water is transferred directly between
them; or (2) the water is transferred in a closed conveyance
system (a closed system that collects, contains, and transports
the flow of water, such as pipe systems) and sent directly to
treatment facilities where the species will be destroyed.
Introduced 3/30/2017
Ordered to be Reported
(Amended) 4/27/2017
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 896 Richard Burr (R-NC)A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water
Conservation Fund. This bill amends the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the
authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The
greater of 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10
million shall be used for projects that secure recreational public
access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and
other recreational purposes.
Introduced and referred to
Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
4/07/2017
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 1971 Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act to provide for integrated
plan permits, to establish an Office of the Municipal
Ombudsman, to promote green infrastructure, and to require
the revision of financial capability guidance.
Introduced and referred to
Subcommittee on Water
Resources and
Environment- 4/07/2017
Support NACWA
Supports
S. 880 Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)Made In America Water Infrastructure Act to ensure the use
of American iron and steel in public water systems, and for
other purposes.
Introduced and referred to
the Committee on
Environment and Public
Works 4/07/2017
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 2116 Stephen Knight (R-CA) Perchlorate Reclamation and Water Replenishment Act
amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
participate in a series of water reclamation projects to provide a
new water supply to communities previously impacted by
perchlorate contamination plumes.
Introduced 4/25/2017
Referred to Committee on
Natural Resources
Watch NACWA
Supports
H.R. 1647 Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017 to establish a
Water Infrastructure Trust Fund, and for other purposes
Introduced 3/21/2017
Referred to Subcommittee
on Environment
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 2510 Peter DeFazio (D-OR)Clean Water and Jobs Creation Act of 2017 to renew the
Clean Water SRF Program and to provide grants to support
resiliency needs.
Introduced 5/19/2017 Support CASA Supports
S. 1137 Ben Cardin (D-MD)Clean Safe Reliable Water Infrastructure Act. Provides for a
robust funding of SRF programs and to establish a WaterSense
Program to promote water efficiency.
Introduced 5/16/2017
Referred to Committee on
Environment and Public
Works
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
S. 21 Paul Rand (R-KY)Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of
2017. This bill will provide for congressional approval of
regulations with impacts of $100 million or greater.
Reported to Senate from
Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental
Affairs
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 3266 Michael Simpson (R-ID) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2018. This bill provides FY2018
appropriations for: the civil works projects of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers; the Department of the Interior's Bureau of
Reclamation and Central Utah Project; the Department of
Energy (DOE); and several independent agencies, including the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Reported to House without
amendment 07/17/2017.
Placed on the Union
Calendar, Calendar No. 163
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
S. 1696 Tom Udall (D-NM)Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act provides for
language protecting against certification of technologies that
migh impair water treatment or increase costs.
Introduced 8/1/17 and
referred to Senate
Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
but anticipate
CASA and
WateReuse will
support
H.R. 3275 Jerry McNerney (D-CA)Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act
provides for assistance to support innovation in water treatment
and water use efficiency.
Introduced and referred to
Committees on Energy and
Commerce, Natural
Resources, Transportation
and Infrastructure, Science
Space and Technology,
Agriculture 8/8/17
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 3354 Kenneth Calvert (R-CA) Department of the Interior, Envirnment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018. This bill provides FY2018
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies.
The bill provides annual appropriations for most of the
Department of the Interior, including: the Bureau of Land
Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National
Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program (PILT),
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Bureau of Indian
Education.
The House Committee on
Appropriations reported an
original measure on
7/21/17. Passed/agreed to
in House on 9/14/17
Pending FY 18 Budget
negotiations
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
Clean Water
SRF is funded at
$1.3 billion
(current level)
S. 1609 Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2018. This bill provides FY2018
appropriations for: the civil works projects of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers; the Department of the Interior's Bureau of
Reclamation and Central Utah.
Introduced in the Senate on
7/20/17. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under
General Orders. Calendar
No. Pending Budget
Negotiations
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
Strong funding
for water
recycling project
assistance under
Title XVI and
WIIN
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
S. 1622 Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Beach Act of 2017. This bill amends the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water
Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2021 a grant program
for monitoring, and notifying the public of, any pathogens in
coastal recreation waters bordering public beaches.
Senate - 07/24/2017 Read
twice and referred to the
Committee on Environment
and Public Works.
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 2755 Frank Pallone (D-NJ)Beach Act of 2017. Amends the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to
revise and reauthorize through FY2021 a grant program for
monitoring, and notifying the public of, any pathogens in coastal
recreation waters bordering public beaches.
House - 05/26/2017
Referred to the
Subcommittee on Water
Resources and
Environment
Watch No supporters of
note for OCSD
H.R. 2510 Peter DeFazio (D-OR)Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017.
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize
appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds,
and for other purposes.
House - 05/18/2017
Referred to the
Subcommittee on Water
Resources and
Environment
S. 1464 Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)Water Conservation Tax Parity Act. Amends the Internal
Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy
conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude
from gross income subsidies provided (directly or indirectly): (1)
by a public utility to a customer, or by a state or local
government to a resident of such state or locality, for the
purchase or installation of any water conservation or efficiency
measure; and (2) by a storm water management provider to a
customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of
such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any
storm water management measure.
Senate - 6/28/2017
Referred to the Committee
on Finance
WateReuse
Supports
S. 1700 Tom Udall (D-NM)Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017. Amend the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a WaterSense
program within the Enivronmental Protection Agency, and for
other purposes.
Senate - 8/2/2017 Referred
to Committee on
Environment and Public
Works
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 2799 Jerry McNerney (D-CA)Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act. Amends
the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and
Facilities Act to authorize the Department of the Interior to
participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled
water system facilities in California.
House - 6/7/2017 Referred
to Subcommittee on Water,
Power and Oceans
H.R. 3533 Salud Carbajal (D-CA)Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act of 2017. Amends
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the
Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change
adaptation preparedness and response program, and for other
purposes.
House - 7/28/2017 Referred
to Subcommittee on Energy
and Mineral Resources
H.R. 3906 Denny Heck (D-WA)Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017.
Establishes centers of excellence for innovative stormwater
control infrastructure, and for other purposes.
House - 10/2/2017 Referred
to Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure and
Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology
H.R. 4177 Matt Cartwright (D-PA)PREPARE Act of 2017. Enhances the Federal Government’s
planning and preparation for extreme weather and the Federal
Government’s dissemination of best practices to respond to
extreme weather, thereby increasing resilience, improving
regional coordination, and mitigating the financial risk to the
Federal Government from such extreme weather, and for other
purposes.
Hosue - 10/31/2017
Referred to Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure and
Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform
H.R. 4492 Brian Mast (R-FL)Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Reauthorization Act of 2017. Reauthorizes and amends the
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014.
House -11/30/2017
Referred to the Committee
on Transportation and
Infrastructure and
Committee on Energy and
Commerce
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 2917 Bob Gibbs (R-OH)Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017. Amends the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to clarify when the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to prohibit
the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of
a defined area for specification, as a disposal site under section
404 of such Act, and for other purposes.
House - 6/15/2017 Referred
to the Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure
S. 1996 Cory Booker (D-NJ)Environmental Justice Act of 2017. Requires Federal
agencies to address environmental justice, to require
consideration of cumulative impacts in certain permitting
decisions, and for other purposes.
Senate - 10/24/2017
Referred to Committee on
Environment and Public
Works
H.R. 4114 Raul Ruiz (D-CA)Environmental Justice Act of 2017. Requires Federal
agencies to address environmental justice, to require
consideration of cumulative impacts in certain permitting
decisions, and for other purposes.
House - 10/24/2017
Referred to Committee on
Energy and Commerce,
Committee on Natural
Resources, Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure, and
Committee on Judiciary
H.R. 1 Kevin Brady (R-TX) Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code
(IRC) to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and
deductions for individuals and businesses.
House - 11/2/2017 Passed
House, Became law
12/22/2017
H.R. 4397 Mimi Walters (R-CA)California Wildfire Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017. Provides
tax relief with respect to California wildfires.
House - 11/15/2017
Referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION OTHER
POSITIONS
H.R. 3131 Bill Hiuzenga (R-MI)Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act.
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the
current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney
fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for
awarding costs to a prevailing party.
House - 6/29/2017 Referred
to Committee on Natural
Resources and Committee
on Judiciary
H.R. 4460 Lou Barletta (R-PA)Disaster Recovery Reform Act. Improves the provision of
disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible individuals and
households and to eligible State, local, Tribal, and territorial
governments and certain private nonprofit organizations, and
for other purposes.
