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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC Administration Building
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Conference Room A& B
10844 Ellis Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA
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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 Board of Directors, 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 Any items withdrawn from the Consent Calendar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
June 10, 2015.
INFORMATION ITEMS:
2. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Bob Ghirelli)
3. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (Bob Ghirelli)
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NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
None.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS,
IF ANY:
ADJOURNMENT:
The next Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday,
October 12, 2015 at 3:30 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.
Aaenda Postina: 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.
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(a)ocsd.com
For any questions on the agenda, Committee members may contact staff at:
General Manager James D. Herberg (714)593-7300 iherbem5-)ocsd.com
Assistant General Manager Bob Ghirelli (714)593-7400 mhirelli(aDocsd.com
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ITEM NO. 1
MINUTES OF THE
LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Monday, July 13, 2015, at 3:30 p.m.
A regular meeting of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee was called to order
by Chair Nielsen on Monday, June 13, 2015, at 3:31 p.m. in the Administration Building
of the Orange County Sanitation District.
Director Beamish led the pledge of allegiance.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT
John Nielsen, Board Chair Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Greg Sebourn, Board Vice-Chair Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities
Tom Beamish, Director Support Services
Tyler Diep, Director Rob Thompson, Director of Engineering
Robert Kiley, Director Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Lucille Kring, Director Maintenance
John Withers, Director Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Kelly Lore, Clerk of the Board
None. Raul Cuellar
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Rebecca Long
Kathy Millea
Kelly Newell
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Eric Sapirstein, ENS (via Teleconference)
Heather Stratman, Townsend Public Affairs
Eric O'Donnell, Townsend Public Affairs
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PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
REPORTS:
Assistant General Manager, Bob Ghirelli, informed the Committee of the upcoming
Strategic Plan Update interviews to be conducted by consultant Kristine Thalman
from K.E. Thalman & Associates throughout the month of July. The Clerk of the
Board has sent information to the Board of Directors and will schedule interview
date and times.
CONSENT ITEMS:
1. MOVED, SECONDED and DULY CARRIED TO: Approve minutes for the
Committee meeting held on June 10, 2015.
AYES: Beamish, Kiley, Kring, Nielsen, and Sebourn
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Diep and Withers
Director Withers arrived at 3:35 p.m.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:
2. Public Affairs Update
Public Affairs Specialist, Kelly Newell reported on the following: 14 high
school and college tour groups; past events including: June 7g' Tustin Chili
Cook off reaching 600 people; June 271h Fountain Valley Summer test event
reaching 400 people and which was a partnership with MODOC and OCWD;
upcoming events including: July 22n1 Westminster Safety Day; and July 251h
City of Anaheim Eco Challenge Day at Angel Stadium.
Ms. Newell then provided a social media update and reported the success of
the GWRS Dedication ceremony. Director Kring inquired as to the possibility
of hosting a booth at the Orange County Fair. Staff stated that OCSD had
hosted a booth in the past, but the challenges of finding volunteers for the
length of the event was the reason it was eliminated. The committee
suggested a possible partnership with other agencies.
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Chair Nielsen announced that ACCOC had recently requested an open
house here at the District and SAWPA is interested as well.
Director Diep arrived at 3:42 p.m.
3. Legislative Updates
Senior Public Affairs Specialist, Rebecca Long introduced Eric Sapirstein,
ENS Resources, who provided an update on drought relief bills H.R. 2898
(Valadao) and alternate drought bill H.R. 2983 (Huffman), the difference in
the two being that the latter places priority upon the development of water
recycling and desalination project, as well as other conservation approaches.
Another alternative bill is expected to be introduced soon by Senator
Feinstein.
Mr. Sapirstein reported on appropriations; the Waters of the U.S. Rule, and
the SRF program funding level.
Mr. Sapirstein stated that he is working with staff to review opportunities for
competitive grants with the Economic Development Administration, which
awards grants to public agencies to stimulate economic growth and which
wastewater is a component of that agency.
Director Kring questioned why there is no sense of urgency regarding the
drought bills with the California Delegation. Mr. Sapirstein stated his belief
that Senator Feinstein will address the urgent need for this legislation in the
near future.
Heather Stratman, Townsend Associates introduced Eric O'Donnell who is a
new associate of the firm, and then reported on the following: finalization of
the 2015-16 budget; 2.7 billion in drought related spending appropriated over
the next 3 years; Chapter 11 — $210 million appropriation over a three-year
period for water recycling; possible application for feasibility study; and the
GWRS final expansion.
Ms. Stratman further reported on Legislative dates to note including: July 18
- Adjournment for summer recess, August 18 - Return from summer recess,
September 11 - legislative recess and 10/11 - deadline for Governor to sign
or veto bills. She then updated the Committee on AB1217 (Daly) which met
with resistance in the Senate; Mr. Daly worked with OCFA and came to a
compromise by excluding their alternate board members. Ms. Stratman
believes the bill is dead for now, but she believes an alternative bill will be
back next year.
Ms. Stratman stated the approval process of Proposition 84 funding for the
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Integrated Regional Water Management program, which is administered by
SAWPA and the recommended funding to OCSD of $1 million for the
Newhope-Placentia Trunk Replacement project.
Chair Nielsen stated that OCFA had thanked us for our letter of opposition
the District sent in regards to AB1217.
Senior Public Affairs Specialist, Rebecca Long informed the Committee of
the following: watch position on AB 304 (Gonzalez); tour for the staff of
Congressman Ed Royce; and attendance of Mr. Herberg at Congressman
Huffman's round-table discussion.
Ms. Long then provided an overview of the process of Proposition 84 funding.
Raul Cuellar, CIP Project Manager provided a short PowerPoint presentation
on the advantages and challenges of the project that is recommended for the
Proposition 84 funding, Newport-Placentia Trunk Sewer Replacement
Project 2-62.
Questions from the committee on this item were answered by Director of
Engineering, Rob Thompson, and Engineering Manager Kathy Millea and
included: Grant amount; SARI Line diversion into GWRS; diversion systems;
project choices; economic analysis; project costs; wet weather flow; SAWPA
recommendation/DWR approval; SARI line potential flows;
Ms. Long announced a save the date for the State of the District which will
be held on October 16, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. to be held at OCSD.
At the request of Chair Nielsen, Ms. Stratman provided information regarding
SB 88 which allows the State Water Resources Control Board to consolidate
districts to provide clean water supply.
The submitted applications to LAFCO for the proposed transfer of ownership
of local sewers in Service Area 7 were discussed briefly.
NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
4. MOVED, SECONDED and DULY CARRIED TO:
Recommend to the Board of Directors: Cancel the August 10, 2015 regular
meeting of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee.
AYES: Beamish, Diep, Kiley, Kring, Nielsen, Sebourn and
Withers
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NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
Chair Nielsen declared the meeting adjourned at 4:37 p.m. to the next Legislative
and Public Affairs Committee Meeting, September 14, 2015 at 8:00 a.m.
Submitted by:
Kelly A. Lore
Clerk of the Board
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Meeting Date
09/14/15
AGENDA REPORT Item Number
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Orange County Sanitation District
FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
SUBJECT: PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
Information Only.
SUMMARY
Staff will provide an update on recent public affairs activities.
PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
N/A
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
August2015
Activity # I # of Guests
OCSD/OCWDTours 1 9
OCSD Tours 1 101 146
Speaking Engagements I 1 1 —50
BUDGET/PURCHASING ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE
N/A
ATTACHMENT
The following attachment(s) are attached and may be viewed on-line at the OCSD website
(wwwocsd.com) with the complete agenda package:
• Outreach Calendar
• Media Clips
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OCSD Outreach Report - 8/2 612 01 5
Date Time Organization/Event Location Purpose Attendee Contact
08/04/2015 1300- 1430 Plant Tour Room B Stem Quest Teachers to Leyla Perez Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
tour P1. Approx. 14
teachers.
08/05/2015 1300- 1430 Plant Tour Room B Stem Quest Teachers to Deirdre Bingman Tour Cheryl Scott
tour Pl. 5-10 teachers. Guide
08/05/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom CSUF Nursing to tour P1. Gina Telsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
08/06/2015 800- 1100 Plant Tours Boardroom Bring your kids to work day Brian, Eros, Lisa and Cindy Cheryl Scott
tours. 3 Tours 90 guests. Tour Guides
08/06/2015 1400- 1600 Plant Tour Boardroom University of Michigan Mike Zedek Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Grad Students to tour P1. 2
Guests
08/14/2015 1000- 1100 Plant Tour Boardroom Senator Moorloch to tour Jim Herberg Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
P1.
08/17/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom TZU-CHI to tour P1. Crystal Mena Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Approx. 20 guests.
08/17/2015 700- 1200 Plant Tour Admin. Building Vox Pop Media to lour P1. Rebecca Long Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Approx. 12 guests
08/18/2015 900- 1000 Plant Tour Admin. Building TPA to tour P1. Approx. 3 Rebecca Long Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
guests.
8/26/2015 7:54:37 AM
OCSD Outreach Report - 8/26/2015
Date Time Organization/Event Location Purpose Attendee Contact
08/20/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom CSUF Nursing to tour P1. Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
08/26/2015 800-900 Speaking Engagement Grand OCSD Speaking at the Rob Thompson Speaker Cheryl Scott
Conference Construction Management
Center Long Assoc. of America.
Beach
08/28/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom UCI to tour P1. Approx. 10 Lisa Rothbart Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
guests
08/31/2015 1200- 1600 Speaking Engagement OCW D Singapore Delegation Jim Herberg Speaker Cheryl Scott
09/02/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom WestCoast University Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Nursing to tour P1.
09/08/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom CSULB Nursing to tour P1. Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
09/11/2015 1000- 1130 Plant Tour Boardroom WestCoast University Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Nursing to tour P1.
09/16/2015 830- 1030 Speaking Engagement The Grand CMAA VIP Breakfast Rob Thompson Speaker Cheryl Scott
Conference featuring sanitation
Center, Long districts.
Beach
09/21/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom OCHCA Nursing to tour Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
P1.Approx. 15 guests.
8/26/2015 7:54:37 AM
OCSD Outreach Report - 8/26/2015
Date Time Organization/Event Location Purpose Attendee Contact
09/22/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour A& B Fullerton HS students to Dickie Fernandez Cheryl Scott
tour P1. Approx. 25
guests.
09/23/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom CSUF Nursing to tour P1. Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Approx. 23 guests.
09/25/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Vanguard University Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Nursing to tour P1.
Approx. 26 guests.
09/26/2015 1030- 1500 SARBS Beach Clean up Newport Beach OCSD will host a booth at Various OCSD Volunteers Cheryl Scott
the Crystal Cove Beach to host booth
Clean up
09/26/2015 1030- 1500 Huntington Beach Green HB Civic Center OCSD will host a booth at Various OCSD Volunteers Cheryl Scott
Expo 2015 the 2015 HB Green Fair. to host booth
09/29/2015 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom New Employee/Open to Ann Crafton Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
the public Tour. Approx. 20
guests.
09/30/2015 800-930 Plant Tour Boardroom Fullerton College to tour Mike Zedek Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
P1. Approx. 25 guests.
8/26/2015 7:54:37 AM
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Table of Contents
CONSTRUCTION.......................................................................PAGE 1
August 12, 2015
OCSD selects MWH to Rehabilitate Pump Station
By: PRB Staff Writers
PRWEB
August 20, 2015
Construction for sewer lines to begin again on PCH
By: M. Nicolai
OC Register
August 28, 2015
Pipeline work resumes soon on Newport's Mariner's Mile
By: Hanna Fry
Daily Pilot
GWRS...................................................................................PAGE 6
July 13, 2015
Drought puts spotlight on toilet to tap recycling
By: Dale Yurong
ABC 30 Action News -Fresno
July 29, 2015
You Don't Drink Treated Sewage? Gross!
By: Justin Fox
Bloomberg
August 16, 2015
OC has led the way as a model for recycling water
By: Aaron Orlowski
OC Register
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September 1, 2015
Unintended consequences of conserving water
By: Matt Stevens
LA Times
HUMAN INTEREST....................................................................PAGE 23
August 18, 2015
Newport protests Flier's health advisory about Banning Ranch project
By: Hannah Fry
Daily Pilot
August 26, 2015
A wall with a muralist's view in Balboa Village
By: Hannah Fry
Daily Pilot
August 26, 2015
OCSD and OCWD receive CASA Award
Press Release
TWITTER POSTINGS................................................... ..............PAGE 31
FACEBOOK POSTINGS................................................... ..........PAGE 36
August 12, 2015
PRWEB
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Orange County Sanitation District Selects
MWH to Rehabilitate Aging Seal Beach
Pump Station
$40Mproject involves restoration ofmajor elements ofOCSD's critical wastewater infrastructure
August 12,2015
MWH Global, an engineering, consulting and construction firm focused on water and natural
resources, today announced the award of a contract by the Orange County Sanitation District(OCSD)
to replace an aged and critical element of OCSD's wastewater infrastructure in Seal Beach, California.
The Seal Beach Pump Station, originally constructed in the 1970s,receives flow from the cities of Seal
Beach, Cypress,Rossmoor, and Los Alamitos within the Orange County collection system. The station
subsequently transfers all flow(up to 30mgd) to the Sanitation District's largest treatment facility in
Huntington Beach, California—"Surf City USA". In total, the pump station services about
150,000 residents.
"The Seal Beach Pump Station is currently operating on pumps that are in constant need of
maintenance and it does not have adequate backup for system redundancy. Execution of this project in
a timely manner is top priority to OCSD,"commented OCSD Project Manager Adam Nazaroff,P.E.
"This isn't just for the people that it serves,but for the benefit of the OCSD maintenance staff. MWH
has provided a solid team and I am really excited to go through the design and construction process
with them."
Because of the size and complexity of the pump station, a challenge MWH will have to overcome is its
necessity to remain functional throughout construction. The station's original plan included two
pipelines as an insurance policy,though as a result of aging and materials of construction, one has
already collapsed. As part of design responsibilities,MWH will complete a new installation to replace
the collapsed pipeline as well as repair the pipeline currently in use.
To provide the Sanitation District the best solution,MWH will provide an integrated team with public
outreach,planning, investigation, design,permitting, and regulatory experience relevant to this project.
In addition to the core work being completed, MWH is working closely with a renowned Los Angeles
architect to develop aesthetically pleasing"Spanish Mission-style"buildings that are reflective of local
Southern Californian neighborhood atmosphere and consistent with Green Building Code
design approaches.
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"Our long-term presence in California and in-depth project experience throughout the State will allow
MWH to be a partner in this work and we look forward to developing and implementing innovative
solutions alongside the project and executive leadership at the Orange County Sanitation District,"said
Marshall Davert,president for government and infrastructure in the Americas and Asia Pacific for
MWH. "This important project will enable us to assist OCSD in providing sustainable,highly efficient
and reliable service to its rate payers for years to come."