House - 11/28/2017
Referred to Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure and
Committee on Financial
Services
Legend:
ACC-OC- Association of California Cities, Orange County
LOCC- League of California Cities
NYC- Not Yet Considered
CASA- California Association of Sanitation Agencies
NACWA - National Association of Clean Water Agencies
ACWA- Association of California Water Agencies
CSDA- California Special Districts Association
To: Orange County Sanitation District
From: Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Date: January 15, 2018
Subject: Legislative and Public Affairs Agenda Report
State Political Update
The Legislature returned from Interim Recess on January 3 for the second year of the current two-year session. They face quick deadlines, as all bills introduced in 2017 that failed to pass out of their house of origin must pass that house by January 31. The last day to introduce new legislation is February 16, 2018. Below is a list of upcoming deadlines in the Legislature:
• January 19 – Last day for any committee to pass bills that were introduced in 2017 to the floor
• January 31 – Last day for each house to pass bills that were introduced in 2017
• February 16 – Last day for new bills to be introduced
• March 22 – Spring Recess begins The composition of the Legislature has changed significantly since it adjourned in September
2017. Three members of the Assembly voluntarily vacated their positions during the Interim Recess. Both Assembly Member Bocanegra (D-Pacoima) and Assembly Member Dababneh (D-Encino) stepped down as a result of sexual harassment allegations, whereas Assembly Member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Paramount) vacated his seat due to health concerns. In addition, Assembly Member Jimmy Gomez is no longer in the Assembly due to his special election victory in 2017 for the U.S. House of Representatives, a seat left vacated when Governor Brown appointed Xavier Becerra as Attorney General. Gomez’s former seat in the Assembly was filled through a special election by local labor activist Wendy Carillo in December 2017. Due to the resignations of multiple members, the Assembly no longer has a two-thirds majority. The Senate also underwent substantial changes since it last adjourned in September 2017.
Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) agreed to take a temporary leave of absence from his seat amid accusations of inappropriate behavior. Although the Senator is still a member of the Legislature, he will not vote nor conduct the typical activities of the office until a pending
investigation has finished. The absence of Senator Mendoza removes the Democrats two-third majority in the Senate.
Governor Brown’s January Budget On January 10th, the Governor released his FY 2018-2019 Budget proposal, the first step in the
Budget process. The Governor’s proposed budget contains $131.7 billion in General Fund spending and fully funds the State’s rainy-day account. The budget represents an increase of $5.1 billion in General Fund expenditures when compared to last year, as well as a one-time $5.1 billion deposit into the rainy-day fund.
January 2018 Report 2
During his press conference, the Governor indicated that increases in state revenues will be used judiciously. The Governor also stressed the importance of preparation for the next recession and
the potential impacts from various federal actions. Additional details of the Governor’s 2018-2019 Budget proposal are below.
Water The Governor’s January budget did not include any sweeping changes to the general funding levels of water and sanitation resources. However, the budget did include slightly over $1 billion from the pending park/water bond (SB 5) that will be on the ballot in June 2018. The budget mainly appropriates funding from SB 5 for local and regional park grant programs, climate adaptation, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) implementation, flood management, and safe drinking water projects. Additionally, the budget provides funding for the SWRCB and the Department of Food and Agriculture to create a “Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund”, consistent with the policy
language set forth by SB 623 (Monning). This fund aims to provide funding to failing disadvantaged water systems that have high levels of contaminants. One of the funding sources for this fund is a tax on users of public water systems. Trailer bill language for this concept is
expected to be available in early February for comment. Cap and Trade
The Governor indicated in his press conference that he would have a draft Cap and Trade expenditure plan ready in time for his State of the State address on January 25. Legislative Budget committees and sub-committees will meet starting in February to discuss the proposals in the Governor’s January budget. In addition, the Governor’s office will continue to work on the policies and principles as laid out during the Governor’s press conference. The Administration will also begin working toward the May Revise, a revised budget proposal based on more accurate tax revenue reports. TPA will keep the District informed about the budget process and corresponding trailer bills that contain policy directives or funding opportunities.
Proposed Legislation for 2018 Assembly Member Tom Daly has agreed to author legislation on behalf of OCSD that will address
the requirements to advertise construction bids in print newspapers. When the bill is formally introduced, TPA will work with Assembly Member Daly’s staff and OCSD to guide the bill through the legislative process.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE
PLAN
OTHER
POSITIONS
AB 869 Rubio [D]Sustainable water use and demand reduction: recycled water.
Current law imposes various water use reduction requirements that apply
to urban retail water suppliers, including a requirement that the state
achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use by December 31,
2020. This bill would require long-term standards for urban water
conservation and water use to include a credit for recycled water, as
specified.
Currently in the Senate Natural
Resources and Water
Committee
Watch Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
measures that
promote and
provide for the use
of reclaimed water
ACC-OC - Support
LOCC - Watch
CASA - Support
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Watch
AB 1250 Jones-Sawyer [D]Counties: contracts for personal services Would establish specific
standards for the use of personal services contracts by counties. The bill
would allow a county or county agency to contract for personal services
currently or customarily performed by employees, as applicable, when
specified conditions are met. The bill would exempt certain types of
contracts from its provisions, and would exempt a city and county from its
provisions. By placing new duties on local government agencies, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would
provide that its provisions are severable. This bill was amended to
exclude cities, and does NOT apply to special districts.
Held in the Senate Rules
Committee.
Oppose Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
legislation and
regulation that
allow public
agencies to
procure goods and
services in
manners similar to
private industry,
thereby reducing
overall costs of
delivery
ACC-OC -
Removed
Opposition
LOCC - Removed
Opposition
CASA - Refer to
Leg Committee
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Watch
Proposed Legislation 2017-2018
High Priority
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE
PLAN
OTHER
POSITIONS
SB 623 Monning [D]Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Would establish the Safe
and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury and would
provide that moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
State Water Resources Control Board. The bill would require the board
to administer the fund to secure access to safe drinking water for all
Californians, while also ensuring the long-term sustainability of drinking
water service and infrastructure. The bill would authorize the state board
to provide for the deposit into the fund of federal contributions, voluntary
contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, and settlements from parties
responsible for contamination of drinking water supplies. The bill was
amended on August 21 to include a public goods charge on water,
identified as $0.95 per month fee for customers with water meters up to
one inch or customers without water meters. The feees increase
depending on the size of the water meter, up to $10 per month for
customers with water meters greater than four inches. The policy and
fees set forth by this bill have been included in the Governor's January
Budget proposal.
Held in the Assembly Rules
Committee.
Watch State and Federal
Tactics: Work with
CASA in support of
continued use of
tax-exempt
financing and
feasibile innocating
financing
approaches.
ACC-OC - NYC
LOCC - Concerns
CASA - Watch
Closely
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Oppose
unless Amended
SCA 4 Hertzberg [D]Water conservation. The California Constitution requires that the water
resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of
which they are capable and that the waste or unreasonable use or
unreasonable method of use of water be prevented.This measure would
declare the intent of the Legislature to amend the California Constitution
to provide a program that would ensure that affordable water is available
to all Californians and to ensure that water conservation is given a
permanent role in California’s future.
Currently in the Senate Rules
Committee
Watch Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
legislation and
regulation that
necessitate the
responsible use of
water in residential,
commercial, and
industrial areas.
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - Watch
CASA - Work with
Author
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Watch
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE
PLAN
OTHER
POSITIONS
TBD Daly [D]Assembly Member Tom Daly has agreed to author a bill on behalf of
OCSD that will address requirements to advertise construction bids in
print newspapers. When the bill is formally introduced, TPA will update
the matrix to reflect the bill number and summary.
Not yet introduced Sponsor
AB 1654 Rubio [D]Water shortage: urban water management planning. AB 1654 would
have required each urban retail water supplier to report annually by June
15 to the Department of Water Resources the status of its water supplies
for that year and whether the supplies will be adequate to meet projected
customer demand. The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
amended all language out of this bill all other related bills. The
Committee and stakeholders negotiated a new urban water management
plan (AB 1668), however they were unable to pass the bill.
Currently on Senate Rules
Committee
Watch Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
legislation and
regulation that
promote improved
water use
efficiency through
state and federal
assistance
ACC-OC - Support
LOCC - Support
CASA - Watch
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Support
AB 1668 Friedman [D]Water management planning. Current law requires the state to achieve
a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December
31, 2020. Current law requires each urban retail water supplier to
develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target,
as specified. This bill would require the State Water Resources Control
Board, in coordination with the Department of Water Resources, to adopt
long-term standards for the efficient use of water, as provided, and
performance measures for commercial, industrial, and institutional water
use on or before June 30, 2021. This issue will be discussed again in
2018.
Amendments are expected
once stakeholders negotiate a
compromise.