The complete rehabilitation of the pump station is expected to be completed by mid-2017.
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August 20, 2015
OC Register
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NEWPORT BEACH After a short break, drivers on Pacific Coast Highway will start to see
construction again during the Orange County Sanitation District's rehabilitation of sewer lines under
the roadway.
The sanitation district's two-phase Newport Force Main Rehabilitation project is replacing two aging
sewer lines beneath Pacific Coast Highway between Dover Drive and just beyond Superior Avenue.
The first phase of the project,which replaced the sewer line under the southern side of the street,was
completed earlier this year.
The second phase of the project to reinforce the line on the north side of the street will begin after
Labor Day and is expected to last through May 2016.
It will require less digging underground and is expected to cause fewer traffic delays, said district
spokeswoman Jennifer Cabral.
"We don't expect to see the same traffic impacts," Cabral said. "There's less underground work. ...
Phase two should be much smoother."
Community meetings to discuss the project will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Civic Center
Community Room, 100 Civic Center Drive, and at 10 a.m. Aug. 29 in the Cliff Park Community
Room, 301 Riverside Ave.
Information on the project can be found at oesewers.com/nbproject 714-679-2088,manned 24/7.
Contact the writer: 714-796-7990 or mnicolai@ocregister.com
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August 28, 2015
Daily Pilot
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Traffic alert: Pipeline work resumes soon on Newport's
Mariner's Mile
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Construction will begin after Labor Day on Phase 2 of a sewer pipeline rehabilitation project along a portion of West
Coast Highway in Newport Beach.(Courtesy Orange County Sanitation/Daily Pilot/September 7,2or4)
By Hannah Fry
Augwt28,2oi5 12:52p.m.
Following a short summer hiatus,Newport Beach drivers will see construction popping up along West
Coast Highway after Labor Day.
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The Orange County Sanitation District is set to resume its repairing of underground sewer lines.
The Newport Force Main Rehabilitation project is replacing two aging sewer lines that begin at Dover Drive
and extend a quarter-mile past Superior Avenue along a section of West Coast Highway known as
Mariner's Mile.
The first phase of the project,from September to May,replaced the line under the south side of the street
east of Newport Boulevard.
The second phase,which will focus on repairing and replacing the pipeline under the north side of West
Coast Highway as well as the one under the west side of Newport Boulevard,is set to begin next month.
Construction is expected to be completed by May.
The 9o-year-old pipes take sewage from Newport Beach and adjacent communities to a Huntington Beach
plant that treats about zoo million gallons of sewage each day.
Newport Public Works Director Dave Webb said that while the construction can be frustrating to
commuters,it's necessary.
City and sanitation district officials have noted a 1981 sewage spill resulting from a broken pipe along West
Coast Highway as an example of why the work needs to be done.At the time,the highway was flooded with
millions of gallons of raw sewage that made it to the waterline.
'"These repairs help to ensure that we're not going to have a system failure that results in major sewage
spills that can run into the bay,"Webb said.
During the first phase of the repairs this year,the project became a sore subject for residents who were
inconvenienced by construction setbacks and worse-than-usual traffic along Mariner's Mile,which often
was reduced to one lane in places.
A contractor for the sanitation district accidentally ruptured gas lines twice in four days in January,causing
long traffic delays.In February,crews working on the sewer line accidentally cut power to a traffic signal,
which took hours to remedy.
Also during the first phase,crews discovered unexpected items underground,including large pieces of
wood and concrete that are believed to be remnants of a too-year-old train system or an old bridge.
That finding in March caused a delay,and crews worked around the clock to the get project back on
schedule,officials said.
Since the second phase requires less underground work,fewer traffic problems are expected,said
sanitation district spokeswoman Jennifer Cabral.
"We appreciate patience from the community at large,"Cabral said."The impact today is temporary,and
when we're finished,the community will have brand-new infrastructure that will last 50-plus years."
A community meeting to discuss the project will take place at io a.m.Saturday in the Cliff Park Community
Room,3o1 Riverside Ave.
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July 13, 2015
ABC 30 Action News Fresno
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Orange County has just expanded its ability to treat wastewater and eventually mix it back in with the
drinking water supply.
By Dale Yurone
Monday, July 13,2015 06:OOPM
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN)—
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Our search for real solutions to the drought brought us to Southern California. Orange County has just
expanded its ability to treat wastewater and eventually mix it back in with the drinking water supply.
But it is a process some might not find palatable.
Orange County Sanitation District General manager Jim Heiberg said, "I think'toilet to tap'is not the
best description of what we do here. There's a lot more to it than that."
The term "toilet to tap" doesn't quench anyone's thirst.
Falon Kartsch said, "It sounds kind of gross or troublesome."
But some farmers dealing with four yews of drought saw no problems with it.
Del Rey farmer David "Mas" Masumom said, "None whatsoever so long as it passes all health
requirements of course."
Fountain Valley has drawn global attention for its water purification system.
Orange County Water District General manager Mike Markus said of the advanced treatment process,
"This is the way of the future." He added, "The one thing we'll get out of the drought I think is
heightened awareness, a chance for us in the water industry to really educate people as to where our
water comes from."
Once the solids were removed at the sanitation facility brown murky water remained, Orange County
households are full of it-raw sewage that is. Each day 2.5 million people generate 200 million gallons
of wastewater.
Herberg said, "That's enough water to fill Anaheim Stadium, our baseball stadium. Angels Stadium
three times in a day."
Beach-goers might not realize it but 1.3 billion gallons of treated wastewater gets discharged into the
ocean annually in Southern California.
Markus said, "Instead of considering wastewater a waste we consider it a resource."
A third of Orange County's drinking water comes from this facility. First,that formerly brown,treated
"secondary"water must be piped in.
Markus said it goes, "To the microfiltration which is the first step in the treatment process."
36 separate cells are used in microfiltration. Water filtered through tiny straws with holes.
Markus explained, "The microfiltration will remove any bacteria, protozoa or suspended solids that are
in the water."
But just 10%of the wastewater comes from the toilet. Suds flow from the sink, shower and washing
machines. Reverse osmosis was the second step. Large white pipes gave the room a futuristic feel.
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Markus called reverse osmosis the workhorse of the treatment process. "So what this does is very
effectively removes any viruses, dissolved minerals or pharmaceuticals."
Contaminants were apparent in a sink full of dark water. The process involved continuous monitoring
for 400 compounds.
Markus said, "Really about the only thing that gets through are some really small organic compounds
and those are removed though the final step."
Inside the control room workers check each step on screens. The UV treatment is the final step. The
blast of ultraviolet light and hydrogen peroxide kills any leftover contaminants.
The groundwater replenishment system can produce 100 million gallons of clean water each day. Over
the course of a year that's enough water to serve 850,000 residents in Orange County. Experts said the
treated sparkling water exceeds state and federal standards.
Fresno State Engineering professor Bill Wright said, "The quality of that water is better than a lot of
tap water that's served around California."
Wright has tried treated wastewater but the thought of sipping on recycled sewage can be a tough sell.
A definite "yuck factor" is involved. We asked Fresno State freshman Jacqueline Gutierrez if that
bothered her. She answered, "A little yes but like we're in a drought. We need it back so whatever
works."
The treatment process took just 45 minutes. But the purified water then filtered into an aquifer where
it's stored for six months before it can be mixed in water flowing from the tap.
Markus said, "This water's actually the highest quality water that we have in the region."
Nothing left to do but take a sip of water which has been thoroughly dernineralized. It tasted like
regular water but was very bland.
Markus said the process is cheaper than desalinating seawater. "We've taken basically wastewater and
turned it into distilled water."
Herberg added, "It actually makes a dent in the water picture of the state but also shows the way."
Some state lawmakers see this process as key to developing a reliable water source. It would also keep
more of a valuable resource from being flushed into the ocean.
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July 29, 2015
Bloomberg View
Bloomberg
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You Don't Drink Treated Sewage? Gross!
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Jul 29, 2015 1:46 I'M EDT
By Justin Fox
At the end of a tour of Orange County,California's Groundwater Replenishment System -- and
they give lots of tours--a visitor is shown three big sinks with water flowing into them.On the
right is the brown brew known as the brine --the small,salty remnant of water that the facility
just can't clean. In the middle sink is slightly discolored water that's been through the first stage
of the cleansing process,a passel of microfilters,after flowing in as treated sewage from the
Orange County Sanitation District next door.And pouring into the sink on the left is clear water
at the end of its journey through the reverse osmosis units,arrays of ultraviolet lights and
chemical reactions that extract or destroy salts,bacteria,viruses, endocrine-disrupting
pharmaceutical residues and a multitude of other contaminants.
At this point on Monday my tour guide, Mike Weimer,assistant general manager of the Orange
County Water District,grabbed a plastic cup and filled it from the left spigot He took a swig,then
handed me a cup. 1 filled it,and drank from it The logo on the cup said,"Tastes like water ...
because it is water!"This was true. Not the tastiest water in the world--the cleaning process
removes most of the minerals that give water character--but not bad at all.
This clear liquid doesn't go straight to Orange County's taps.About a third of the 100 million
gallons produced every day by the $623 million treatment facility,which was built in 2008 and
expanded this year,gets pumped into the ground not far away,about five miles from the coast,to
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keep Pacific Ocean salt water from seeping into the aquifers under the county.The rest is piped
inland to the water district's groundwater-recharge basins,not all that far from Disneyland.
Later,after local rocks have added some mineral flavor,it will be pumped back out of the ground
from wells around the county and delivered to sinks and showers and garden hoses.
Get past all the pumping and repumping and that euphemistic Groundwater Replenishment
System name,and it is undeniable that the people of Orange County (or at least the two-thirds of
the county served by the Orange County Water District) are drinking treated sewage.Lots of it.
The Groundwater Replenishment System,which just added about 30 million gallons a day in
capacity,now produces enough to account for 23 percent of the area's water needs in a normal
year; the percentage will be even higher this year because of the drought.
This is, let's be clear,pretty clanged awesome. If every water system in California were recycling
water like this, in fact,the state's urban water users might barely be facing shortages at all during
the current drought.
Along with conservation,reclaimed water is the state's great untapped,or at least undertapped,
hydraulic resource.Actor William Shatner wants to pipe in water from Seattle,which isn't going
to happen. Central Valley farmers want to roll back decades of environmental regulations that
restrict their access to water,which is somewhat more realistic--the U.S. House of
Representatives passed a bill to that effect a couple of weeks ago--but still pretty unlikely.Some
urbanites want to pay farmers to stop growing alfalfa,which is already happening to some extent
but faces a lot of barriers.
Meanwhile,about 700,000 acre-feet of municipal wastewater is recycled and reused in California
each year,mostly for irrigation (of farms but also golf courses,playing fields and the like).
Orange County now accounts for 103,000 acre-feet of it.Last year,the Pacific Institute estimated
that there's potential for another 1.2 million to 1.8 million acre-feet a year of water reuse
statewide on top of that.That higher figure amounts to about 20 percent of normal urban water
use in the state. In April, California Governor Jerry Brown ordered the state's urban water users
to cut consumption by 25 percent. So ...pretty close.
Yet no other water utility in California--or in the world,as best I can tell--is recycling water for
residential use at anything like the scale of Orange County.Attempts to set up similar systems in
Los Angeles and San Diego have so far foundered in the face of public and political discomfort
with drinking wastewater.Yet somehow in Orange County,that Southern California land of surf,
sand,amusement parks,teen dramas,billionaire fixed-income investors and
conservative/libertarian politics,it's all cool.
Why is that?It's largely necessity.With 3.1 million residents, Orange County is the sixth-most
populous county in the nation and the third-most populous in the state. But it didn't get really big
until the 1970s and 1980s,after California's older coastal cities had already grabbed rights to
most of the surface water.And so while municipal providers in the county get some water from
the Colorado and Sacramento Rivers via the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,
they're mostly stuck with what the Orange County Water District--a wholesale supplier of
groundwater--can pump out of the ground.
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That groundwater has long been replenished with imported water, storm drainage and the water
that flows into the county down the Santa Ana River,Southern California's biggest. In recent
decades,much of the river flow during dry weather has come from treated sewage from
upstream communities (Riverside, San Bernardino).Storm runoff in a heavily populated area
such as Orange County isn't exactly pristine,either.
In the 1950s and 1960s,over pumping started to suck salt water from the Pacific into the
county's aquifers.The OCWD addressed this first by injecting imported river water into the
ground a few miles inland. Starting in 1971,it began experimenting with using wastewater
straight from the sewage treatment plant for this purpose as well. It scaled up that operation
later in the decade after the construction of what it called Water Factory 21,a filtering system
that was the much smaller precursor to today's Groundwater Replenishment System.The federal
government built a desalination facility about the same time that also was used to recharge the
county's groundwater,but as energy prices rose that became an expensive boondoggle and was
scrapped. It takes a lot less power to clean wastewater,it turns out,than to take the salt out of
seawater.
The treated water from Water Factory 21 that was pumped into the ground to form a "hydraulic
dike' (Weimer's words) against the sea didn't all stay there; most of it flowed inland and ended
up as part of the county water supply.As already mentioned, most of the water that percolates
into the ground from the Santa Ana River and from rainstorms starts out of dubious quality as
well.So Orange Countians were already drinking formerly dirty water long before the
Groundwater Replenishment System started treating water in 2008.The water from the system
is actually much cleaner than any of the other water (including imported river water) used to
recharge the county's aquifers.
Still,the new facility greatly expanded the use of recycled water in Orange County and the water
district treated it as a sensitive endeavor requiring lots of public education. Officials met with
1,200 different groups and individuals in the lead-up; they continue to host about 4,000 people
on tours every year.These efforts have worked-- there has been no organized opposition.And
why should there be?For Orange County,this is now the cleanest,most reliable,most
environment-friendly water source available. Eventually it will probably seem offensive not to
reuse wastewater in this way-- not just in California but all over the country and the world.
What?You don't drink treated sewage?Gross!
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its
owners.
1. This gets discharged into the ocean. It would have gone there in any case,just diluted by a
lot more water.
2. That's$481 to build the initial facility and$142 million to expand it.
3. 1 got that by taking a 670,000-acre-feet-per-year state estimate from 2012 that was cited
by the Pacific Institute and adding in Orange County's recent 31,000-acre-foot expansion.
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4. Singapore has a water-recycling operation of similar size,but most of the water goes to
industrial uses.
S. But they don't have a problem with it in Wichita Falls! This New York Times article has
information on some of the other water-reuse projects,as well as more detail on Orange
County's.
6. The main issue is that the high salt content of seawater is especially taxing for the
reverse-osmosis filters that are the core of a modern water-cleaning process. But desalination
technology is improving,and there is now another project in the works for Orange County.
To contact the author on this story:
Justin Fox at justinfox@bloomberg.net
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August 16, 2015
OC Register
OMNGE COUNTY
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Orange County has led the way as a model for
recycling water, but here's what's being done to
do more
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OCWD's Groundwater Replenishment System(GWRS)takes highly treated wastewater that would
have previously been discharged into the Pacific Ocean and purifies it using a three-step advanced
treatment process. This is the microfiltration area of the plant. The whole process produces high-
fit water that exceeds all state and federal drinking water standards.
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Mehul Patel is program manager for the Orange County Water Districts Groundwater Replenishment System.He's
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BY AARON ORLOWSKI/STAFF WRITER
In the 1960s,when most of Irvine was farm fields,planners realized the value of recycling water. In a
remarkable act of foresight, they built an extra set of pipes into plans for the master-planned city to
carry treated wastewater to those fields.
"We could work with developers to put in main distribution lines as development was happening,"
explained Mark Tettemer, the Irvine Ranch Water District's recycled water development manager,
who likened the young city to a"blank slate.""We could hook people up Day One. When that park
went in, it went in with recycled water in mind. That's a lot easier to do than convert people."
Originally,the water district supplied recycled water to farmers. Today, subdivisions have replaced
citrus groves, and the Irvine Ranch Water District treats and distributes nearly all the wastewater it
takes in.
More than 20 million gallons per day of recycled sewer water floods through the district's 500 miles of
purple pipes—a color Irvine Ranch chose that now is an industry standard—to irrigate parks and
lawns, to fill industrial cooling towers and to flush toilets in office buildings.
During this historic drought, more cities and counties across the state are looking to Orange County as
a model for how to efficiently recycle their water.
Indeed,recycling wastewater for irrigation through purple pipe systems was only the first step for
Orange County.
Since 2008, Orange County Water District has operated the largest recycling plant in the world for
creating drinking water not immediately destined for home faucets in Fountain Valley. The plant
churns out 100 million gallons a day of purified wastewater—water that is put back in the ground for
later consumption.
That's what water managers across the state want to model, and build on,with more and more novel
methods of reusing water emerging. As officials write the playbook for these new recycling methods,
they're turning to Orange County for expertise on regulating recycling and defining the standards.
Those new methods include the golden goose of recycling:putting treated water directly into people's
homes. That's a possibility state officials we only just beginning to study.
Money is flowing
Plenty of money is flowing for recycling projects,with $625 million reserved out of$7.5 billion in
water bond money raised from Proposition 1,passed in 2014.
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"In my mind, there's really no better time to move forward with this kind of thing. The need is there
with the drought, and the state is willing to fund it," said James Hawkins,the policy analyst for Santa
Barbara environmental nonprofit Heal the Ocean and author of a recent report on recycling.
There's plenty of potential for more recycling in Orange County, which still discharges more than 100
million gallons of wastewater into the ocean every day.
Even though OCWD recently expanded from 70 million gallons a day of recycled water to 100 million
gallons at its plant in Fountain Valley, it could handle more if a planned expansion proceeds.
The wastewater the water district treats is essentially the low-hanging fruit of wastewater: It comes
from the sanitation district plant next door and is relatively low in salts and other solids.
Additional wastewater for an expansion to 130 million gallons a day would have to be pumped in from
Huntington Beach. Because it comes from coastal areas and Inland Empire brine flows, it's saltier—
meaning it requires more electricity to treat.
The district's recycling efforts go back to the 1970s,when water agencies began work on Water
Factory 21,a treatment facility that took treated wastewater and injected it into the aquifer to form a
barrier against saltwater intrusion.
Today's Groundwater Replenishment System replaced that program when it came online in 2008. The
water is both injected to maintain the saltwater barrier and pumped up to Anaheim,where it is
dispersed on spreading grounds to percolate into the aquifer underneath.
Shifting attitudes
It wasn't long ago that disgust over drinking recycled water derailed projects in San Diego and Los
Angeles.
But OCWD's persistent messaging—that recycled water is safe, it's good for the environment, and it's
a locally controlled, drought-proof supply—gradually won people over during the decade before the
replenishment system came online.
In focus groups, messaging on those three points increased acceptance of recycled water by 20 percent,
said Mark Millan,principal at Data Instincts,a public relations firm that has worked on recycling and
desalination issues.
"The initial response from most people is typically characterized as a yuck factor,"Millan said. "When
they learn about the treatment process,they're impressed with the technologies and the testing and the
scrutiny."
It's easier for people to feel comfortable with recycled water that passes through an environmental
buffer like the aquifer, said Mike Wenner, OCWD assistant general manager.
"It's no longer perceived as recycled water once it's been blended,"Wenner said.
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Current state regulations only have rules for storing recycled drinking water in a groundwater basin.
Other methods of storing it aren't yet allowed. But that could soon change.
In the coming years, San Diego water officials plan to pump highly purified wastewater 25 miles to
San Vicente Reservoir,mix it with other reservoir water and serve it to customers as part of a$3.5
billion recycling scheme.
Breaking new ground
Such a surface water augmentation scheme has never been done in the state, and the rules governing
how it must work we not yet written.
"We're trying to figure out right now what requirements we want to set for the environmental buffer,"
said Randy Bernard, the recycled water chief at the state's Division of Drinking Water. "What's the
size,what's the capacity,what's the input-output."
Mixing recycled water into reservoirs is an outgrowth of mixing it into groundwater aquifers,with a
key difference.
Though both methods preserve an environmental buffer between the recycled water and customers'
taps, aquifers we easier to monitor.
Water usually seeps through the ground at a relatively steady rate and moves in a predictable direction.
In a reservoir,winds and water levels can easily affect where the water moves and how quickly water
dumped in the reservoir makes its way to exit pipes.
Specifically, in a reservoir,the cold water lingers new the bottom and warm water new the top. So
when the warm,treated wastewater is dumped in, it stays new the top. But at certain times of the year,
the reservoir"flips"and warm and cold water get mixed.
With water more difficult to track in a reservoir, officials will likely require wastewater to be diluted a
certain amount.
"Dilution is one thing, looking at that as a buffer. And if a reservoir can maintain a certain amount of
dilution,you can maintain public health,"Bernard said.
A state committee is drafting rules to regulate how recycled water might augment supplies in
reservoirs and is also examining what experts consider the final frontier of recycling:routing treated
water directly into pipes bound for people's houses.
By the end of December 2016, state officials must also submit a study to the Legislature detailing the
feasibility of direct potable reuse.
Wastewater to tap water
The appeal of sending recycled water straight to people's homes is simple: efficiency.
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"That could save tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of dollars," said Millan,the PR analyst.
"You're no longer ripping up streets laying purple pipe,you're no longer building some kind of
indirect potable treatment plant. You're building this facility that monitors and treats so well you can
go directly to pipes."
Direct potable reuse, as the process is also known,would also be more efficient because of where
treatment plants are located. Wastewater treatment and recycling plants are usually at lower elevations,
while reservoirs and drinking-water plants are at higher elevations. If recycled water were treated at
low elevations and put directly in pipes, it wouldn't have to be pumped to higher elevations for storage
in reservoirs, or for a second round of treatment.
Before officials can begin pouring purified wastewater into taps,though,monitoring methods will need
to improve.
Right now, it takes at least a couple of days and sometimes a week to detect problems in drinking
water sources. To make direct potable reuse safe, officials will need to know of problems
instantaneously.
Orange County has led the pack so far with recycling. Whether it will continue to do so by turning
wastewater into drinking water will probably be determined more by necessity than desire.
With a groundwater basin ideally suited for storing water,there's little reason for most of the county to
shift to direct potable reuse. The one place it might make sense is South Orange County,which lacks a
major groundwater basin and doesn't have large reservoirs.
Contact the writer: aorlowski(cDocregister.com. Twitter: @aaronorlowski
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September 1, 2015
LA Times
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Unintended consequences of conserving water: leaky
pipes, less revenue, bad odors
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Hugo Gonzalez, a Leucadia Wastewater District technician, prepares a camera to search for
roots in a Carlsbad, Calif., sewer line. Without normal levels of outdoor irrigation, tree roots in
search of water have invaded sewer pipes and grown there over time.
(Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times)
By MATT STEVENS
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Under orders to slash water use amid a historic drought, cities and towns across the state saved about
75 billion gallons in July,eclipsing Gov. Jerry Brown's once-daunting order for a 25%reduction.
But, in a paradox of conservation, water agencies say the unprecedented savings 31%in July over
July 2013—are causing or compounding a slew of problems.
Sanitation districts are yanking tree roots out of manholes and stepping up maintenance on their pipes
to prevent corrosion and the spread of odors. And when people use less potable water, officials say,
there's less wastewater available to recycle.
Water suppliers,meanwhile, say the dramatic decrease in consumption has created multimillion-dollar
revenue shortfalls.
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Sixty feet from the top of a giant sequoia named Kong, biologist Anthony Ambrose studied
the foliage around him. Dense clusters of green leaves grew like shaving brushes from the
branches, cones clustered like Indian clubs. ( Thomas Curwen)
Experts and industry leaders say this represents a shift into a new stage of the four-year drought.
"It's unintended consequences," said George Tchobanoglous, a professor of civil and environmental
engineering at UC Davis. "We never thought [conservation] was a bad thing. Every citizen thinks he or
she is saving mankind, and I'm sympathetic,but it just so happens that our basic infrastructure was not
designed with that in mind."
Sanitation districts have worried about sewer spills for years,but officials say they have had to become
especially vigilant in recent months as water use has plummeted.
Shorter showers,more efficient toilets and other reductions in indoor water usage have meant less
wastewater flowing through sewer pipes, sanitation officials say. With less flow to flush the solids
down the system,those solids are collecting and can eventually damage pipes.
"The costs that we're going to face due to corroding pipes is going to be astronomical," Tchobanoglous
said. "It'll dwarf everything else."
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In Sacramento, the sewer system is relatively flat, meaning that gravity cannot help push solids
through it. Operators are reporting increased debris and more grease in pipelines, said Christoph
Dobson,director of policy and planning at the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District.
The collection of those solids heightens the possibility of a stoppage in small pipes and increases the
amount of maintenance that sanitation districts must perform,Dobson said.
"We do know that we're seeing lower flows, and we do attribute the problems ... to those lower flows,"
he said.
In San Francisco, officials also say foul odors have become noticeable in low-lying and flat areas of
the city where gravity cannot help push solids through the system.
Sanitation officials in Orange County say that although their system is generally holding up well,they
have had to flush and clean the pipes more often. Since the wastewater ends up with a higher
concentration of solids,the pumps that lift and move the water could get worn down faster, officials
said.
"Did we know the drought was coming and it would cause these things?Not necessarily," said Rob
Thompson, director of engineering at the Orange County Sanitation District. "Nobody likes to talk
about sewage. Sewage isn't sexy."
Los Angeles has not experienced many of the problems plaguing its neighbors because its system is
designed to move wastewater by gravity, and officials say that with 4 million people using water,
there's always enough flow.
Experts said conservation has certainly brought challenges,but pointed out that in Australia—where
water use plunged during a drought that lasted more than a decade—there's no evidence of
wastewater treatment problems.
"My view is that any such consequences can be managed if and when they arise,but this should not be
an excuse to not implement efficiency measures," said Lester Snow, a former head of the Department
of Water Resources who now directs the California Water Foundation.
The reduced use of drinkable water also means there is less available for recycling—at a time when
cities have been placing a greater emphasis on that form of water conservation, experts say.
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These days, the redwood-shaded creek by Laura and Ray Waldbaum's house is a bone-dry
path of rocks and gravel, its occasional stagnant pools a somber reminder of the salmon that
once thrived there. ( Geoffrey Mohan )
Orange County is home to the largest potable reuse facility in the world. Because of a recent facility
expansion and the high levels of conservation,the Groundwater Replenishment System now requires
wastewater to be diverted from Huntington Beach to Fountain Valley in order to keep the facility at
95%capacity.
"We're hoping that water demands will remain fairly consistent inside the house," said Mike Markus,
general manager of the Orange County Water District.
Lower water demands "potentially could be a problem for us because we built a facility of a certain
size and we want to make those assets work for us," Marcus added. "We don't want to have stranded
assets."
At the Leucadia Wastewater District in northern San Diego County,officials have run into a different
problem.
Without normal levels of outdoor irrigation,tree roots desperately in search of water have invaded
sewer pipes and grown there over time.
Last December,when workers investigated a sewer spill,they found a 4-to 6-inch-wide tree root
inside a pipe. Just 16 months earlier, an inspection found the sewer line "clean and clear," said Paul
Bushee,general manager of the Leucadia Wastewater District.
"We're seeing more and more of that," he said. "It was a learning experience for us. We didn't think a
root could go from nothing to this larger-diameter root in a year and four months."
But the consequences of conservation have also been felt outside sanitation districts. Potable water
providers say conservation is stripping them of crucial revenue.
For example, the Yorba Linda Water District is under state orders to slash its water consumption 36%
over the next several months.A cut that size is projected to reduce revenue about$9 million over the
course of the current fiscal year, district spokesman Damon Micalizzi said.
The water district had been planning to ask for a gradual rate increase over five years,but the state's
conservation mandate forced the district to speed up that process and ask for more money sooner,
Micalizzi said.
Under the latest rate proposal, the basic service charge assigned to most single-family residential
customers would jump to about$41 on Oct. 1 from$16.77, Micalizzi said.
"We're feeling the pain right now," he said. "To have this dramatic jump and the backlash that
obviously comes with it is very,very daunting."
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The Santa Margarita Water District also passed a water rate increase in March that will help offset$6.8
million in lost revenue this fiscal year. Goleta Water District officials said they implemented a
"drought surcharge" in July to help recover$10 million in projected revenue loss.
"It's a fact that the amount of revenue [water districts are] collecting is going down," said Heather
Cooley,water program director of the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit that conducts research on natural
resources.
Conservation, she continued, "puts water districts in a pinch in the short term,but in the long term it's a
benefit for all of us."
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August 18, 2015
Daily Pilot
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Newport protests flier's 'health advisory' about Banning
Ranch project
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This flier being circulated in Newport Beach in opposition to the proposed development of Banning Ranch warns ofpotential sewage
contamination in local waters.(Courtesy City of Newport Beach/August 18,2015)
Newport Beach officials are taking issue with a flier proclaiming an"urgent health advisory'that is being
circulated in opposition to the proposed development of Banning Ranch.
The flier shows an aerial photograph of the 40i-acre Banning Ranch property,an expanse of scrub-and
grass-covered bluffs and wetlands overlooking the ocean near Pacific Coast Highway that for years has
been the site of oil-drilling operations.