Watch Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
legislation and
regulation that
promote improved
water use
efficiency through
state and federal
assistance
ACC-OC - Oppose
LOCC - Watch
CASA - NYC
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Oppose
unless amended
Additional Legislation
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
BILL AUTHOR SUMMARY LATEST ACTION OCSD POSITION LEGISLATIVE
PLAN
OTHER
POSITIONS
SB 212 Jackson [D]Medical waste. Current law, the Medical Waste Management Act,
administered by the State Department of Public Health, regulates the
management and handling of medical waste, as defined.This bill add to
the act a definition of “home-generated pharmaceutical waste” as a
prescription or over-the-counter human or veterinary home-generated
pharmaceutical that is waste and is derived from a household, including,
but not limited to, a multifamily residence or household. This bill is a
follow-up/cleanup bill for Senator Jackson's SB 1229 (2016), which
provides that certain collectors who are authorized under federal law to
engage in drug take-back collection with limited protection from civil and
criminal liability.
Currently in the Assembly
Environmental Safety and
Toxic Materials Committee
Support State Priorities:
Support legislation
or regulations that
would prevent the
disposing of drugs
down the drain
ACC-OC -NYC
LOCC - Watch
CASA - Watch
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - Support
SB 606 Skinner [D]Water management planning Current law requires the state to achieve
a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December
31, 2020. Current law requires each urban retail water supplier to
develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target,
as specified. The bill would require an urban retail water supplier to
calculate an urban water use objective no later than July 1, 2022, and by
July 1 every year thereafter, and its actual urban water use by those
same dates.
Currently on the Senate Floor.
Amendments are expected
once stakeholders negotiate a
compromise.
Legislative and
Regulatory
Policies: Support
legislation and
regulation that
promote improved
water use
efficiency through
state and federal
assistance
ACC-OC - NYC
LOCC - Watch
CASA - NYC
NACWA - NYC
CSDA - TBD
Legend:
ACC-OC - Association of California Cities, Orange County
LOCC - League of California Cities
NYC - Not Yet Considered
CASA - California Association of Sanitation Agencies
NACWA - National Association of Clean Water Agencies
ACWA - Association of California Water Agencies
CSDA - California Special Districts Association
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount
Applying for Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Financing Y/N
California Infrastructure and Economic
Development Bank CA0272
Infrastructure State Revolving Fund
(ISRF) Program
The purpose of this program is to provide accessible low-
cost financing to eligible borrowers for a wide range of
infrastructure and economic expansion projects. Eligible
activities generally include designing, acquiring, planning,
permitting, entitling, constructing, improving, extending,
restoring, financing, and generally developing eligible
facilities within the state of California.
Program funding is available in amounts
ranging from $50,000 to $25 million, with loan
terms for the useful life of the project up to a
maximum of 30 years.
TBD Evaluating Multiple (possible projects).
Evaluating the program.Might be for smaller projects.N/A, loan program Rolling Water/Energy/
Infrastructure TBD
Cap and Trade Funding
$900 million from the Cap and Trade program (Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Fund) was appropriated in the last
legislative session.
$900 million TBD TBD TBD
OCSD would not be eligible to apply
for the vast majority of this money.
While most of the Cap and Trade
spending plan is not connected to the
services OCSD provides, the funding
did include $40 million for waste
diversion projects. Staff and TPA will
closely monitor the development of
this program.
TBD Unknown at this
time Energy TBD
2018 Integrated Regional Water
Management (IRWM) Grant
Program
The Proposition 1 IRWM Grant Program, administered by
DWR, provides funding for projects that help meet the long
term water needs of the state, including:
Assisting water infrastructure systems adapt to climate
change;
Providing incentives throughout each watershed to
collaborate in managing the region's water resources and
setting regional priorities for water infrastructure
TBD TBD TBD TBD
TPA and OCSD are monitoring the
grant program development from the
Santa Ana Watershed Project
Authority (SAWPA). Once the
solicitation for bids is available, we can
determine if an application is
warranted.
Yes. Details TBD Unknown at this
time Water TBD
2018 Proposed Park Bond
SB 5 (De Leon) includes $375 million for each of the follow
categories: Integrated Regional Water Management
(IRWM),Water Recycling Groundwater Sustainability Clean,
Safe, Reliable Drinking Water
$1.5 billion in overall water funding.
$375 million for Water Recycling and $375
million for Intergrated Regional Water
Management (IRWM) to be funneled into the
existing programs.
TBD
If SB 5 passes the legislature and
is signed by the Governor, it will
be placed on the statewide ballot
in 2018. Funds will likely not be
available until 2019.
N/A
TPA and OCSD will advocate for the
inclusion of this funding in the final
version of the parks bond legislation. If
funding becomes available, TPA and
staff will evaluate the opportunity.
TBD TBD Water No
The Water Infrastructure Improvements
Act (S. 612/Public Law #114-322/WIIN)
The enactment of the Water Infrastructure Improvements
Act (S. 612/Public Law #114-322/WIIN) contained
important assistance for water recycling and desalination.
Senator Feinstein included $50 million to
support construction of projects that have a
final and deemed feasible study of a recycling
project. In securing this new competitive
grants program at the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, Senator Feinstein highlighted the
identification of several water and wastewater
agencies that would benefit from the
assistance. OCSD is one of these agencies.
$1.5 Million Yes
Final Expansion of GWRS
(planning, design and
construction) Headworks
The Sanitation District is applying for
Headworks Segregation project that
will help to bring more water to the
GWRS.
Title 16 will pay up to
25 percent of the
available money
8/15/2017 Water/
Infrastructure
Received notification
of award on 11/27/17
for $1,325,000.00
The USEPA Leaking Underground
Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund
The fund addresses petroleum releases from regulated
underground storage tanks.
The LUST program receives approximately
$100 million annually to prevent, detect, and
clean up releases. Assistance is provided
through grants. Eligible activities include
removal of tanks and cleanup of contaminated
areas.
TBD Evaluating Cleanup of contaminated soils at
Plant No. 1
We will review the grant to determine
if it is a fit for the project. TBD Infrastructure TBD
US Department of Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture through its health
watersheds program offers public-owned wastewater
agencies funding through collaboration with agricultural
interests where funding would be provided to the
agricultural entity that would contribute to efforts to protect
the watershed and minimize regulatory burdens on the
point source.
A total of $100 million is funded annually and
the opportunity to design a watershed program
might offer OCSD with the chance to advance
its priority to reduce regulatory burdens.
TBD TBD
Reviewing the funding
opportunity to see if there is a fit
for OCSD. (Restoration of
beaches and estuaries)
We will review the possible funding
opportunity to determine if it is a fit for
the Sanitation District.
TBD Water TBD
OCSD's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2017-2018
STATE
FEDERAL
Updated 1/17/2018
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount
Applying for Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Financing Y/N
OCSD's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2017-2018
The Department of Energy (DOE),
USBR and USEPA
The DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency is likely to continue
to be funded by Congress to support such efforts as
biogas, biosolids and green energy.
A minimum of $20 million to as much as $100
million based upon prior years’ budgets. USBR
could receive as much as $130 million in
support of the WaterSmart (due to increased
funding under WIIN) during the next several
years. USBR will issue solicitations for
innovative approaches to managing water and
water treatment through technology and
processes.
TBD TBD. We will monitor for possible
funding opportunities
Project Funding Opportunity:
Energy production to reduce
costs of recycled water through
innovative technologies like
Aquacritox, Innovative water
monitoring technology that can
produce efficient real time
monitoring and data analysis,
Biogas Management and Use
Improvements.
We will review the possible funding
opportunity to determine if it is a fit for
the Sanitation District.
TBD Energy TBD
Smart Cities and Security
It is unclear how the incoming administration may revise
existing programs that address energy and water
efficiency needs. However, the effort to support
communities develop approaches that improve the quality
of life in communities might continue to receive funding.
OCSD might be able to leverage such program assistance
to support innovative approaches to security. Funding may
also be available through Department of Homeland
Security to assist communities to protect against cyber-
threats.
TBD TBD
TBD. Based on the funding
opportunities and OCSD's
projects/needs.
Project Funding Opportunity:
SCADA System and Network
Upgrades, Seismic Hazard
Evaluation (FEMA Mitigation
Assistance)
If funding becomes available we will
evaluate the opportunity.
Unknown at this
time Energy/Water TBD
WIFIA
The WIFIA program accelerates investment in our nation’s
water infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost
supplemental loans for regionally and nationally significant
projects. To qualify for funding assistance a project must
cost at least $20 million. The USEPA has expressed an
interest in projects that deliver multiple benefits that might
capture water recycling as well as projects that address
stormwater and other “large project” needs.
$2 billion N/A No
Possible projects: GWRS Final
Expansion, District 6 Trunk
Sewer Relief Project,
Headworks
Rehabilitation/Expansion
Headquarters Complex, Site
and Security/Entrance
Realignment, Western Regional
Sewers—Planning and design
and construction
The Sanitation District does not plan to
borrow funds to complete projects. The
Water District might qualify for these
loans and OCSD will support them if
they choose to do so.