The flier also contains a rendering of the proposed residential and business development,a photo of a large
underwater pipe spewing a green liquid labeled"sewage"and an Illustration of a surfer in a gas mask,
labeled"sewage surfer."
The flier asks Newport Beach surfers, "Is this the pipeline you've been dreaming of?"
A.Jensen,a Newport Heights resident who declined to give her first name,said she and a few of her
neighbors created the document to inform other residents about Banning Ranch LLC's proposal to develop
1,375 homes,a 75-room boutique inn and a commercial area on about 95 acres of the property. She said
many of her neighbors didn't know where Banning Ranch is or how the project could affect them.
"We decided to make fliers that would catch people's attention,"she said. "It was meant to be tongue-in-
cheek to raise awareness."
Jensen said she is not affiliated with the Banning Ranch Conservancy,a local group that opposes the
development.
Newport Beach officials posted a response to the flier on the city website this week,saying that neither the
city nor the Orange County Health Care Agency had issued a health advisory regarding the development of
Banning Ranch.
"While persons can and should make their own mind up as to whether they support the Newport Banning
Ranch project,they should not be misled by this'advisory'or the allegation of surfing or swimming in
waters contaminated by sewage,"the city statement reads.
The Orange County Sanitation District operates a plant near the Banning Ranch site where wastewater is
treated and then dispersed offshore.Newport Beach's water quality has complied with state standards 95%
of the time during yearly sampling periods from 2005 to 2014,the city says.Heal the Bay,an
environmental group that annually tests water quality,also has consistently given Newport's beaches high
marks.
Marice DePasquale,a spokeswoman for the Banning Ranch project,said the flier's claim that the
development would result in ocean water being contaminated with sewage is not based in fact. If the
project is built,the homes and businesses would connect to the existing sewage system,meaning there
would be no new outflow pipes to the ocean,DePasquale said.
"This is a dramatic attempt to cast the project in a negative light,"she said. "It's fear-mongering."
Steve Ray,executive director of the Banning Ranch Conservancy,said he is encouraged by residents'
passion for preserving open space along the coast.
The land has been the subject of sometimes intense debate since 2012,when the City Council approved
Banning Ranch LLC's proposal.
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The approval of the California Coastal Commission is still needed.The commission could make that
decision as early as October.
The conservancy launched an online petition this month in support of its cause leading up to the Coastal
Commission hearing.
"People should accept[the flier]as energized people trying to keep this project from happening,"Ray said.
"Exercising freedom of speech is always a good thing."
Newport Councilman Tony Petros,who represents the area around Banning Ranch,said he believes the
flier was created to inflame the public before the Coastal Commission hearing.
"It's completely irresponsible for someone to resort to inflammatory and harmful messaging,"he said."No
one should have any fear of going into the water now or in the future."
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August 26, 2015
Daily Pilot
DAILY INPILC )T
A wall with a muralist's view in Balboa Village
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Muralist Art Mortimer details a portion of a sailing mural on a wall on the corner of A Street
and Balboa Boulevard in Balboa Village on Tuesday.Mortimer was hired by local residents as
part of a beautification effort in the area.
(Don Leach/Daily Pilot/August 25,2015)
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By Hannah Fry
August 26, 2015 7:02 p.m.
A busy commuter driving down East Balboa Boulevard might think someone had smashed a
giant hole in the rust-colored wall concealing a pump station on A Street.Through the "hole,'
one sees sailboats floating across the glassy water of Newport Harbor.
The illusion is the handiwork of mural artist Art Mortimer.The goal was to "make the
building disappear in plain sight," said Ken Drellishak, a Newport Beach resident and
president of the Community Foundation of Balboa Peninsula Point,which is funding the
mural at a cost of$8,700.
On an unusually humid day this week, Mortimer set out to select the perfect paintbrush and
mixture of colors to contrast the brown mast of a boat with its cotton-white sails on Balboa
Village's newest mural. He has been working on the project for two weeks but said he still has
some details to finish.
Beachgoers on bikes rode past the roughly 8-foot-tall wall, slowing down to catch a glimpse of
the painting. Raindrops began to fall, dampening the parched pavement along East Balboa
Boulevard,but Mortimer didn't budge from his seat in front of the wall. He squinted, placed
his hands on his paint-spattered pants and leaned back on his seat— an overturned milk
crate—to inspect his work.
"When you paint a mural like this one,everyone sees it," Mortimer said. "It's a way to make
art a part of people's lives. It draws them in and makes them think a little bit."
The mural,depicting sailboats floating before a backdrop of rocks at Pirate's Cove— a
popular spot among locals in Newport Beach —is the second one Mortimer has painted in
Balboa Village. He estimates he has painted more than too murals since he began his craft in
1971.
In 2013, the nonprofit Community Foundation of Balboa Peninsula Point hired Mortimer to
replicate a historical photo of a street scene with the Balboa Pavilion as the backdrop. The
painting,on a wall of a building on Main Street,has become a place where residents and
visitors take photos and pay homage to the neighborhood's long history, Drellishak said.
"We were encouraged by the response to the first mural,"he said. "We love that we're a
coastal community and want to preserve that."
Getting the new mural approved by the Orange County Sanitation District,which owns the
wall in front of the pump station,took more than a year of emails and persistence, Drellishak
said.
"They wanted to conceal the wall, and we were proposing doing the exact opposite," he said.
"They weren't exactly for us painting all over their wall at first,but now they completely
support it."
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When Drellishak came up with the idea for a second mural,he wanted it to include sailboats.
He selected Pirate's Cove as the backdrop because of the memories the area has provided for
people who grew up in Newport Beach.
"People remember visiting Pirate's Cove and playing in the caves," Drellishak said.
For years, city officials and some residents have been working to improve aging infrastructure
in Balboa Village while maintaining the historical charm of the business district,much of
which was built in the early igoos.
Mayor Pro Tern Diane Dixon said the mural,which was completely funded by the foundation,
is a creative way to accomplish that goal.
"Public art is a positive enhancement to our community," she said. "This is a perfect example
of a situation where a group of active citizens worked together to improve their
neighborhood."
Don't expect Drellishak's artistic vision to be quieted upon the mural's completion. He has his
eye on other unadorned buildings in the area.
"I have a lot of ideas,but I'm running out of space,"he said.
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August 25, 2015
Press Release
FOR IMMEDL9 TE RELEASE
August 25, 2015
Contact: Jennifer Cabral, OCSD 1714.593.7444 (Office) I icabralAocsd.com
Contact: Eleanor Torres, OCWD 1714.378-3268(Office) I etorres@ocwd.com
The Orange County Sanitation District and the Orange County Water District Receive
Award for the Groundwater Replenishment System
Fountain Valley,Calif. (Aug. 25, 2015)—The award-winning Groundwater Replenishment System
(GWRS),a joint project with the Orange County Sanitation District(OCSD)and the Orange County
Water District(OCWD)recently received the California Association of Sanitation Agencies(CASA)
Achievement Award. The two agencies have partnered on water recycling projects for more than 40
years increasing water reliability in the region. Agency representatives along with Black&Veatch the
consulting engineer firm were on-hand to receive the award,which was presented at CASA's 60ih
annual conference held on Thursday, August 20 in San Diego.
"It's an honor and a privilege to recognize the exceptional efforts of our CASA members,"said Roberta
Larson,CASA Executive Director. "They are the behind-the-scenes heroes of our state,working
tirelessly to ensure clean, healthy water for Californians."
The award was received in the Outstanding Capital Project category,which recognizes an exemplary
public wastewater capital project. Project requirements include unique or innovative design,
environmental component such as water footprint or carbon footprint reduction and public outreach
and communication.
"The Orange County Sanitation District and the Orange County Water District are proud of their
ongoing partnership that has brought revolutionary projects to the region" stated John Nielsen, OCSD
Chair. "A safe and reliable water supply is fundamental to the ongoing success of Orange County and
its economic sustainability. The Orange County Sanitation District annually treats 200 million gallons
per day(MGD) of wastewater. The GWRS allows us to send less water to the ocean and brings us one
step closer to OCSD's goal of 100 percent recycling,"he added.
The GWRS purifies treated sewer water using a three-step advanced purification process that includes
microfiltration,reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light with hydrogen peroxide. The purified water
protects the groundwater basin from saltwater intrusion, decreases the region's dependence on
imported water, and increases local drinking water supplies.
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"Resource recovery that entails the capture and reuse of wastewater most be maximized in California
to help sustain our water supplies,"stated Cathy Green, OCWD President. "In Southern California
alone, 1.3 billion gallons of treated wastewater is discharged into the Pacific Ocean every day. Reusing
just a fraction of that reliable source could make a significant dent in drought proofing the region."
The first phase of the project came online in 2008. In 2009, Black&Veatch was selected as the
consulting engineer for the GWRS Initial Expansion which was complete in June 2015. The GWRS
produces 100 million gallons of high-quality water per day(MOD), enough water for 850,000
residents annually. OCSD and OCWD are currently working on a$2 million effluent reuse joint study
that explores ways to expand the GWRS. The study will identify operational and treatment plant
improvements to see how wastewater from OCSD's Huntington Beach plant can best support the
GWRS Final expansion,which is expected to produce 130 MGD of purified water.
"Black&Veatch is proud to have worked with both OCSD and OCWD to deliver visionary projects
such as the GWRS initial expansion," said Cindy Wallis-Lage, President of Black& Veatch's water
business. "Water plays a critical role in maintaining sustainable communities, and California's water
supply issues have an impact on consumers around the world. This expansion project and the
longstanding partnership to develop the GWRS are key examples of resilient and holistic water
planning."
OCSD and OCWD are tapping into every possible drop of water, setting an example for other agencies
around the globe. For more information about OCSD and OCWD,please visit www.ocsd.com and
www.ocwd.com.
About OCSD
OCSD is a public agency that provides wastewater collection, treatment, and recycling for
approximately 2.5 million people in central and northwest Orange County. OCSD is a special district
that is governed by a 25 member Board of Directors comprised of 20 cities,four special districts, and
one representative from the Orange County Board of Supervisors. OCSD has two operatingfacilities
that treat wastewater from residential, commercial and industrial sources.
About OCWD
OCWD is committed to enhancing Orange County's groundwater quality and reliability in an
environmentally friendly and economical manner. The following cities utilize the groundwater basin
managed by OCWD:Anaheim, Buena Parr Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden
Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Santa
Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster and Yorba Linda.
About Black& Veatch
Black& Veatch is an employee-owned, global leader in building critical human infrastructure in
energy, water, telecommunications and government services. Since 1915, we have helped our clients
improve the lives ofpeople in over 100 countries through consulting, engineering, construction,
operations and program management. Our revenues in 2014 were US$3 billion. Follow us on
www.bv.com and in social media.
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OCSD Tweets
Twitter Posts for August 2015
Tweeted 11 times,Re-tweeted 4 times
eOC Sewers OC Sewers 6h
OCSD, OCWDWaterNews & @Black Veatch received the CASA Achievement Award for
the initial expansion of the GWRS. http://bit.ly/lEkcrOH
eOC Sewers @OC_Sewers Aug 25
OCSD invites you to attend a community mtg. regarding Phase 2 of the NB Force Main
Project on Thurs from 6-7pm. http://bit.ly/lyYmxNJ
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Nice article by Megan Nicolai w/the @ocregister regarding OCSD's NB Force Main Project
starting Phase 2 this Sept. http://bit.ly/l EeQPD5
eOC Sewers @OC_Sewers Aug 19
We're currently accepting applications for the position of Safety & Health Representative.
Click to learn more. http://agency.governmentjobs.com/ocsd/default.cfm ... ...
OC Sewers @OC_Sewers Aug 18
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OCSD's app for Prop 84 funding from the IRWM program was recommended by
@SAWPA_OWOW for funding of$1 million. http://on.fb.me/1 MwIsLIA
eOC Sewers @OC_Sewers Aug 17
OCSD invites you to attend a community mtg. regarding Phase 2 of the NB Force Main
Project on Thurs from 12:30-1:30pm.http://bit.ly/1 hlyl3Y
OC Sewers @OC_Sewers Aug 14
Thank you @SenatorMoorlach, @YLWD, @LaHabraCA, @IRWDnews & @Cityofrustin for
touring OCSD's facility today.
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Professionals from @OC_Sewers accepting the CWEA Best in State Safety Award at the
May 1st ceremony in San Diego
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We're currently accepting applications for the position of Senior Construction Inspector.
Click link to learn more. http://agency.governmentjobs.com/ocsd/default.cfm ...
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We are accepting apps for the positions of Construction Inspectors (Civil/Mechanical &
Electrical/Instrumentation). http://bit.ly/lMo1XAu
eOC Sewers @OC_Sewers Aug 11
We are accepting applications for the position of Engineering Assistant I. If you're interested
please apply. http://agency.governmentjobs.com/ocsd/default.cfm ...
IbOC Sewers @OC_Sewers Aug 3
OCSD issues request for engineering services for next generation #biosolids masterplan
#RFP #wastewater http://bit.ly/BMP
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June 2015
OCSD Facebook Postings
Facebook Posts for August 2015
Posted 13 times and Re-Shared 2 times
Orange County Sanitation District
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OCSD,OC Water District and Black&Veatch received the California Association of Sanitation
Agencies Achievement Award for the initial expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System
(GWRS). The GWRS produces up to 100 million gallons of high-quality water per day, enough water
for 850,000 people in Orange County.http://www.ocsd.com/Home/Components/News/News/532/52...
Orange County Sanitation District
Yesterday at 10:49am
OCSD invites you to attend an upcoming community meeting this week regarding Phase 2 of the
Newport Force Main Project. For your convenience,we've scheduled two additional meetings for this
Thursday and Saturday. Additional information can be found
u,y m - /new.../newport-force-main-rehabilitation.
Orange County Sanitation District : Newport Force Main Rehabilitation
This two-phase project will rehabilitate the existing Newport Force Main located on Coast Highway
between Dover Drive and the OCSD Bitter Point Pump Station,...
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Orange County Sanitation District
August 24 at 3:59pm
Nice article by Megan Nicolai with the Orange County Register regarding OCSD's Newport Force
Main Project starting Phase 2 this September.hitp://www.ocregister.com/a.../project-678656-sewer-
phase.html
Construction for sewer lines to begin again on PCH
NEWPORT BEACH After a short break, drivers on Pacific Coast Highway will start to see
construction again during the Orange County Sanitation District's rehabilitation of sewer lines under
the roadway.
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Orange County Sanitation District
August 20 at 7:08am Edited
We're currently accepting applications for the position of a Lead Source Control Inspector. If you're
interested please apply.http://agency.govemmentjobs.com/ocsd/default.eftn
agency.govemmentjobs.com
You can apply online by clicking on the job title you are interested in and clicking on the "Apply"link.
If this is the first time you are applying using our online job application,you will need to create an
account and select a Usemame and Password. If you previously had an account on our old sy...
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August 19 at 2:51pm
We're currently accepting applications for the position of a Safety& Health Representative. Click link
to learn more.http://agency.govemmentjobs.com/ocsd/default.cfm
agency.govemmentjobs.com
You can apply online by clicking on the job title you are interested in and clicking on the "Apply" link.
If this is the first time you are applying using our online job application,you will need to create an
account and select a Usemame and Password. If you previously had an account on our old sy...
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Orange County Sanitation District added 3 new photos.
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August 19 at 2:39pm
Vox Pop Film company was at OCSD today filming for an upcoming UCI video.
Orange County Sanitation District shared Townsend Public Affairs's photo.
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TPA congratulates its long-time client,the Orange County Sanitation District(OCSD) as its
application for the final round of Proposition 84 funding from the S...
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OCSD invites you to attend an upcoming community meeting regarding Phase 2 of the Newport Force
Main Project. For your convenience, we have scheduled three meetings with the first one taking place
this Thursday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. For the location and additional dates please
an/.../new.../newport-force-main-rehabilitation.
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Orange County Sanitation District : Newport Force Main Rehabilitation
This two-phase project will rehabilitate the existing Newport Force Main located on Coast Highway
between Dover Drive and the OCSD Bitter Point Pump Station,...
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Orange County Sanitation District added 2 new photos.
August 14 at 12:38pm
Thank you Senator John Moorlach, Director Kiley(Yorba Linda Water District), Director Beamish
(City of La Harba),Director Withers(IRWD) and Chairman Nielsen(City of Tustin)for touring
OCSD's Plant No.1 facility in Fountain Valley today.
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August 14 at 7:56am
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August 13 at 2:33pm
Municipal Water District of Orange County
Why is water quality important? As water moves over land, it picks up metals, salts, and other water
soluble compounds. Federal and state agencies test and monitor water supplies regularly to safeguard
water quality and protect public health.
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Orange County Sanitation District
August 13 at 9:14am
We're currently accepting applications for the position of Senior Construction Inspector. If you're
interested please apply.http://agency.govemmentjobs.com/ocsd/default.cfm
agency.govemmentjobs.com
You can apply online by clicking on thejob title you are interested in and clicking on the "Apply" link.
If this is the first time you are applying using our online job application,you will need to create an
account and select a Usemame and Password. If you previously had an account on our old sy...
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We are accepting applications for the positions of Construction Inspector(Civil/Mechanical)and
Construction Inspector(Electrical/Instrumentation). If you're interested please
apply.http://agency.govemmentjobs.com/ocsd/default.cfm
agency.govemmentjobs.com
You can apply online by clicking on the job title you are interested in and clicking on the "Apply" link.
If this is the first time you are applying using our online job application,you will need to create an
account and select a Usemame and Password. If you previously had an account on our old sy...
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August 11 at 7:53am
We are accepting applications for the position of Engineering Assistant I. If you're interested please
apply.http://agency.gove=enoobs.com/ocsd/default.cfm
agency.govemmentjobs.com
You can apply online by clicking on the job title you are interested in and clicking on the "Apply" link.
If this is the first time you are applying using our online job application,you will need to create an
account and select a Usemame and Password. If you previously had an account on our old sy...
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Orange County Sanitation District : Biosolids News
OCSD has issued a request for proposal(RFP) for a new Biosolids Master Plan. The purpose of this
study is to provide professional engineering services to develop a Biosolids Master Plan. This project
will meet one of the goals in...
OCSEWERS.COM
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS MEETING Meeting Date
09/14/15
AGENDA REPORT Item Number
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Orange County Sanitation District
FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
Information Only.
SUMMARY
Staff will provide an update on recent federal and state legislative activities.
PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
N/A
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BUDGET/PURCHASING ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE
N/A
ATTACHMENT
The following attachment(s) may be viewed on-line at the OCSD website (wwwocsd.corn with the
complete agenda package:
• Federal Update-ENS Resources
• State Update-Townsend Public Affairs
• Grant Matrix
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Jennifer Cabral
Rebecca Long
FROM: Eric Sapirstein
DATE: August 30, 201S
SUBJECT: Washington Update
During the past month, Congress was on recess and, therefore, legislative activities
were limited to Members returning to their congressional districts. However, a
number of important advances occurred during the past several weeks of interest to
the District. The following summarizes these matters. Congress will return to work on
September 8 and is expected to remain in session until December to reconcile
outstanding budget and policy matters of which many of the decisions will impact the
District's interests.
Emergency Drought Relief Assistance
Senator Feinstein introduced her drought relief legislation after months of careful
review of water agencies' needs and the future of water supply management in
California. The legislation, California Emergency Drought Relief Assistance (S. 1834), is
an important step toward a final measure that the President could sign into law. Unlike
the House-passed bill, H.R. 2898, the Feinstein bill seeks to address water
infrastructure needs of agencies seeking to develop supplemental supplies. (The bill
does provide authorities to advance storage facilities also.) After working with the
District staff and the Senator's staff, the District was able to submit background
information on its priority to develop cost-effective recycled water supplies. Based
upon this information, the Senator included the District in her list (that is part of the
formal bill) of agencies that should be given priority consideration for funding
assistance to develop water infrastructure projects. S. 1834 would also create a new
competitive grants program to assist in the planning and construction of water
recycling and desalination infrastructure project. The bill would enhance Title XVI by
providing additional funding over several years. In what may be one of the more
important policy elements of the legislation, the Senator included authority to use the
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Clean Water Act State Revolving Loan Fund Program to issue 40-year loan terms for
water recycling projects. This authority would effectively provide a substantial
imputed grant value of as much as 50% to an agency that used the SRF assistance to
develop a water recycling project. Given the District's ongoing study of options to
develop recycled water supplies, the bill's provisions would, if enacted, boost the
economics of constructing and operating a water recycling facility.
As of this writing,5. 1834 is slated to receive a hearing before the Senate Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources in October. However, the committee chairwoman, Lisa
Murkowski (R-AK) has indicated that any drought bill will be west-wide, suggesting
that S. 1834 provisions would be incorporated into such a bill rather than proceeding
as separate legislation. Prospects for final Senate action on a drought bill this year are
unclear,but a Senate vote might take place in December. However,a final measure that
could be sent to the President probably will not be finalized with the U.S. House of
Representatives until next year's session.
Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Congressional committees have approved the fiscal year 2016 budget for USEPA and,
in so doing, imposed a 23% reduction on the combined purchasing power of the clean
water and drinking water trust fund program, the SRF. The soon to be debated and
voted on in the Senate and House bills would only provide the wastewater SRF $1.0
billion instead of $1.4 billion. Stakeholders consider this higher level the desired
funding level. Because of the funding reduction, along with a number of policy riders,
including a prohibition on the implementation of the Clean Water Rule, a strong and
formal veto message from the White House was issued on the bills. The funding level
of the SRF program is critical because of the ongoing priority to leverage SRF
assistance in support of water recycling. For this and other reasons, we believe that
when Congress and the White House reach a final agreement on spending levels later
this year, SRF funding levels will be increased.
With regard to water recycling,the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation received strong support
in both the House and Senate. Specifically, the WaterSmart program, which provides
the District with its funding for the feasibility study effort, is appropriated just over
$20 million. In addition, the Senate version of USBR's budget provides an additional
$52.5 million to support drought relief projects like water recycling and other
conservation efforts. If this funding survives in a final budget agreement, it should
offer the District supplemental funding opportunities to support its feasibility study
into developing new water recycling supplies.
Finally, Senator Feinstein is considering introducing separate legislation from the
drought effort to revamp the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Title XVI program.
According to staff, the initiative could provide additional funding to water recycling
projects.
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Waters of the U.S.Rulemaking
USEPA's rule to define which waters of the U.S. are subject to regulation under the
Clean Water Act was to become effective August 28. This has now been thrown into
question as a U.S. District Court has approved a delay in the effective date until such
time as the more than 29 lawsuits challenging the rule's reach are settled. For the
District,there is no impact with this ruling to delay the effective date.
SRF Reauthorization
Attempts to address the reauthorization of the SRF program and make changes to the
uses of funding assistance have resurfaced in the past month. Ranking Subcommittee
on Water Resources and Environment member, Representative Grace Napolitano (D-
CA), released a draft bill. The measure would renew the SRF at an average yearly
funding level of$2.7 billion to capitalize state revolving loan funds. The bill would also
require a new priority listing to determine funding of projects, placing an emphasis on
water quality improvements, addressing stormwater controls and development of
water recycling projects relying on such stormwater flows. Action on the legislation
that could be introduced this fall is not expected until next year,if at all.
Citizen Suits under Clean Water Act
While currently not a direct issue of concern to the District, efforts have been initiated
by Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to revise the way in which citizen suits are
authorized. The legislation, H.R. 3533, would provide public agencies with similar
defenses in other environmental laws. These are protection against litigation if an
alleged violation occurred because of an act of God, war or by a third party that the
agency could not have foreseen or prevented. Additionally,the bill would provide that
attorney fees and awards for any finding of violation would be based upon prevailing
legal rates where the violation occurred and any award would be proportional to the
number of violations determined to exist. Within this standard, if an agency were the
prevailing party, it could recover attorney fees and costs. Lastly, the bill defines that
the standard of diligent prosecution of the violation by the state or federal agency
would be based upon the issuance date of a draft notice of violation to the agency,
thereby clarifying that a citizen suit could not be initiated within a year of such notice.
The bill is cosponsored by Representative Ken Calvert (R-CA).
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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To: Orange County Sanitation District
From: Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Date: August 31, 2015
Subject: Legislative and Public Affairs Agenda Report
State Political Update
The Legislature returned from summer recess on August 17th and will be considering all
remaining legislation prior to adjourning session on September 11th. Upon the Legislature's
return, fiscal committees immediately started hearing bills and acting on them in advance of the
August 28th fiscal committee deadline. Bills that are referred to the suspense file by the
Appropriations committees will be considered on August 27th, at which time they will advance to
the Floor or they will become two-year bills. Once bills are on their respective floors they will have
until September 11th to be considered by the Assembly and Senate. Measures that pass the
Legislature, and are sent to the Governor, must be acted on prior to October 11th.
In addition to measures in the regular session, the Legislature is considering measures in two
special sessions on transportation infrastructure funding and health care financing. At a recent
press conference in Oakland, the Governor announced that he was confident a transportation
funding deal would happen, but that he would be acting as the catalyst agent to close the deal.
Those discussions as well as conversations about cap and trade funding are ongoing.
On Thursday, August 27, the Senate Republican Caucus voted in Senator Jean Fuller
(Bakersfield) as its new minority leader, ahead of a scheduled transition in November. Senate
Republicans declined to discuss the circumstances of the vote, but Senator Fuller downplayed
any policy differences with Senator Huff. The Republican Caucus will have an important role in
the new taxes proposed in the two special sessions as all tax increases require a two-thirds vote
in each house, which requires bi-partisan support.
According to the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, California's ongoing drought has cost
the State $2.74 billion dollars in 2015. The drought is also said to be responsible for a job loss of
nearly 21,000 during the same time. If the drought persists through 2016, these numbers are
expected to compound. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) helped compile information
used in this report, which also reports that the ongoing use of groundwater is continuing to dull
the impact of the drought by compensating for the reduction of surface water.
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State Water Use: July 2015
Californians reduced their water use beyond the 25 percent target for the second month in a row.
Californians cut overall urban use by 31%, compared with July 2013. In June, the first month of
the Governor's mandatory reduction of 25 percent, Californians cut water use by 27 percent even
though it was the hottest June on record. The new data shows that 290 of 402 communities
reached their conservation targets, or were within 1 percent in July. This is up seven percent from
last month.
Proposition 1 Funding
Attached to this report is a comprehensive chart that outlines what programs are currently
available from Proposition 1, and what programs are upcoming. TPA is prepared to work with
Orange County Sanitation District to apply for funding to any of these programs.
TPA has been working with Orange County Sanitation District staff on the Proposition 1 Water
Recycling Program. TPA set up and participated in a call with the Orange County Sanitation
District and the State Water Resources Control Board to discuss the application as well as the
viability of applying for a planning grant as well as a construction grant. Following the call, TPA
provided Orange County Sanitation District staff with a detailed outline of the planning grant
application. OCSD staff has decided not to pursue a planning grant application.When the time is
appropriate, following the feasibility study and the selection of an alternative for the GW RS Final
Expansion, TPA is prepared to work with staff to submit an application to receive construction
funds for the Final Expansion project.
Cap and Trade
Cap and Trade proceeds are being released in the form of competitive grants that reduce
greenhouse gasses and increase energy efficiency. Governor Brown and the Legislature are
currently in talks to reach an agreement on how the revenue should be spent. A formula
established in last year's budget agreement requires 60 percent of the revenue to be spent on
areas such as high speed rail, urban transit, and housing. The remaining 40 percent is still up for
debate in the Legislature and will be determined over the last four weeks of session. The
Governors Executive Drought Order B-29-15 proposed $30 million to The Water Energy
Technology (WET) program pending approval by the Legislature. This program provides
competitive grants for innovative water efficiency technologies. The WET program has three
phases:
1. Agricultural—Guidelines out now
2. Industrial, Commercial, Residential —Guidelines available Fall 2015
3. Desalination —Guidelines available Fall 2015
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Legislation
AB 304 (Gonzalez) Sick leave: accrual and limitations(OCSD Watch)
This bill amends the Health Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (AB 1522) to provide
clarification regarding which workers are covered, how the paid time off is accrued, and
protections for employers that already provide paid sick leave. AB 304 allows the employer to use
different accrual methods other than the one hour sick leave per thirty hours worked, as long as
employees have at least 24 hours of sick leave by their 120" day of employment. AB 304 has
been signed into law by the Governor.
AB 327(Gordon) Public Works., Volunteers(OCSD Supports)
Assembly Member Gordon's bill, AB 327, extends the sunset date on public works exemption for
specified"volunteers'and other related individuals. Pursuant to existing law,all workers employed
on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per
diem wages for work, except as specified.This bill would extend those provisions until January 1,
2024, at which date those provisions would be repealed. AB 327 has been signed into law by
the Governor.
AB 708 (Jones-Sawyer) Consumer Products: Content Information(OCSD Watch)
Requires the manufacturer of a designated consumer product manufactured after July 1, 2017,
for retail sale in California, to disclose the 20 most prevalent ingredients contained in the product
on the product label and on the manufacturer's Web site, as specified, including information Kthe
product has more than 20 ingredients, and requires the manufacturer to list any ingredient found
on the list of candidate chemicals, as specified, on the product label. This bill is a two year bill.