4/10/2017 Water/
Infrastructure N/A
Updated 1/17/2018
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Meeting Date 02/05/18 To Bd. of Dir. --
AGENDA REPORT Item Number 3 Item Number --
Orange County Sanitation District FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager Originator: Robert P. Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager SUBJECT: PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION Information Only.
BACKGROUND
Staff will provide an update on recent public affairs activities. RELEVANT STANDARDS
• Unified legislative advocacy and public outreach program
• Build brand, trust, and support with policy makers and community leaders
• Use all practical and effective means for recovering wastewater for reuse
• Maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with neighboring agencies
• Listen to and seriously consider community input on environmental concerns
PROBLEM Many Californians are not aware of the Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation
District) and the important work we do to keep the environment clean by using the wastewater byproducts to create energy, water recycling and the use of biosolids. Additionally, they are not aware that more than 50 percent of the wastewater is recycled and used to replenish the Orange County Groundwater Basin.
In general, the community and businesses do not realize that when they improperly dispose of waste into the sanitation system, it can negatively affect the work we do and the quality of water we supply for the Groundwater Replenishment System. PROPOSED SOLUTION
By providing tours, community outreach education and general communication via the Sanitation District’s website, social media outlets and mainstream media, we have the ability to educate the community, local agencies, and businesses on the What2Flush program, energy production, water recycling, biosolids and our source control program.
This, in turn, results in a better quality of wastewater.
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TIMING CONCERNS N/A
RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING ACTION If we do not educate the community, local agencies and area businesses about the Sanitation District, we lose an opportunity to educate thousands of people about our
plants, source control and the wastewater industry as a whole. PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS N/A
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION January 2018 Outreach Stats
Activity # # of Guests
OCSD/OCWD Tours 2 29
OCSD Tours 6 83
Speaking Events 3 240
Items of Interest for February 2018:
Proposition 218 On February 9, Proposition 218 compliant notifications will be mailed to affected property owners outlining a five-year regional sewer service fee schedule with annual increases of approximately 1.2 percent over the next five fiscal years, beginning with Fiscal Year
2018-19.
In preparation for this mailing, the Sanitation District’s website will have a new rate section with frequently asked questions along with the Prop. 218 notification in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Meetings have been scheduled with the Orange County Business Council and the Orange County Tax Association. A meeting with the Building Industry Association is currently being coordinated.
Orange County Sanitation District/OCWD Celebrates GWRS 10-Year Anniversary The Sanitation District and OCWD will be hosting a Winter Fest on February 16 to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Groundwater Replenishment System. At the same time, we will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most wastewater purified to drinking water standards in a 24-hour period. Sanitation District staff will
provide an update on activities to the Committee.
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CEQA N/A
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ATTACHMENTS
The following attachments are attached in hard copy and may also be viewed on-line at the OCSD website
(www.ocsd.com) with the complete agenda package:
• Outreach Calendar January 2018
• Media Clips January 2018
Date Time Organization/Event Location Purpose Attendee
1/4/2018 1000 - 1130 Plant Tour Boardroom Achievement Institute of
Science Studies Tour. 30
Guests
Jeff Armstrong Tour Guide
1/5/2018 1000 - 1400 Plant Tour Boardroom Reporter to tour P1 with
Jim Herberg
Jim Herberg Tour Guide
1/10/2018 1400 - 1530 Plant Tour Room C Joanne Diaz Group Tour.
15 guests
Ann Crafton Tour Guide
1/12/2018 900 - 1201 Plant Tour Boardroom SA Valley HS Tours 50
students
Brian Bingman Tour Guide
1/16/2018 1000 - 1130 Speaking Engagement Boardroom Dir. Bilodeau - Trinity
church group to tour P1. 15
guest.
Bob Ghirelli Speaker
1/17/2018 1230 - 1430 Plant Tour Boardroom HB STEM teachers to tour
P1. 2 guests
Mark Esquer Tour Guide
1/18/2018 900 - 1030 Plant Tour A & B Godinez Fundamental High
School Tour. 25 guests
Belen Carrillo Tour Guide
1/22/2018 930 - 1100 Plant Tour Room C OCC Tour. 25 guests Rich Leon Tour Guide
1/23/2018 1030 - 1230 Plant Tour GM Conf. Room Bergstrom Media Tour. Rebecca Long Tour Guide
1/25/2018 900 - 1000 Speaking Engagement Costa Mesa Regulatory Update for the
Industrial Environmental
Coalition of Orange
County.
Chris Stacklin Speaker
1/30/2018 900 - 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom New Employee/Open to
the Public Tour
Ann Crafton Tour Guide
2/1/2018 900 - 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Tarbut HS Tour. 16
guests.
Brian Bingman Tour Guide
2/7/2018 900 - 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom CSUF Nursing Tour. 12
guests
Gina Tetsch Tour Guide
2/8/2018 900 - 1200 Plant Tours A & B San Clemente HS Tours.
50 students
Ann Crafton Tour Guide
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
OCSD Outreach Report 1/23/2018
Contact
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
1/23/2018 7:00:39 AM
Date Time Organization/Event Location Purpose Attendee
OCSD Outreach Report 1/23/2018
Contact
2/9/2018 900 - 1200 Plant Tours Boardroom Coastkeepers Estancia HS
Tours. 40 guests
Cindy Murra Tour Guide
2/15/2018 1300 - 1500 Plant Tour Boardroom Long Beach Unified School
Tour 40 guests
Leyla Perez Tour Guide
2/16/2018 1300 - 1500 Plant Tour Boardroom Long Beach Unified School
Tour, 40 guests
Lisa Frigo Tour Guide
2/20/2018 900 - 1200 Plant Tour Boardroom Coastkeeper Sonora High
School Tours. 50 guests
Brian Bingman Tour Guide
2/21/2018 900 - 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Vanguard Nursing Tour. Gina Tetsch Tour Guide
2/23/2018 900 - 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Santiago HS Coastkeeper
Tour. 25 guests
Belen Carrillo Tour Guide
2/26/2018 900 - 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Oxford Academy Tour. 30
guests
Sterling Harris Tour Guide
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
Cheryl Scott
1/23/2018 7:00:39 AM
OCSD Public Affairs Office
Monthly News Clippings
January 2018
Table of Contents
HUMAN INTEREST…………………………………………… ................. PAGE 1
November 30, 2017
Parsons acquisition will boost company’s defense against
cyberattacks
By: Kevin Smith
Pasadena Star-News
December 23, 2017
Beumont needs a $110 million wastewater plant project but isn’t
sure how to pay for it
By: Craig Shultz
The Press Enterprise
HYDROGEN CELL…………………………………………… ................. PAGE 6
November 30, 2017
Toyota to build first commercial scale 100% renewable power plant
Phoebe Wall Howard
Detroit Free Press
SEWAGE SPILLS…………………………………………… ................... PAGE 9
January 22, 2018
Alarm failed as 5 million gallons of sewage spilled into Monterey
Bay
KSBW8/AP News
TWITTER POSTINGS …………………………………………… ............. PAGE 11
FACEBOOK POSTINGS ……………………………………………………PAGE 24
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Beaumont needs a $110 million wastewater
plant project but isn’t sure how to pay for it
By Craig Shultz | cshultz@scng.com | The Press‐Enterprise
December 23, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Beaumont is continuing a project to upgrade and expand its wastewater treatment plant, but how
the $110 million project will be paid for is still being pondered.
The project comes after a regional water quality board required the city to make the
improvements. The plant must be expanded because it’s operating above a 75 percent threshold.
Mayor Nancy Carroll said the plant has ramifications far beyond meeting standards and serving
today’s residents. Banning’s future growth depends on solid infrastructure, she said.
“Everybody wants economic development — restaurants, better shopping, movie theaters,” she
said. “Unless you plan for an improved and more strategic response, you won’t get anybody to
make that investment.”
The project includes advanced treatment systems that will produce recycled water.
But that will necessitate a system to dispose of brine waste. The city is working with the Santa Ana
Watershed Authority and Orange County Sanitation district to get a permit to discharge the brine
into the Inland Empire Brine line
Beaumont received a Dec. 31 deadline for its expansion and financing plans, which were discussed
at a Tuesday, Dec. 19, meeting.
Lloyd White, who just finished his term as mayor, said about 60 percent of the price tag is
to upgrade the plant, which will be paid for with money the city has been collecting from a
2013 sewer rate increase.
The Press Enterprise
December 23, 2017
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But the city must find dollars to tap into the brine line.