AB 888 (Bloom) Waste Management: Plastic Microbeads (OCSD Supports)
Assembly Member Bloom's bill, AB 888, bans the use of plastic microbeads in personal care
products, which are synthetic additives to products such as facial washes, body scrubs,
shampoos, soaps, toothpaste eyeliner, lip gloss, deodorant, and sunscreen sticks. Many, if not
most of these products are intended to be flushed down the sink or bath drains. Because of the
microbeads small size, which AB 888 defines as less than 5 mm on all sides, they routinely pass
through wastewater treatment facilities into the environment, where they present a hazard to
habitat and marine life when ingested. The bill Is currently on the Senate floor.
AB 1144 (Rendon) Renewable Portfolio Standard Program(OCSD Supports)
Assembly Member Rendon's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program would allow public
agencies to finance energy related infrastructure by selling renewable energy credits (REC)
generated by methane gas. Some wastewater utilities, such as OCSD, put methane to use for
energy generation within their own facility. However, smaller facilities without the supporting
energy infrastructure, under this bill would be able to sell RECs for credits under RPS Category
1, which is the largest category with the most demand for credits. Currently, unbundled RECs
are categorized in 'bucket 3' by the Public Utilities Commission, regardless of their source. The
bill was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee and is now a two year bill.
.E) August 2015 Report 3
AB 1164 (Gallo) Water Conservation:Drought Tolerant Landscaping
This bill, would prohibit cities and counties from enacting or enforcing any ordinance or regulation
that prohibits the installation of synthetic grass or artificial turf on residential property. This bill
has been amended to remove the $300 million appropriation for turf replacement and is
currently on the Senate floor.
AB 1217 (Daly) Orange County Fire Authority(OCSD Oppose)
AB 1217 would reduce the Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors from 25 to 13
individuals. AB 1217 was amended, reducing the county representation to two, and dividing
representation by having four cash contract cities, and seven structural fire fund cities sit on the
board. AB 1217 failed to pass out of Senate Governance and Finance Committee and is
now a two year bill.
AB 1347(Chiu) Public Contracts: Claims(OCSD Opposed)
AB 1347 would establish a claims resolution process for public contracts when public entities and
contractors are in dispute concerning a contract of $375,000 or less. The bill applies to public
entities at both the state and local level. AB 1347 was amended to include a three year sunset
clause, and is now on the Senate floor.
SB 119 (Hill), Protection of Subsurface Installations(OCSD Neutral)
SB 119 would make several changes to the laws governing subsurface excavations. Among the
changes of concern for the District, was the initial removal of the marking exemption for non-
pressurized pipes, such as sewer laterals, from existing law. This exemption has subsequently
been reinserted into SB 119.
The legislation has gone through two rounds of amendments based on feedback from the
stakeholder input process. Among the amendments, clarifying language was added to address
the responsibility of subsurface installations during a change in ownership, and the removal of
language that limited excavator responsibility for damage to traffic loops if struck, as well as a
number of other technical fixes. SB 119 is currently on the Assembly floor.
SB 272 (Hertzberg) The California Public Records Act(OCSD Watch)
SB 272 would require each local agency to create a catalog of enterprise systems. The catalog
must be publically available upon request in the office of the clerk as well as posted on the
agencies website. Because the bill would require local agencies to perform additional duties, it
would impose a state-mandated local program. SB 272 is currently on the Assembly floor.
Q August 2015 Report 4
SB 350 (De Leon) Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act
SB 350 would create the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015. Attached to this
report is a comprehensive memo that outlines the legislation. SB 350 (De Leon) is currently on
the Assembly floor. In summary, this act would do the following:
• Establish targets to reduce petroleum use in motor vehicles by 50% by 2030
• Double the energy efficiency of buildings by 2030
• Requires the amount of electricity generated per yearfrom eligible renewable energy resources be
increased to an amount equal to or at least 50%by 2030.
• Increase retail sales of renewable energy by 50% by 2030
• Establish a publicly available tracking system to provide up-to-date information on
progress toward meeting the clean energy and pollution reduction goals of the Clean
Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015
• Establish an advisory group consisting of representatives from disadvantaged
communities to review programs proposed to achieve clean energy and pollution reduction
and determine whether those proposed programs will be effective and useful in
disadvantaged communities.
It is anticipated that SB 350 will undergo significant amendments in the final two weeks of session.
The information provided in the attached memo is current as of August 31, 2015.
SB 355 (Lars) San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy(OCSD
Opposed Unless Amended)
The bill would have removed one of Orange County's two voting members of the San Gabriel and
Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC) Board, has been amended to
retain the two Orange County seats. The 15 member Board will include two members of the
Orange County Division of the League of California Cities, both of whom shall be a mayor or a
city council member. One member shall be appointed by a majority of the membership of the city
selection committee of Orange County, and one member shall be appointed by the Governor from
a list of members submitted by the city selection committee. With these amendments, several
agencies including the County of Orange have since removed their opposition. SB 355 is in
conference committee pending amendments that were taken in the Assembly.
Q August 2015 Report 5
TOWNSEND
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
•• TPA....
Proposition 1
Comprehensive Funding Matrix
Total Funding under Proposition 1: $7.545 Billion
Total Proposition 1 Funding allocated in FY 15-16 Budget: $1.545 billion
is The FY 15-16 Budget allocated 1.4 billion of Proposition 1 funding over the next three years for the State Water Resources Control
Board programs.
o Groundwater contamination $783.4 million
o Water Recycling $210.7 million
o Safe Drinking Water$175.3 million
o Wastewater Treatment Projects$158.4 million
o Stormwater Management$101 million.
e Under the 2015-16 State Budget there is also Proposition 1 funding allocated in the amount of$110 million for DWR programs.
o Groundwater Sustainability$60 million (over three years)and Desalination Projects$50 million (over two years)
e The 2015-16 State Budget allocated from Proposition 1 funds in the amount of$117 million for Water Conservation.
Southern California Office•1401 Dove Street•Suite 330•Newport Beach,CA 92660-Phone(949)399�9050•Fax(949)4768215
State Capitol Office•925 L Street•Suite 1404•Sacramento,CA 95814•Phone(916)4474086•Fax(916)444-0383
Federal Office•600 Pennsylvania SE-Suite 207•Washington,DC 20003•Phone(202)5468696-Fax(202)5464555
Northern California Office•300 Frank Ogawa Plaza•Suite 2W•Oakland,CA 94612•Phone(510)8359050•Fax(510)835-9030
Additional Proposition 1 funding that was not included in the FY 15-16 Budget and will be appropriated in future years includes: A total
of$6 Billion as follows:
o Dams and Groundwater Storage: $2.7 billion
o Regional Projects: $693 million
o Water Recycling: $514.3 million
o Watershed Restoration and Habitat protection: $414 million
o Stale Commitments for environmental restorations: $475 million
o Restoration Programs available to applicants statewide: $305 million
o Projects to increase water flowing and streams: $200 million
o Prevention and Cleanup of Groundwater Pollution: $16.6 million
o Drinking Water Projects for disadvantaged communities: $84.7 million
o Wastewater treatment in small communities: $101.6 million
o Local plans and projects to manage groundwater: $100 million
o Repairs and improvements to levees in the Delta: $295 million
o Flood Protection around the State: $100 million
Q August 2015 Report 7
OpportunityGrant Proposition 2015-16' State Budget Grant Summary Deadline
Dams and $2.7 billion N/A, Regulation Process N/A Regulations are
Groundwater continuing being developed
Storage appropriation California Water now. Anticipated
Commission project
solicitation to be
Prop 1 - Chapter 8 released in
January 2017.
Water $810 million $117 million $54 million for Urban Water Conservation Programs. TBA
Conservation/ $35 million for the DWR agricultural water efficiency
Regional Projects programs.
(includes Department of Water $13 million for Make Water Conservation a Way of Life
conservation and Resources $15.4 million for Water Conservation projects at State
capturing rain Facilities
water)
Prop 1 - Chapter 7
Water Recycling $725 million $210.7 million over the next For water recycling, desalination, and advanced Rolling
three years treatment projects to enhance local water supply
resiliency. Infrastructure to serve residential,
Prop 1 -Chapter 9 State Water Resources commercial, agricultural, and industrial end-user retrofit
Control Board/Department projects.
of Water Resources
® August 2015 Report 8
Stormwater, $515 million $101 million for Storm water Storm water management. Projects include; rainwater Final Guidelines
watershed total ($200 management and storm water capture projects; and storm water December, 2015
restoration, habitat million of that treatment facilities; storm water projects that address
protection for the entire watershed.
Stor water) State Water Resources
Pro 1 - Chapter 7 Control Board
Groundwater $800 million $783.4 million over the next For projects that prevent or clean up the contamination Final Guidelines
Sustainability three years of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water December, 2015
State Water Resources
Control BoardlDepartment
Prop 1 - Chapter 10 of Water Resources
Drinking Water $260 million $175.3 million over the next For projects, with priority given to small disadvantaged Final Guidelines
three years communities, which help provide clean, safe, and August, 2015
reliable drinking water.
$5,000,000 limit per project
State Water Resources $20,000,000 per project with regional benefit
Control Board $25,000,000 for technical assistance to eligible
Prop 1 -Chapter 5 communities
Small Community $260 million $158.4 million over the next For small communities to build or upgrade their Rolling
Wastewater three years wastewater systems to meet current standards.
$5,000,000 limit per project
$20,000,000 per project with regional benefit
State Water Resources $25,000,000 for technical assistance to eligible
Prop 1 -Chapter 5 Control Board programs communities.
® August 2015 Report 9
Local Plans and $100 million Not allocated in FY 15-16 N/A TBA
projects to manage budget
groundwater
Prop 1 -Chapter 10
State $475 million Not allocated in FY 15-16 N/A TBA
Commitments for budget
environmental
restorations
Pro 1 -Chapter 6
Restoration $305 million Not allocated in FY 15-16 N/A TBA
programs available budget
to applicants
statewide
Prop 1 -Chapter 6
Projects to $200 million Not allocated in FY 15-16 N/A TBA
increase water budget
flowing and
streams
Pro 1 -Chapter 6
Repairs and $295 million Not allocated in FY 15-16 N/A TBA
improvements to budget
levees in the Delta
Pro 1 -Chapter 11
® August 2015 Report 10
Flood Protection $100 million Not allocated in FY 15-16 N/A TBA
around the State budget
Pro 1 -Cha ter 11
® August 2015 Report 11
TJWNSEND
TPA
MEMORANDUM
To: Orange County Sanitation District
From: Townsend Public Affairs
Date: August 31, 2015
Subject: SB 350 (De Leon) Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act
Description
SB 350 would create the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015. This act would do
the following:
• Establish targets to reduce petroleum use in motor vehicles by 50% by 2030
• Double the energy efficiency of buildings by 2030
• Requires the amount of electricity generated per year from eligible renewable energy resources be
increased to an amount equal to or at least 50%by 2030.
• Increase retail sales of renewable energy by 50% by 2030
• Establish a publicly available tracking system to provide up-to-dale information on
progress toward meeting the clean energy and pollution reduction goals of the Clean
Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015
• Establish an advisory group consisting of representatives from disadvantaged
communities to review programs proposed to achieve clean energy and pollution reduction
and determine whether those proposed programs will be effective and useful in
disadvantaged communities.
Petroleum Reduction
SB 350 directs the Air Resources Board (ARB) to prepare a petroleum reduction strategy and
implementation plan that will achieve the desired reduction by 2030. This plan must be enacted
by January 1, 2017 and be updated every three years. SB 305 also requires the Public Utilities
Commission (PUC), in consultation with the ARB and California Energy Commission (CEC), to
direct Investor Owned Utilities(IOU)to propose multiyear programs and investments to accelerate
widespread transportation electrification to reduce dependence on petroleum and meet air quality
standards. Another provision would require ARB to identify and adopt appropriate policies to
remove regulatory disincentives facing retail sellers from facilitating the achievement of GHG
emission reductions. This is being facilitated through increased investments in transportation
electrification, including an allocation of GHG emissions allowances to retail sellers to account for
increased emissions in the electric sector from transportation electrification.
Southern California Office•1401 Dove Street•Suite 330•Newport Beach,CA 92660•Phone(949)399-9050•Fax(949)47"215
State Capitol Office•925 L Street•Suite 1404•Sacramento,CA 95814•Phone(916)447-4086•Fax(916)444-0383
Federal Office•600 Pennsylvania SE•Suite 207•Washington,DC 20003•Phone(202)54"696•Fax(202)5464555
Northern California Office•300 Fronk Ogawa Plam•Suite 204•Oakland,CA 94612•Phone(510)835-9050•Fax(510)835-9030
Energy Efficiency of Buildings
SIB 350 directs the CEC to adopt an update to the AB 758 program, by January 1, 2017, and
every three years thereafter, to achieve an overall doubling of the energy efficiency in buildings
by 2030.
• The AS 758 (09/10) program developed a comprehensive program to achieve greater
energy savings in the state's existing residential and non-residential building stock.
SIB 350 also requires the CEC to adopt, implement, and enforce a responsible contractor policy
for use across all ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs that involve installation and/or
maintenance by building contractors. This policy will ensure that retrofits meet high-quality
performance standards and reduce energy savings lost or foregone due to poor-quality
workmanship.
Increase retail sales of renewable energy
The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 states that plans must be made to increase
retail sales of renewable energy by 50% by 2030. Complementary to this action, SIB 350 also
requires the amount of electricity generated per year from eligible renewable energy resources
be increased to an amount equal to or at least 50% by 2030.
SIB 350 establishes a Renewables Portfolio Standard (RIPS)target of 50%by December 31, 2030
and thereafter for retail sellers and POUs. There are also interim targets such as:
• 40% by the end of the 2021-2024 compliance period
• 45% by the end of the 2025-2027 compliance period
• 50% by the end of the 2028.2030 compliance period
Bill Information
SIB 350 is one of the most high profile bills that the Legislature is considering this year. There has
been significant support, and opposition, from powerful Sacramento interests, which has led to
intense advocacy inside the halls of the Capitol, as well as through the media. Key supporters of
SIB 350 include:the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, South Coast Air Quality
Management District, and dozens of other environmental organizations and businesses from the
green energy sector. Key opponents to SIB 350 includes: the California Chamber of Commerce,
the Orange County Business Council, the California Farm Bureau Federation, as well as dozens
of other business organizations and the oil industry.
On August 271h, SIB 350 was approved by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on a parry line
vote and is now on the Assembly Floor. It is anticipated that significant amendments will be taken
to the bill before it is considered by the Assembly. SIB 350 must approved by both the Assembly
and the Senate prior to the Legislature adjourning session on September 111h.
Q August 2015 Report 13
Orange County Sanitation District
Monday, August 31, 2015
AB 83 (Gallo D) Personal data.