“The plan is to fund it through debt,” White said. “The bigger question is, how are we going to pay
for the debt.”
The city plans to pay for the project in part by again raising sewer rates.
A proposal to increase the rate 4.19 percent March 1 and 7 percent annually on Jan. 1, 2019,
through 2022 was put on hold during a Dec. 5 city council meeting.
Enough questions were brought up to pause the process and study it more, White said The
proposal will likely come back to the council in summer, he said.
Under state law, rates can’t rise without giving ratepayers a chance to protest the higher cost.
At the Dec. 5 session, City Manager Todd Parton suggested stopping the current rate process so the
city could schedule community meetings to give residents background and explain its reasons
behind rate adjustments, meeting transcripts show.
White said ratepayers will be queried to see if they prefer a gradual increase starting sooner or to
wait and tack on a larger increase in the future.
“We don’t have to begin increasing rates right away,” he said. “We don’t need the money right
away for the brine line.”
Beaumont provides sewer service to the entire city and some properties outside the city limits. It
does not have a water department.
The latest decision was made the day that four former Beaumont officials accused of corruption
pleaded guilty Tuesday, Dec. 19, to charges including embezzlement, misappropriation of public
funds and conflict of interest, and agreed to pay a total of $8.1 million in restitution.
While the case isn’t fully closed, other issues the city was facing have been concluded and finances
are improving giving the city and council an almost clean slate headed into 2018.
“We’d like to put it all behind us and move forward,” White said.
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Parsons acquisition will boost company’s
defense against cyberattacks
By Kevin Smith | kvsmith@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: November 30, 2017 at 11:53 am | UPDATED: November 30, 2017 at 12:40 pm
When you’re in the business of building energy facilities, metering systems, railway extensions and
closed‐circuit TV networks, security is a big concern.
Pasadena Star‐News
November 30, 2017
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Protecting the automated systems that control those assets from cyberattacks is a reality. That’s
what prompted Parsons Corp., a technology‐driven engineering firm headquartered in Pasadena, to
acquire Williams Electric Co. The Ft. Walton Beach company specializes in integrating hardware and
software from multiple suppliers into one control system.
Enhanced protection
Condensing those elements into one network — a process known as “control system integration”
— provides greater control while also reducing the chance that a system could be hacked. And
when paired with Parsons’ expertise in infrastructure development and cybersecurity, an asset is
far better protected.
“This acquisition should be viewed as the latest investment within Parsons’ strategy to grow our
leadership position in protecting critical infrastructure assets from threats targeting connected
operational technologies, including control systems,” Chuck Harrington, Parsons chairman and CEO
said in a statement when the acquisition was announced Tuesday.
Southland projects
Parsons has been involved with a variety of major projects in Southern California. They
include construction management‐support services for a multibillion‐dollar upgrade to facilities at
the Orange County Sanitation District, consulting for a $60 million dry‐bulk terminal at the Port of
Los Angeles and design management for a U.S. Air Force office complex in El Segundo, among
others.
Parsons and Williams Electric already share several customer relationships within the U.S.
government, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as well as numerous classified customer
engagements. Parsons expects the acquisition to fuel significant growth in its control‐system
business, both here in the U.S. and internationally.
Prime markets
Carey Smith, president of Parsons’ Federal Business Unit, said the company’s existing contractual
relationships with customers in the departments of Defense, Energy, Veterans Affairs and
elsewhere are ideal environments for the company’s now expanded services.
“We do a lot of work for the intelligence community as well as the Department of Defense,” she
said. “With the Federal Business Unit we’re dealing with physical assets like closed‐circuit TV
systems, command‐control centers and cyber defense systems. And certainly in regions such as the
Middle East where Parsons has been a tier‐one player for decades, Williams Electric will bring new
opportunities on both sides of the acquisition.”
Infrastructure at risk
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Virginia Grebbien, a corporate executive vice president and chief of staff at Parsons, expressed
concerns over potential cyberattacks in an op‐ed that appeared recently on Fox News.
“Electric grids, dams, mass‐transit systems and air traffic control centers are all vulnerable,” she
said. “A simple network connection and a single swipe on a touchpad can be entry points to an
infrastructure attack.”
Many of the control systems for infrastructure throughout the U.S. are outdated, Grebbien said, as
they were installed long before cybersecurity became a real threat.
“Updating these systems is a proverbial race against the clock and there must be greater
collaboration between the private and public sectors to get the job done,” she said. “The pace with
which the infrastructure industry and government agencies embrace security innovation must
rapidly increase.”
The U.S. Senate recently addressed the issue when it passed the $700 billion National Defense
Authorization Act with several amendments that address cybersecurity — including critical
infrastructure.
Some company facts
With more than 100 offices worldwide, Parsons has a total of about 14,000 employees, 4,000 of
whom work in the company’s Federal Business Unit. The Williams Electric workers will be folded
into that division. Parsons is a global leader in diverse markets that focus on infrastructure, defense
security and construction.
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Toyota to build first commercial scale 100%
renewable power plant
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press Published 11:00 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017 | Updated 12:17 p.m.
ET Nov. 30, 2017
The Toyota Mirai, an hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, is displayed at the Paris Auto Show in September
2016.(Photo: Christophe Ena, AP)
Detroit Free Press
November 30, 2017
7
LOS ANGELES – Toyota Motor North America plans to build a power plant in California that
captures methane gas from dairy cattle waste to generate water, electricity and hydrogen.
“We understand the tremendous potential to reduce emissions and improve society,” said Doug
Murtha, group vice president, strategic planning.
The company announced the project Thursday at the Los Angeles auto show. The Tri-Gen Project at
the Port of Long Beach, Calif., will be the world’s first commercial-scale 100% renewable power and
hydrogen generation plant.Toyota is betting heavily on fuel cell technology, especially in Japan.
When it comes online around 2020, Tri-Gen will produce enough energy to power the equivalent of
about 2,350 average-sized homes and meet the daily driving needs of nearly 1,500 vehicles –
approximately 2.35 megawatts of electricity and 1.2 tons of hydrogen per day, according to Toyota.
Toyota’s Heavy Duty hydrogen fuel cell class 8 truck, known as Project Portal. (Photo: Toyota)
In addition, the hydrogen fueling station will support the automaker’s operations at the port.
“Tri-Gen is a major step forward for sustainable mobility and a key accomplishment of our 2050
environmental challenge to achieve net zero CO2 emissions from our operations,” Murtha said.
The facility will supply all Toyota fuel cell vehicles moving through the port, including new deliveries
of the Mirai sedan and Toyota’s Heavy Duty hydrogen fuel cell class 8 truck, known as Project Portal.
To support these refueling operations, Toyota has also built one of the largest hydrogen fueling stations
in the world on-site.
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“In most states, you have a conventional natural gas pipeline network that provides heat for your stove
or furnace. The majority of natural gas comes from drilling for well gases,” said Matt McClory, senior
engineer with Toyota research and development. “We’re trying to green up this process. One way is to
find renewable sources, like from gases emitted from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and farm
animals.”
For this project, Toyota will source renewable methane from agricultural waste, primarily from dairy
farm manure in California, said McClory, who graduated from high school in Lemoore, Calif., known
for its dairy cattle operations.
Tri-Gen has been developed by FuelCell Energy with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy,
the California Air Resources Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Orange County
Sanitation District, and the University of California at Irvine, where research helped develop the core
technology.
Thirty-one retail hydrogen stations are now open in California, and Toyota continues to partner with a
range of companies to develop new stations. That includes a partnership with Shell that represents the
first such collaboration between an automotive and oil company, Toyota said.
Contact Phoebe Wall Howard: phoward@freepress.com or 313-222-6512. Follow her on Twitter:
@phoebesaid
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SOURCE: KSBW
Alarm failed as 5 million gallons of sewage spilled into Monterey Bay
MONTEREY, Calif. (By KSBW and AP) — Jan. 22
Nearly 5 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Monterey Bay after a bar screen at a water
treatment plant got clogged, and the computer system failed to sound an alarm, a manager said
Monday.
It took eight hours for the Marina wastewater facility to stop the spill.
Monterey One Water general manager Paul Sciuto said the spill began Friday night, and an operator
at the plant stopped the spill on Saturday morning.
The plant "discharged untreated wastewater into the Monterey Bay through their ocean outfall
discharge pipe. The discharge pipe extends out into the ocean two miles," Monterey One Water
wrote.
Monterey One Water is formerly known as the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
KSBW8/AP News
January 22, 2018
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Sciuto said it has not yet been determined what caused the computer failure.
Eight beaches remained closed Monday because of the sewage spill: Carmel Beach at Ocean Avenue,
Monterey Municipal Beach, Lovers Point, the Beach at Monterey State Beach, San Carlos Beach, the
beach at Sunset Drive at Asilomar, the beach at Spanish Bay and Stillwater Cove.