Current Text:Amended: 71152015 Pdf html
Introduced:1162015
Last Amend: 71752015
Location: 7252015-S. THIRD READING _
Desk Polcy F5sca1 Floor Desk Pdicy Fiscal Floor Canf. Enrolled Vetoed L'hoptered
1st House 2nd House Co.. _�
Calendar: 91312015 4292 SENATE ASSEMBLYBILLS-THIRD READING FILE
Summary:Current law requires a person or business that owns,licenses,or maintains personal
information,as defined,about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security
procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information,to protect the persona(information
from unauthorized access,destruction,use,modification,or disclosure. This bill would expand the
definition of"personal information"for purposes of these provisions to include any unique
government-issued identification number,an individual's geophysical location,health insurance,or
biometrie information,or an individual's signature.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
All 168 (Maienschein R) Loca(governmentfinance.
Current Text:Introduced.1222015 pdf hand
Introduced:1222015
Location:51152015-A.2 YEAR
eur Pofrcy Fiscal Floor Desk Pofrcy Fiscol Floor Conf. 4�[
Chaptered
IstIlouse 2nd Xouse
Summary:Current law requires the county auditor,in the case in which a qualifying city becomes the
successor agency to a special district as a result of a merger with that district as described in a specified
statute,to additionally allocate to that successor qualifying city that amount ofproperty tax revenue that
otherwise would have been allocated to that special district pursuant to general allocation requirements.
This bill would make nonsubslantive changes to the provision pertaining to property his revenue
allocations to a qualifying city that merges with a special district.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
AB 199 (Eggman D) Alternative energy:recycled feedstock.
Current Text:Amended:8252015 m1f hbnl
Introduced:1292015
LastAmend:8252015
Location:8272015-S.RLS
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf ���
11 1st House 2nd House Cone. Enrolled Vetoe Cha tered
Summary:Current law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation
Financing Authority to provide financial assistance for projects that promote the use ofalternative energies
and authorizes the authority to approve a project for financial assistance in the form ofa sales and use tax
exclusion. This bill would expand projects eligible for the sales and use tax exclusion to include projects
that process or utilize recycled feedstock but would not include a project that processes or utilizes recycled
feedstock in a manner that constitutes disposal.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
AB 291 (Medina D) California Environmental Quality Act:local agencies:notice of determination:water.
Current Text:Amended:611012015 lddf htm!
Introduced:21IL2015
Last Amend: 6MI2015
Location: 711712015-S.2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk year Fiscal Floor Conf. ❑❑❑
Cone Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2ndHouse
Summary:CEQA requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may
have a significant effect on the environment tf revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect
and there is no substantial evidence that the project,as revised,would have a significant effect on the
environment This bill would authorise a local agency,for certain water projects,to ftie the notice with the
county clerk ofthe county in which the local agency's principal office is located,along with any required
payment to the Department of Fish and Wildlife,and with the Office of Planning and Research,and to
transmit a copy of the notice to the county clerks of the counties in which the water project is located,as
specified
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
All 300 (Aleio D) Safe Water and Wildlife Protection An of2016.
Current Text:Amended:811712015 vdf hunt
Introduced:211212015
Last Amend:811712015
Location:812712015-S.APPR.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fisca) FJoor Conf. ���
-1st Howe 2ndHouse Cane, Enrolled Vefae 7Chaptered
Summary: Would enact the Safe Water and Wildlife Protection Act of 2016,which would require the State
Water Resources Control Board to establish and coordinate the Algal Bloom Task Force,comprised of
specified representatives ofstate agencies,including the conservancy,in consultation with the Secretory far
Environmental Protection,and would prescribe the functions and duties of the task force.
Organisation Position
OCSD Watch
AB 304 (Gone y D) Sick leave:accrual and limitations.
Current Text:Chaptered: 71132015 mif hum!
Introduced.2/722015
Last Amend: 62212015
Location: 711312015-A. CHAPTERED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Canf. 7��
Ist House 2ndHouse
COW. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Summary: The Healthy Workplaces,Healthy Families Act of 2014 provides,among other things,that an
employee who,on or after July 1,2015,works in California for 30 or more days within a year from the
commencement of employment is entitled to paid sick days for prescribed purposes,to be accrued at a rate
of no less than one hour for every 30 hours worked. This bill would require that the employee do that work
for the same employer in order to qualify for accrued sick leave under these provisions. This bill would
exclude a retired annuitant of a public entity,as specified,from the definition of employee under these
provisions.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
AB 307 (Mathis li) Graywater.groundwater recharge.
Current Text:Introduced:21122015 ndf hand
Introduced:21122015
Location:5252015-A.2 YEAR
. Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Pofrcy Fiscal Floor9[7]��
Vetoed Chaptered
Ist House 2nd House
Summary: Would stale the intent ofthe Legislature to enact legislation to explicitly permit the usage of
residential,commercial,and industrial graywater for the recharge of a groundwater basin or aquifer.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
AR 308 (Mathis R) Graywater:agricultural use,
Current Text:Introduced:21722015 odf haul
Introduced:2222015
Location:517 52 0 1 5-A.2 YEAR
year PoRry Fiscal Floor Desk PoRry Fiscal Floor Conf. ❑❑❑
Corte Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Ist House 2nd House
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to explicitly permit incorporated and
unincorporated communities to sell graywater for agricultural purposes and agriculture to use graywater
for agricultural purposes.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
All 311 (Galhaeher R) Environmentalquality; Water Quality,Supply,and Infrastructure Improvement Act of
2014.
Current Text.-Amended:41152015 xdf hand
Introduced:21722015
Last Amend:417520I5
Location:5112015-A.2 YEAR
Desk ear Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. ❑��
y Coxc Enrolled Vetoed Cho tered
1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a public agency,in certifying an environmental impact report and in granting
approvals for specified water storage projects funded,in whole or in pars,by Proposition 1,to comply with
specified procedures.Because a public agency would be required to comply with those new procedures,this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would authorize the public agency to
concurrently prepare the record ofproceedings for the project. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
AB 327 (Gordon D) Public works.volunteers.
Current Text:Chaptered: 7162015 Pdf html
Introduced:21132015
Last Amend:41302015
Location: 7/62015-A. CHAPTERED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Polity Fiscal Floor Conf.
Ist Howe 2ndHouse Cone. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Summary:All workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general
prevailing rate ofper diem wages for work,except as specified. Current law governing public works does
not apply to specified work performed by a volunteer,a volunteer coordinator,or a member of the
California Conservation Corps or a community conservation corps. These provisions are effective only until
January 1,2017,and as of that date are repealed. This bill would extend those provisions until January 1,
2024,at which date those provisions would be repealed. The bill would also delete an obsolete provision.
Organization Position
OCSD Support
AB 356 (Willams D) Oil and gas:groundwater monitoring.
Current Text:Amended:61112015 pdf html
Introduced:21772015
Last Amend. 622015
Location: 71172015-A.2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 r Desk Paluy Fiscal Floor Conf. ❑Fvl�❑
Cana Enrolled Cha fered
Ist House Ind House
Summary: Would authorize the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to require a well operator to implement a
monitoring program for belowground oil production tanks and facilities,and disposal and injection wells,.
Because a failure to comply with this requirement would be a crime,this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
All 434 (Garcia.Eduardo D) Drinking water:point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment.
Current Text.-Amended:811820I5 adf html
Introduced:21792015
Last Amend:81782015
Location:91182015-5. THIRD READING
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. ���I
1st House 2ndHouse
Cones Enrolled Vetoe Chaptered
Calendar: 8.1312015 #334 SENATE ASSEMBLYBILLS-THIRD READING FILE
Summary: Would require the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt regulations,similar to those
previously authorized for adoption by the State Department ofPub(ic Health,governing the use of
point-of-entry and poin"f--use treatment by a public water system in lieu of centralized treatment where it
can be demonstrated that centralized treatment is not immediately economically feasible,with specified
limitations. This bill contains other related provisions.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
All 478 (HQYOC/R) Desalination.
Current Text.Introduced:2232015 Pdr hand
Introduced:2232015
Location:51152015-A.2 YEAR
Pofrcy Fiscal Floor Desk Patna Fiscal Floor g❑ 'Enrolled Veloe Chaptered
IstHouse 2nd House
Summary:Current law provides that is it the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Water
Resources shall undertake to fad economic and efficient methods ofdesalting saline water so that desadted
water may be made available to help meet the growing water requirements ofthe state. This MR would make
a nonsubstantive change in these provisions.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
AB 708 (Jones-Sawver D) Consumerproducts.content information.
Current Text:Amended:622015 Pdf haul
Introduced:2252015
Last Amend: 622015
Location:6152015-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal 2or Desk Policy Fisco! Floor Conj. EE.rofl,]d ��y Conc. Vetoed Cha tered
Ist House 2ndNouse
Summary:Currentlaw regulates the labeling and use of various consumer products,including toys and
toxic household products. This bill would,commencing January 1,2017,require the manufacturer of
designated consumer products for retail sale in this state to disclose the ingredients contained in the
product on the product label,as specified,post the product ingredient information and certain additional
information about any potential health impacts on the manufacturer's Internet Web site,and provide the
Internet Web site and page address on the product label,along with a prescribed statement.
Organ1wdon Position
OCSD Watch
All 888 (Bloom D) Waste management:plastic microbeads.
Current Text:Amended:41222015 Pdf haul
Introduced:2262015
Last Amend:42212015
Location: 7242015-S. THIRD READING
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Canf. ���
Zst House 2udHouse Conc. Enrolled Vetoe Cho rered
Calendar: 813 20I5 #288 SENATE ASSEMBLYBILLS-THIRD READING FILE
Summary: Would prohibit,on and after January],2020,a person,as defined,from selling or offering for
promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing plastic microbeads that are used to
exfoliate or cleanse in a rinse-offproduct,as specified The bill would exempt from those prohibitions the
sale or promotional offer of a product containing less than I pan per million(ppm)by weight ofplasdc
microbeads,as provided. This bill contains other related provisions.
Organization Position
OCSD Support
All 954 (Mathis R) Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Program.
Current Text:Amended: 7162015 ud( haul
Introduced:2262015
Last Amend: 7162015
Location:82720155 APPR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal FJoor Conj. ���
Ist House 2nd House Conc, Enrolled Vetoe Chapterod
Summary: Would require the State Water Resources Control Board to establish aprogram to provide
low-interest oans and grams to local agencies far low-interest oans and groats to eligible applicants for
specified purposes relating to drinking water and wastewater treatment This bill would create the Water
and Wastewater Loan and Grant Fund and provide that the moneys in this fund are available,upon
appropriation by the Legislature,to the board for expenditure for the program. This bill would transfer to
the Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Fund$10,000,000from the General Fund. This bill contains
other related provisions.
Organ1wdon Position
OCSD Watch
AB 957 (Mathis R) Water Quality,Supply,and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014.
Current Test:Amended:32&2015 Pdf hand
Introduced:2262015
Last Amend:32612015
Location:5112015-A. 2 YEAR
Desk e2ar Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor [C._� ❑[Veto�ed
y Enrolled Chaptered
1st House Ind House
Summary: The Water Quality,Supply,and Infrastructure ImprovementAa of2014 requires specified
water recycling and advanced treatment technology projects to be selected on a competitive basis,
considering specified criteria,including,among other criteria, water supply reliability improvement and
public health benefits from improved drinking water quality or supply. This bill would include in the water
supply reliability improvement criterion whether the project is proposed by a community that is heavily
dependent on groundwater from a basin in overdraft,and would include in the public health benefis
criterion whether the project is proposed by a community that has extended,or is in the process of
extending,its water service delivery to entities reliant on either contaminated groundwater or groundwater
wells that have run dry.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
All 1077 (Holden D) Mutual water companies:open meetings.
Current Text:Amended:6222015 ad( htm(
Introduced:2272015
Last Amend: 6222015
Location:6242015-S.. THIRD READING
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conj.
1st House 2ndNouse Cone. Enro0ed Vetoe Chaptered
Calendar: 81312015 #264 SENATE ASSEMBLYBILLS-THIRD READING FILE
Summary: Would prohibit a mutual water company from meeting solely in an executive session without
holding a meeting. The bill would require notice ofa meeting to be given to an eligible person at least
days prior to the meetings. The bidl would require a board of directors of a mumsl water company to allow
an eligible person to personally attend a meeting ofthe board,if the eligible person gave the board at least
24 hours advance written notice of his or her intent to personally attend the meeting.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
AB 1144 (Rendon D) California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program:renewable energy credits.
Current Text:Amended:81172015 mif hand
Introduced:2272015
Last Amend:81772015
Location:911711015-S.APPR
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Summary: The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program,consistent with the goals of procuring
the least-cost and best-fa eligible renewable energy resources that meet project viability principles,requires
that all retail sellers procure a balanced portfolio of electricity products from eligible renewable energy
resources,as specified,referred to as the portfolio content requirements. This bill would provide that
renewable energy credits maybe used to meet the first category of the portfolio content requirements if
specified provisions are met. This bill contains other existing laws.
Organization Position
OCSD Support
AB 1164 (Gaut,D) Water conservation:drought tolerant landscaping.
Current Text:Amended:71162015 pdf 8nnt
Introduced:212712015
LastAmend: 711612015
Location:812712015-5.APPR.SUSPENSE FILE
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Summary: Would prohibit a city,including a charter city,county,and city and county,from enacting or
enforcing any ordinance or regulation that prohibits the installation ofsynthetic grass or artificial turf on
residential property,as specified. The bill would additionally state that this is an issue ofstatewide concern.
This bill contains other related provisions.
Organization Position
OCSD
AB 1217 (Daly D) Orange County Fire Authority.
Current Text:Amended:61912015 Pdf html
Introduced:21272015
Last Amend: 6192015
Location: 71172015-5.2 YEAR
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Summary: Would,as of January 1,2017,require the Board of Directors ofthe Orange County Fire
Authority,a joint powers agency,to consist of 13 members,each serving a term oft years The bill would
create the Orange County Fire Authority City Selection Committee to select 11 of those board members
from cities that contract with the authority for fire protection services,as specified. The bill would
additionally require 2 of the members ofthe Board of Directors of the Orange County Fire Authority to be
members ofthe board ofsupervisors of the County of Orange,as specified. This bill contains other related
provisions.
Organization Position
OCSD Oppose
All 1347 (Chiu D) Public contracts:claims.
Current Teat:Amended:811720I5 adf htmt
Introduced:2272015
Last Amend:81172015
Location:8272015-5.APPR SUSPENSE FILE
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Summary: Would establish,for contracts entered into on or after January 1,2016,a claim resolution
process applicable to all claims by contractors in connection with public works. The bill would define a
claim as a separate demand by the contractor for one or more of.-a time extension for relieffrom damages
or penalties for delay,payment of money or damages arising from work done pursuant to the contract for a
public work,or payment ofart amount disputed by the public entity,as specified. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Organization Position
OCSD Oppose
AB 1454 (lYQener R) Water quality standards:trash:single-use carryout bags.
Current Text:Amended:412012015 mif hbnl
Introduced.2272015
Last Amend.4202015
Location:5112015-A. 2 YEAR
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y Cone Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
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Summary: Would suspend the operation ofcertain amendments to water quality control plans relating to
the total maximum daily load for trash unless and until the provisions inoperative due to a pending
referendum election become effective. This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board to
revisit and revise water quality control plans to address impaired water quality due to trash if the law
pending referendum is defeated at the November 8,2016,statewide general election.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
SB 83 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Public Resources.
Current Text:Chaptered: 6242015 DO hum(
Introduced: 1192015
Last Amend: 61172015
Location:6242015-5. CHAPTERED
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Summary:Current law regulates real property acquired and operated by the state as wildlife management
areas,and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife,when income is directly derived from that real
property,as provided,to annually pay to the county in which the properly is located an amount equal to the
county taxes levied upon the property at the time it was transferred to the state. Current law further requires
the department to pay the assessments levied upon the property by any irrigation,drainage,or reclamation
district,and requires all of those payments to be made from funds available to the department This bill
would authorize,instead of require,the department to make these payments and only from funds
appropriated to the department for those purposes.
Organization Position
OCSD
SB 88 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Water.
Current Text. Chaptered:6242015 Pdf hnnl
Introduced.L192015
Last Amend. 6M2015
Location:6242015-5. CHAPTERED
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Conc. hhrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Summary: Would authorize the State Water Resources Control Board to order consolidation with a
receiving water system where a public water system,or a state small water system within a disadvantaged
community, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply ofsafe drinking water. This bill would
authorize the state board to order the extension ofservice to an area that does not have access to an
adequate supply of safe drinking water so long as the extension of service is an interim extension ofservice
in preparation for consolidation.
Organization Position
OCSD
SB 119 (1IR/D) Protection of subsurface installations.
Current Text:Amended:81172015 pdf hbal
Introduced:7242015
Last Amend:8272015
Location:81272015-A.SECOND READING
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Calendar: V312015 056 ASSEMBLYSENA TE SECOND READING FILE
Summary:Current law defines a subsurface installation as any underground pipeline,conduit,duct,wire,
or other structure. Current law requires an operator of a subsurface installation,who receives notification
ofproposed excavation work,within 2 working days of that notification,excluding weekends and holidays,
to mark the approximate location and number ofsubsurface installations that may be affected by the
excavation or to advise that no subsurface installations operated by him or her would be affected This bill
would declare the need to clarify and revise these provisions. The bill would define and redefine various
terms relating to a regional notification center.
Organization Position
OCSD Oppose Unless
Amended
SB 122 (Jackson D) California Environmental Quality Act:record ofproceedings.
Current Text:Amended:6112015 m1f himl
Introduced:11152015
Last Amend: 6112015
Location: 7252015-A.APPR.SUSPENSE FILE
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1st House 2ndNouse Cone Enrolled Vctoe Chaptered
Summary:CEQA establishes a procedure for the preparation and certifcation of the record ofproceedings
upon the filing of an action or proceeding challenging a lead agency's action on the grounds of
noncompliance with CEQA. This bill would require the lead agency,at the request of a project applicant
and consent ofthe lead agency,to prepare a record ofproceedings concurrently with the preparation of a
negative declaration,mitigated negative declaration,EIR,or other environmental document for projects.
This bill contains other related➢rovisions.
Organ/zadon Position
OCSD Watch
SB 127 R) Environmentalquality. Water Quality,Supply,and Infrastructure lmprovementAct of2014.
Current Text. Introduced:1202015 Pdf html
Introduced:1202015
Location:5112015-S..2 YEAR
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Summary:CEQA establishes a procedure by which a person may seek judicial review of the decision of the
lead agency made pursuant to CEQA and a procedure for the preparation and certification of the record of
proceedings upon defiling ofan action or proceeding challenging a lead agency's action on the grounds
of noncompliance with CEQA. This bill would require the public agency,in certifying the environmental
impact report and in granting approvals for projects funded,in whole or in pan,by Proposition 1,including
the concurrent preparation of the record ofproceedings and the certification of the record ofproceeding
within 5 days of defiling ofa specified notice,to comply with specified procedures.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
SB184 (Committee on Governance and Finance) Localgovernment:omnibus bill
Current Text:Enrollment.812612015 ud( h�ml
Introduced:21912015
Last Amend: 6,11512015
Location:812612015-S.. ENROLLED
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Summary: Current law authorizes specified local entities,including cities,counties,special districts,and
other authorized public corporations,to collect fees,tolls,rates,rentals,or other charges for water,
sanitation,storm drainage,or sewerage system services and facilities. Under current law,a local entity may
collect these charges on the property lar roll at the some time and in the same manner as its general
property taxes,but is required to file a report on these collected charges. Current law requires the clerk or
secretary to ann unity file the report with the auditor. This bill would define "clerk"to mean the clerk of the
legislative body or secretary of the entity.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
SB 208 (Lora D) Integrated regional water managementplans:grants:advancedpayment
Current Text:Amended:6112015 Pdf html
Introduced:217112015
Last Amend: 6W12015
Location:8282015-A. THIRD READING
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Calendar: 91312015 #181 ASSEMBLYSENATE THIRD READING FILE
Summary: Would require a regional water managementgroup, within 90 days of notice that a grant has
been awarded,to provide the Department of Water Resources with a list ofprojects to be funded by the
grant funds where the project proponent is a nonprofit organization,as defined,or a disadvantaged
community,as defined,or the project benefits a disadvantaged community. This bill would require the
department,within 60 days ofreceiving the project information,to provide advanced payment of 50%of the
grant award for those projects that satisfy specified criteria and would require the advanced funds to be
handled,as prescribed
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
SB 226 (Pavlev D) Sustainable Groundwater Management Act:groundwater adjudication.
Current Text:Amended:81172015 vdf haul
Introduced:2/132015
Last Amend.91172015
Location:8262015-A.APPR.SUSPENSE FILE
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11 Ist House 2nd House Come. Enrolled Vetoe Chaptered
Summary: Undercurrent law,courts may adjudicate rights to produce groundwater and exercise other
powers relating to the supervision ofa groundwater basin. Current law authorizes a court to order a
reference to the State Water Resources Control Board,as referee,of any and all issues involved in the suit
This bill would authorize the stale to intervene as a matter of right in any suit brought in any court for
determination ofrights to water.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
SB 272 (Hembere D) The California Public Records Act:local agencies:inventory.
Current Text.Amended:81172015 ralf limit
Introduced:21792015
Last Amend:8272075
Location:8202015-A. THIRD READING
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Ism House 2nd House Co.
Enrolled Vetoe Chaptered
Calendar: 91312015 #134 ASSEMBLYSENATE THIRD READING FILE
Summary: Would require each local agency,except a local educational agency,in implementing the
California Public Records Act,to create a catalog of enterprise systems,as defined,to make the catalog
publicly available upon request in the office of the person or officer designated by the agency's legislative
body,and to post the catalog on the local agency's Internet Web site. The bill would require the catalog to
disclose a list of the enterprise systems utilized by the agency,and,among other things,the current system
vendor and product.
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
SB 350 (De Lean D) Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of2015.
Current Text:Amended: 71162015 vdf 8nnt
Introduced:2242015
Last Amend. 71162015
Location:8272015-A.SECOND READING
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Calendar: 81312015 #41 ASSEMBLYSENA TE SECOND READING FILE
Summery: Would require that the amount of electricitygenerated per year from eligible renewable energy
resources be increased to an amount equal to at least 50%by December 31,2030,and would require the
PUC,by January 1,2017,to establish the quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy
resources to be procured by each retail seller for specified compliance periods sufficient to ensure that the
procurement of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources achieves 50%of retail sales by
December 31,2030.
Organization Position
OCSD
SB 355 (Lora D) San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy.
Current Text:Amended:6252015 ll hmml
Introduced:2242015
Last Amend: 6252015
Location:8272015-S.. CONCURRENCE _
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Co.
Enrolled Vetoe Cha tered
Calendar. 81312015 N200 SENATE UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Summary: Current law establishes the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains
Conservancy, which is responsible for the preservation and protection of specified lands within the San
Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains area,as defined. This bill would increase to 15 the
number of voting members of the governing board,by adding 2 members who are residents of a city not
otherwise represented on the governing board at the time of the member's appointment,one bordering the
Lower Los Angeles River and the other bordering the San Gabriel River,as prescribed.
Organization Position
OCSD Oppose
SB 385 (Hueso D) Primary drinking water standards:hexavalent chromium:compliance plan.
Current Text:Enrollment:812612015 Pdl broil
Introduced:212412015
Last Amend:6,q&2015
Location:&2612015-5.ENROLLED
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Ist House 2ndHouse
Summary: Would authorize,until January 1,2020,the State Water Resources Control Board,at the
request of a public water system that prepares and submits a compliance plan to the state board,to grant a
period of time to achieve compliance with the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium by
approving the compliance plan,as prescribed This bill would require a public water system to provide
specified notice regarding the compliance plan to the persons served by the public water system and the
public water system to send written status reports to the state board
Organization Position
OCSD Watch
Total Measures: 35
Total Tracking Forms: 35
MD's Grant Funding Tracker
Name of Grant Synopsis of Grant Amount of Grant Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Deadline
The P2 grant program supports grants and/or
cooperative agreements that provide pollution We do not fit within the guidelines of the grant. It
EPA Pollution Prevention(P21 prevention technical assistance services or training to In fiscal year 2015, EPA anticipates approximately$3.97 states that the grant will be given to "state
businesses. Funded projects use P2 techniques that million will be available under this program. governments, colleges and universities(recognized
reduce and/or eliminate pollution from air,water and/or as instrumentalities of the state),federally-
land. No C4P recognized tribes and intertribal consortia". 5/14/2015
The program promotes projects that"encourage
the development and use of safer alternatives to
The SRA funds projects that address: (1)climate change hazardous chemicals", and references EPA and
mitigation/prevention of greenhouse gas emission by DTSC priority lists. The program guidelines describe
EPA Source Reduction Assistance(SRA) providing technical assistance to businesses; (2)food EPA has a total of$1.2 million to award in SRA grants nationwide in FY 2015. hazardous materials as chemical ingredients, paints,
manufacturing; and (3)State or community approaches solvents and pesticides on land and hazardous
to hazardous materials source reduction. wastes. The guidelines give examples like assisting
business to improve material practices that reduce
the risk of release of hazardous chemicals during a
No I C4P storm. 5/28/2015
Integrated Regional Water Management Funding: $5.4 billion in general obligation bonds for water and
Designed to encourage integrated regional strategies for flood control projects.$60 million for the Santa Ana
Prop 84 management of water resources and to provide funding Region.
for implementation projects that support integrated Appyling for the grant.SAW PA has recommeded
water management. Yes Projects include: 2-72 OCSD to receive$1 million. Next phase: DWR Spring 2015
The Drought Response Program is funded under the U.S. Total program fuding$3 million. Award ceiling
Department of the Interior's (Interior)WaterSMART $300,000.00
(Sustain and Manage America's Resources for
Tomorrow) Program.The Drought Response Program
supports a proactive approach to drought by providing
assistance to water users to (1)develop and update
comprehensive drought contingency plans Drought The schedule for the project shows final completion
Water Smart Drought Resiliency Contingency Plans,(2) implement projects that will build in October 2020. USER requires that the project be
completed by September 30, 2017 (FDA p.45). Our
long-term resiliency to drought(Drought Resiliency
Projects),and (3) implement emergency response project does not fit within this timeline.
actions.This Funding Opportunity Announcement(FOA)
supports Drought Resiliency Projects that will build long-
term resiliency to drought and reduce the need for
emergency response actions.
No. Projects include: 2-72 6/25/2015
State Water Resources Control Board provides funding Authorize$7.12 billion in general obligation bonds for
for the planning, design and construction of water state water supply infrastructure projects.$725 million
Prop l recycling projects that offset or augment state fresh for water recycling and advanced water treatment We are looking at applying for the construction
Y BP 1 g cy g B
water supplies. technology projects. Yes SP-173 grant. Fall/Winter 2015
The CPUC's Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) Up to$1.4 million
provides incentives to support existing, new,and
emerging distributed energy resources.The SGIP
provides rebates for qualifying distributed energy
systems installed on the customer's side of the utility
Self-Generation Incentive Program meter. Qualifying technologies include wind turbines, We are looking to see if the project fits within the
waste heat to power technologies,pressure reduction specs of the grant
turbines, internal combustion engines, microturbines,
gas turbines,fuel cells,and advanced energy storage
systems.
In progress Aquacritox Ongoing
Updated: Monday,August 31,2015
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
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FOG Fats, Oils, and Grease
FSSD Facilities Support Services Department
gpd Gallons per day
GWR System Groundwater Replenishment System (also called GWRS)
ICS Incident Command System
IERP Integrated Emergency Control 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 and Maintenance
OCCOG Orange County Council of Governments
OCHCA Orange County Health Care Agency
OCSD Orange County Sanitation District
OCWD Orange County Water District
GOBS Ocean Outfall Booster Station
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works
ppm Parts per million
RFP Request For Proposal
RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
SARFPA Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
SARI Santa Ana River Inceptor
SARWQCB Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
SAWPA Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system
SCAP Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
SOCWA South Orange County Wastewater Authority
SSMP Sanitary Sewer 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 Research Foundation
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 know 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.
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
farm land or further processed as an earth-like product for commercial and home gardens to improve
and maintain fertile soil and stimulate plant growth.
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.
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Contaminants of Potential Concern (CPC) — Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic
wastewater contaminants.
Dilution to Threshold (D!f) — the dilution at which the majority of the people detect the odor
becomes the DrT for that air sample.
Greenhouse gases — 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 (GWR) System — 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 a
day of drinking quality water to replenish the local groundwater supply.
Levels of Service (LOS)—Goals to support environmental and public expectations for performance.
NDMA— N-Nitrosodimethylamine is an N-nitrosoamine 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 (NACWA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF), with advisory support from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NBP is committed to developing and advancing
environmentally sound and sustainable biosolids management practices that go beyond regulatory
compliance and promote public participation in order 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.
Publicly-owned Treatment Works (POTW)— Municipal wastewater treatment plant.
Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Line — A regional brine line designed to convey 30 million
gallons per day (MGD) 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 run-off.
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.
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
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. OCSD's service area is
in the Santa Ana River Watershed.