Monterey County public health officials wrote, "Contact with contaminated water may cause
gastroenteritis and other water borne illnesses. Higher levels of bacteria have been associated with
the increased potential risk of illness."
Sciuto said lab samples were taken Sunday afternoon to determine if the water is safe, and that
results are expected later Monday.
KSBW Monterey
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Twitter Posts for December 2017 and January 2018
Tweeted 39 times and Retweeted 10 times
OC Sewers @OCSewers 57m57 minutes ago
The #GWRS is celebrating its 10th anniversary and you’re invited to the party! Join the Orange County
Sanitation District and @OCWDWaterNews for Winter Fest from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Fri, 2/16.
https://www.ocwd.com/gwrs/winter-fest/ …
OC Sewers @OCSewers 3h3 hours ago
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." – Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe #MotivationMonday
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 17
It's Wednesday, which means it's time for OCSD's Wastewater Word of the Week! This week's word is: Fecal
Indicator Bacteria https://www.facebook.com/OCSewers/posts/10155266641977951 …
Twitter Posts
January 2018
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OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 15
The Orange County Sanitation District honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On this
special day, we celebrate tolerance, equity and love. #MLK
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 15
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
#MotivationMonday
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 12
Did you know that January is National Mentoring Month? OCSD has a Mentoring program which allows
employees to learn valuable lessons all while helping them grow in their profession. Check it out.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ …/presidential-message-national…/
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 12
Every Friday, we’re sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work and we're calling it #OCSDatWork. In
this photo we have Plant 2 Maintenance Worker, Michael Childers, atop a system scaffold during
Scaffolding Qualified Person Training held at Plant No.1 in Fountain Valley.
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OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 12
Let us count the ways…. The Orange County Sanitation District takes many steps to ensure that the
wastewater that enters the plant is thoroughly cleaned in order to protect the environment.
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 11
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
What a huge accomplishment! So glad that we're a part of it! :)
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
The #GWRS has produced 242 billion gallons of water since coming online #gwrsanniversary
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 10
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OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
So glad to be partners with you guys on #GWRS!
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
The #GWRS is a partnership between OCWD and @ocsewers #gwrsanniversary
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews Jan 10
The #GWRS is supported by health professionals, scientists, business leaders, law makers, educators, and
the public #gwrsanniversary http://www.ocwd.com/gwrs/project-supporters …
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews Jan 10
We’ll be sharing fun facts about the #GWRS all day to celebrate its 10th anniversary of coming online.
#gwrsanniversary #waterwednesday
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 10
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
Can't believe that it's been 10 years! Check out this video featuring @OCWDWaterNews and #OCSD board
members as they sit down and talk about the origins of #GWRS.
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
#OCWD board member Phillip L. Anthony and @OCSewers board member Jim Ferryman sat down to talk
about the origins of the #GWRS https://youtu.be/T2S5B_SU5GE
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OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 10
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
Happy 10 years to the #GWRS! So glad that we've able to be a part of it!
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
Happy birthday #GWRS! Can’t believe you’re 10 years old. Time flies when you’re
having fun and creating a dependable water supply. #gwrsanniversary
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 8
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." -
Jamie Paolinetti #MotivationMonday
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 4
Check out this fun video from our friends at Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 4
January 31 is coming up fast! Make sure you get your videos in before the deadline! Want to learn more?
Visit https://www.ocsd.com/education/psa to learn more!
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OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 3
Want to know more about the work that we do? Come take a tour. You'll be glad that you did!
http://www.ocsd.com/residents/tours #What2Flush
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 2
Happy New Year from the Orange County Sanitation District! We hope you had a wonderful day with
family and friends.
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jan 2
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." -Dalai Lama
#MotivationMonday
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OC Sewers @OCSewers 30 Dec 2017
Just a reminder that our Administrative offices are closed Monday, January 1st in observance of the New
Year holiday.
OC Sewers @OCSewers 30 Dec 2017
Today's photo shows the construction of our Digesters in the early 1950's at our #HB Plant No. 2 facility.
Just last month two of our Digesters were recently demolished. If you haven't seen the video of them being
demolished make sure you check it out!#fbf #construction #digester
OC Sewers @OCSewers 21 Dec 2017
Happy First Day of Winter!!! We are totally loving this cooler weather!
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OC Sewers @OCSewers 21 Dec 2017
2017 Board Tour. Going beyond wastewater treatment and learning about the infrastructure and
operations and maintenance to successfully run the third largest wastewater facility west of the Mississippi
River.
OC Sewers @OCSewers 20 Dec 2017
OC Sewers Retweeted Water Environment Federation
This is so cute and clever @NEWWater_WI! Thanks for helping spread the word about what not to put
down the drain! #What2Flush
OC Sewers added,
Water Environment Federation @WEForg
"Yule" love this: Our friends at @NEWWater_WI are spreading holiday cheer-- and an important message--
in this song! https://youtu.be/HCb7XT5iEY0
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OC Sewers @OCSewers 20 Dec 2017
This holiday season, OCSD employees donated roughly 350 toys for the Spark of Love Toy Drive. OCSD has
been collecting toys and participating in the Spark of Love Toy Drive for several years now. Thank you to all
of the employees who donated and gave money to this special cause.
OC Sewers @OCSewers 20 Dec 2017
OCSD’s Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for tonight @ 5 p.m., in #FountainValley. To view the
agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=22209 …
OC Sewers @OCSewers 20 Dec 2017
Today, OCSD’s Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for @ 6 p.m., in #FountainValley. To view the
agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=22223 …
OC Sewers @OCSewers 18 Dec 2017
Thank you @RepLowenthal for inviting us to your Ribbon Cutting on Friday night.
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CA Clean Water Pros @CWEAMembers 15 Dec 2017
CA Clean Water Pros Retweeted Eric L. Garner
Pretty clear in #cawater we have to be ready for anything, and some agencies are well prepared for the
swings. They planned ahead. "In Orange County we really benefited from the work and planning over the
last 20 years," - Jim Herberg @OCSewers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfxpRQ4Fm4 …
CA Clean Water Pros added,
Eric L. Garner @bbkericgarner
#CAwater always has to be prepared: Is California heading back into a drought?
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/14/is-california-heading-back-into-a-drought/ … via @mercnews from @PaulRogersSJMN
OC Sewers @OCSewers 18 Dec 2017
"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will
unlock the door to personal excellence." -Confucius #MotivationMonday
OC Sewers @OCSewers 12 Dec 2017
It's amazing that we get to work and have a view like this every day! This photo was taken by one of our
talented employees! #HuntingtonBeach #Plant2
OC Sewers @OCSewers 12 Dec 2017
OCSD’s Administration Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 13 @ 5 p.m., in
#FountainValley. To view the agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=22185 …
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OC Sewers @OCSewers 11 Dec 2017
OC Sewers Retweeted Rick Warner
Thanks @RickWarner13 for helping us spread the word about #GWRS water! It tastes like water, because it
is water!
OC Sewers added,
Rick Warner @RickWarner13
https://youtu.be/_hjX21ipb7o My amaturer yet sincere #ThankYou #weftec17 to all the #water #resourcerecovery
#professionals #GetOverIt @OCWDWaterNews …
OC Sewers @OCSewers 11 Dec 2017
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more
time." -Thomas A. Edison #MotivationMonday
OC Sewers @OCSewers 8 Dec 2017
Hooray it's finally Friday! Check out this amazing aerial view of our Treatment Plant No. 2 facility located in
Huntington Beach back in 1963. It sure has changed a lot since then! #flashbackfriday
OC Sewers @OCSewers 8 Dec 2017
OCSD’s Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 11 @ 12
p.m., in #FountainValley. To view the agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=21177 …
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OC Sewers @OCSewers 6 Dec 2017
It's Wednesday, which means it's time for OCSD's Wastewater Word of the Week! This week's word is:
Metering and Diversion. https://www.facebook.com/OCSewers/posts/10155177936342951 …
OC Sewers @OCSewers 6 Dec 2017
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
This is so cool! #GWRS water made it all the way to Detroit!
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
GWRS water makes its way to #Detroit! Thanks WXYZ-TV Meteorologist @Denisewx for taking the
#getoverit challenge. https://www.instagram.com/p/BcVMTK5niFa/?hl=en … @OCSewers
OC Sewers @OCSewers 5 Dec 2017
OCSD’s Operations Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 6 @ 5 p.m., in
#FountainValley. To view the agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=21163 …
OC Sewers @OCSewers 4 Dec 2017
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."
-Scott Adams #MotivationMonday
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OC Sewers @OCSewers 1 Dec 2017
Every Friday, we're sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work and we're calling it #OCSDatWork.
Here is Luc Tang of Plant 2 clearing a plugged polymer distribution line in a Dissolved Air Flotation
Thickener (DAFT) center column. https://www.facebook.com/OCSewers/posts/10155177905172951 …
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Facebook Posts for December 2017 and January 2018
Posted 47 times
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · 35 mins ·
The #GWRS is celebrating its 10th anniversary and you’re invited to the party! Join the Orange County Sanitation
District
and #OCWD for Winter Fest from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Fri, 2/16.
https://www.ocwd.com/gwrs/winter-fest/
winterfest | OCWD
Join OCWD and OCSD for a fun-filled winter experience as we attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most wastewater purified
to drinking water standards in a 24-hour period. The FREE event will feature a snow slide, snow play area, food trucks, music, tours, and
more! There will also be oppor...
OCWD.COM
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · 5 hrs ·
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." – Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe #MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 19 at 9:00am ·
Every Friday, we’re sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work and we're calling it #OCSDatWork.
Facebook Posts
January 2018
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In this photo, OCSD’s Welder/Fabricator, Fernando Paramo, is at our Plant 2 facility in Hungtington Beach, fixing a
broken roller mount and welding in a new mount on one of the Belt Presses.
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 17 at 9:00am ·
It's Wednesday, which means it's time for OCSD's Wastewater Word of the Week!
This week's word is: Fecal Indicator Bacteria
OCSD tests sewage and recreational waters for fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), which are bacteria that are associated
with fecal contamination. This group of bacteria are called indicator bacteria because when present in high
concentrations, they indicate the presence of potentially harmful pathogens including viruses (e.g. Hepatitis A and
norovirus), bac...
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Published by Kelly Newell · January 15 at 11:00am ·
The Orange County Sanitation District honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On this special day,
we celebrate tolerance, equity and love. #MLK
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 15 at 9:00am ·
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo
Emerson #MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 12 at 12:00pm ·
Did you know that January is National Mentoring Month? OCSD has a Mentoring program which allows employees
to learn valuable lessons all while helping them grow in their profession. Check it out.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/…/presidential-message-national…/
Presidential Message on National Mentoring Month, 2018 | The White House
In our youth, we must learn the behaviors and habits of successful adults − how to treat others, how to overcome failure, and how to give
back to our communities, for…
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 12 at 9:00am ·
Every Friday, we’re sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work and we're calling it #OCSDatWork.
In this photo we have Plant 2 Maintenance Worker, Michael Childers, atop a system scaffold during Scaffolding
Qualified Person Training held at Plant No.1 in Fountain Valley.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 11 at 9:00am ·
Let us count the ways….
The Orange County Sanitation District takes many steps to ensure that the wastewater that enters the plant is
thoroughly cleaned in order to protect the environment.
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 10 at 3:04pm ·
Did you know that the #GWRS is supported by health professionals, scientists, business leaders, law makers,
educators, and the public? Happy #gwrsanniversary http://www.ocwd.com/gwrs/project-supporters …
Project supporters | OCWD
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Similar wastewater reclamation projects were proposed in neighboring Los Angeles and San Diego counties in the 1990s, but never came
to fruition because the issue got politicized and wrongly labeled "toilet to tap." The Orange County Water…
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 10 at 10:00am ·
It's Wednesday, which means it's time for OCSD's Wastewater Word of the Week!
This week's word is: Membrane Filtration Technique
OCSD's Microbiology lab analyzes water samples for indicator bacteria in three ways. One of the ways is the
membrane filtration technique. The membrane filtration technique uses filters made of special paper with extremely
small pores through which the water sample is filtered. These filters are then placed on bacteriological growth media
that conta...
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 10 at 8:13am ·
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the GWRS!! Wow 10 Years!!
To commemorate the 10th Anniversary, a video was created where Orange County Water District Board Member
Phillip L. Anthony and Orange County Sanitation District Board Member Jim Ferryman both sat down to talk about
the origins of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS).
Check it out!
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GWRS 10th Anniversary
Orange County Water District Board Member Phillip L. Anthony and Orange County Sanitation District Board Member Jim…
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 8 at 9:00am ·
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." - Jamie
Paolinetti #MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 5 at 12:00pm ·
Check out this fun video from our friends at Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
https://youtu.be/WSZvKtIBM5k
Official music video: We treat the water (right)
Music and lyrics by Christen Wood (Twitter: @sewer_chic),…
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 5 at 9:00am ·
Happy #FlashbackFriday! It's pretty cool looking back at these photos to see where we started a little over 60 years
ago. Today's picture is of the construction of our Headworks at our Plant No. 1 facility in Fountain Valley back in
1953.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 4 at 9:00am ·
January 31 is coming up fast! Make sure you get your videos in before the deadline! Want to learn more?
Visit https://www.ocsd.com/education/psa to learn more!
PSA Contest - Calling all Film Makers | Orange County Sanitation District
OCSD is hosting a video contest for the 2017/18 school year. The contest challenges students both in high schools and colleges located in
our service area to be…
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 3 at 12:00pm ·
Want to know more about the work that we do? Come take a tour. You'll be glad that you
did! http://www.ocsd.com/residents/tours
Flush2What#
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 1 at 11:00am ·
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." -Dalai
Lama #MotivationMonday
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · January 1 at 8:00am ·
Happy New Year from the Orange County Sanitation District! We hope you have a wonderful day with family and
friends.
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 29, 2017 at 12:00pm ·
Happy #FlashBackFriday! Today's photo shows the construction of our Digesters in the early 1950's at our
Huntington Beach Treatment Plant No. 2 facility. Just last month two of our Digesters were recently demolished. If
you haven't seen the video of them being demolished make sure you check it out! #ocsd #construction #digesters
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 29, 2017 at 9:00am ·
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Just a reminder that our Administrative offices are closed Monday, January 1st in observance of the New Year
holiday.
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Tanya Chong · December 27, 2017 at 9:00am ·
At OCSD, digesters are large circular tanks that hold and treat solids removed during the wastewater treatment
process. Inside the digesters, solids are heated to approximately 98 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 to 20 days. Anaerobic
bacteria consume organic material in the solids converting most of it into water, carbon dioxide and methane gas.
Two 90-foot concrete digesters built in the early 1950’s at our Huntington Beach Facility, Treatment Plant No. 2,
reached the end of their useful life and were recently demolished. Even though it’s sad to see them go, watching the
demo is pretty cool. Don’t you agree?https://youtu.be/d8nvOO9QXcg
Plant No. 2 Digester Demo
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 25, 2017 at 11:00am ·
"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the
universe exist. Be curious." -Stephen Hawking #MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 25, 2017 at 9:00am ·
Merry Christmas from the Orange County Sanitation District! Hope you have a wonderful day with family and
friends!
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 22, 2017 ·
Happy #Flashbackfriday! Here's a photo from the early 2000's of OCSD's Medical Response team winning an award
from the American Red Cross.
Did you know that OCSD has their own Medical Response Team? Our team members respond to medical
emergencies at the plants where they work. They are the ones who assess the patient before the Emergency
Responders arrive to take over.
OCSD thanks all of the employees who are part of our Medical Response Team.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 22, 2017 ·
Just a reminder that our Administrative Offices are closed Monday December 25th and December 26th in observance
of the Christmas Holiday.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 21, 2017 ·
I love photos that tell an interesting story. Today we have a picture showing the construction of the new Joint Outfall
Sewer in 1938. It took three years to complete. #throwbackthursday #history #ocsd
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 21, 2017 ·
Happy First Day of Winter!!! We are totally loving this cooler weather!
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Orange County Sanitation District added 2 new photos.
Published by Tanya Chong · December 20, 2017 ·
2017 Board Tour. Going beyond wastewater treatment and learning about the infrastructure and operations and
maintenance to successfully run the third largest wastewater facility west of the Mississippi River.
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 20, 2017 ·
This holiday season, OCSD employees donated roughly 350 toys for the Spark of Love Toy Drive. OCSD has been
collecting toys and participating in the Spark of Love Toy Drive for several years now. This annual event sponsored
by ABC7 and Southern California Firefighters, benefits under served children and teens in Southern California.
Thank you to all of the employees who donated and gave money to this special cause.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 19, 2017 ·
Tomorrow, OCSD’s Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for @ 6 p.m., in #FountainValley. To view the agenda,
visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=22223
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 19, 2017 ·
OCSD’s Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow @ 5 p.m., in #FountainValley. To view the agenda,
visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=22209
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 18, 2017 ·
"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the
door to personal excellence." -Confucius #MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Rebecca Gorelick Long · December 15, 2017 ·
Thank you Congressman Lowenthal for inviting us to your Ribbon Cutting this evening.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 15, 2017 ·
Happy #flashbackfriday! Here's a photo of what our auto fleet looked like back in 1955.
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 12, 2017 ·
It's amazing that we get to work and have a view like this every day! This photo was taken by one of our talented
employees! #HuntingtonBeach#Plant2
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 11, 2017 ·
OCSD’s Administration Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 13 @ 5 p.m.,
in #FountainValley. To view the agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=22185
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Published by Kelly Newell · December 11, 2017 ·
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." -
Thomas A. Edison #MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District added 3 new photos.
Published by Tanya Chong · December 8, 2017 ·
The pipe bursting construction method was used today on the Newport Blvd. District 6 Sewer Project. The existing
15-inch pipe was expanded with a hydraulic bursting head tool and a 20-inch High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
pipe was pulled through, replacing the old pipe with a new and larger diameter pipe. Approximately 270 feet of pipe
was replaced today using this method at the rate of approximately 1 foot every 30 seconds at a depth of
approximately 25 feet. This method is used to reduce the need for excavating the entire 270 feet length.
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 8, 2017 ·
Hooray it's finally Friday! Check out this amazing aerial view of our Treatment Plant No. 2 facility located in
Huntington Beach back in 1963. It sure has changed a lot since then! #flashbackfriday
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 8, 2017 ·
OCSD’s Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 11 @ 12 p.m.,
in #FountainValley. To view the agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=21177
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 6, 2017 ·
It's Wednesday, which means it's time for OCSD's Wastewater Word of the Week!
This week's word is: Metering and Diversion
Metering and Diversion (M&D) is where the wastewater influent comes into OCSD’s plant in Fountain Valley and is
metered. OCSD has 6 trunk lines with a seventh line being our interplant diversion line. If too much water comes into
the plant (thanks to a heavy rainstorm, for example) , the water can be diverted to Plant No. 2 in Huntington Beach.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Tanya Chong · December 4, 2017 ·
Extended construction work hours are currently taking place, Monday December 4, for pipe bursting activity along
Newport Blvd. just south of Hospital Road in the City of Newport Beach.
Sound blankets are installed around the air compressor area to reduce the noise level.
We apologize in advance for this inconvenience and assure you, we are working diligently to get this issue resolved.
If you have any questions, please contact our Control Center at 714-593-7025. Thank you for your patience.
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 4, 2017 ·
OCSD’s Operations Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 6 @ 5 p.m., in #FountainValley. To
view the agenda, visit: https://www.ocsd.com/Home/ShowDocument?id=21163
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 4, 2017 ·
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." -Scott
Adams #MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Tanya Chong · December 1, 2017 ·
Update 12-2-17: Construction work will continue Sunday 8am-6pm.
Extended work hours required for pipe bursting operation in Newport Beach.
Pipe bursting activities began this morning, to replace a 15-in pipe with a 22-inch pipe along Newport Blvd. just
south of Hospital Road in the City of Newport Beach. Unexpected soil conditions have limited the production rate
significantly which are requiring the operation to continue until the pending segment of pipe is installed. At ...
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell · December 1, 2017 ·
Every Friday, we're sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work and we're calling it #OCSDatWork.
Here is Luc Tang of Plant 2 clearing a plugged polymer distribution line in a Dissolved Air Flotation Thickener
(DAFT) center column. A DAFT is a big, open topped tank that pulls thickened sludge from the bottom and skims
lighter sludge from the top. The middle of the tank produces a little cleaner water which further moves through the
reclamation process. According to Senior M...
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ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT Agenda
Terminology
Glossary
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
AQMD Air Quality Management District
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CARB California Air Resources Board
CASA California Association of Sanitation Agencies
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CIP Capital Improvement Program
CRWQCB California Regional Water Quality Control Board
CWA Clean Water Act
CWEA California Water Environment Association
EIR Environmental Impact Report
EMT Executive Management Team
EPA US Environmental Protection Agency
FOG Fats, Oils, and Grease
gpd gallons per day
GWRS Groundwater Replenishment System
ICS Incident Command System
IERP Integrated Emergency Response Plan
LOS Level Of Service
MGD Million Gallons Per Day
NACWA National Association of Clean Water Agencies
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NWRI National Water Research Institute
O & M Operations & Maintenance
OCCOG Orange County Council of Governments
OCHCA Orange County Health Care Agency
OCSD Orange County Sanitation District
OCWD Orange County Water District
OOBS Ocean Outfall Booster Station
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PCSA Professional Consultant/Construction Services Agreement
PDSA Professional Design Services Agreement
POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works
ppm parts per million
PSA Professional Services Agreement
RFP Request For Proposal
RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
SARFPA Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency
SARI Santa Ana River Interceptor
SARWQCB Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
SAWPA Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SCAP Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
SOCWA South Orange County Wastewater Authority
SRF Clean Water State Revolving Fund
SSMP Sewer System Management Plan
SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow
SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TSS Total Suspended Solids
WDR Waste Discharge Requirements
WEF Water Environment Federation
WERF Water Environment & Reuse Foundation
WIFIA Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
WIIN Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act
WRDA Water Resources Development Act
Activated sludge process – A secondary biological wastewater treatment process where bacteria reproduce at a high rate with the introduction of excess air or oxygen and consume
dissolved nutrients in the wastewater.
Benthos – The community of organisms, such as sea stars, worms, and shrimp, which live on,
in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone.
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) – The amount of oxygen used when organic matter
undergoes decomposition by microorganisms. Testing for BOD is done to assess the amount of organic matter in water.
Biogas – A gas that is produced by the action of anaerobic bacteria on organic waste matter in a digester tank that can be used as a fuel.
Biosolids – Biosolids are nutrient rich organic and highly treated solid materials produced by the wastewater treatment process. This high-quality product can be recycled as a soil amendment on farmland or further processed as an earth-like product for commercial and home gardens to improve and maintain fertile soil and stimulate plant growth.
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) – Projects for repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of assets. Also includes treatment improvements, additional capacity, and projects for the support
facilities.
Coliform bacteria – A group of bacteria found in the intestines of humans and other animals, but also occasionally found elsewhere, used as indicators of sewage pollution. E. coli are the most common bacteria in wastewater.
Collections system – In wastewater, it is the system of typically underground pipes that receive and convey sanitary wastewater or storm water.
Certificate of Participation (COP) – A type of financing where an investor purchases a share of the lease revenues of a program rather than the bond being secured by those revenues.
Contaminants of Potential Concern (CPC) – Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants.
Dilution to Threshold (D/T) – The dilution at which the majority of people detect the odor becomes the D/T for that air sample.
Greenhouse Gases (GHG) – In the order of relative abundance water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone gases that are considered the cause of global warming
(“greenhouse effect”).
Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) – A joint water reclamation project that
proactively responds to Southern California’s current and future water needs. This joint project between the Orange County Water District and the Orange County Sanitation District provides 70 million gallons per day of drinking quality water to replenish the local groundwater supply.
Levels Of Service (LOS) – Goals to support environmental and public expectations for
performance.
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) – A N-nitrosamine suspected cancer-causing agent. It has
been found in the Groundwater Replenishment System process and is eliminated using hydrogen peroxide with extra ultra-violet treatment.
National Biosolids Partnership (NBP) – An alliance of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and Water Environment Federation, with advisory support from the US Environmental Protection Agency. NBP is committed to developing and advancing environmentally sound and
sustainable biosolids management practices that go beyond regulatory compliance and promote public participation to enhance the credibility of local agency biosolids programs and improved communications that lead to public acceptance.
Plume – A visible or measurable concentration of discharge from a stationary source or fixed facility.
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) – A municipal wastewater treatment plant.
Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Line – A regional brine line designed to convey 30 million gallons per day of non-reclaimable wastewater from the upper Santa Ana River basin to the ocean for disposal, after treatment.
Sanitary sewer – Separate sewer systems specifically for the carrying of domestic and industrial
wastewater. Combined sewers carry both wastewater and urban runoff.
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) – Regional regulatory agency that
develops plans and regulations designed to achieve public health standards by reducing emissions from business and industry.
Secondary treatment – Biological wastewater treatment, particularly the activated sludge process, where bacteria and other microorganisms consume dissolved nutrients in wastewater.
Sludge – Untreated solid material created by the treatment of wastewater.
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) – The amount of solids floating and in suspension in wastewater.
Trickling filter – A biological secondary treatment process in which bacteria and other microorganisms, growing as slime on the surface of rocks or plastic media, consume nutrients in
wastewater as it trickles over them.
Urban runoff – Water from city streets and domestic properties that carry pollutants into the storm drains, rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Wastewater – Any water that enters the sanitary sewer.
Watershed – A land area from which water drains to a particular water body. The Orange County
Sanitation District’s service area is in the Santa Ana River Watershed.