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Former Board Chairman James Ferryman's Overall Accomplishments:
Began serving Orange County Sanitation District as a representative of the Costa
Mesa Sanitary District since June 14, 1989, first as an alternate and active member
of the Board of Directors
Jim served as Chair of the Orange County Sanitation District Board of Directors
from July 2006 through June 2008 and as Vice-Chair from July 2004 to July 2006
Jim Ferryman was a part of the OCSD Board of Directors taking an important step to
adopt a new policy to expand the treatment of dry weather urban runoff from four
million gallons to ten million gallons per day, improving water quality at local beaches
and saving cities millions of dollars
He provided leadership while working enthusiastically to secure federal funding
for secondary treatment improvements and other District programs
Under Jim's leadership, he oversaw the completion, and commissioning of the
initial Groundwater Replenishment System, the world's largest water purification
plant, which provides safe, reliable, high quality, and locally controlled drought
proof water to residents in Orange County each year
- Mr. Ferryman provided leadership to ensure the successful upgrade of OCSD's
facilities to full secondary treatment to ensure the highest quality water is released
into the ocean and for the Groundwater Replenishment System
- In addition, with Mr. Ferryman's long-standing service to OCSD, Mr. Ferryman was
also able to provide guidance to move OCSD and OCWD forward with the final
expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) currently scheduled
to be online in 2023. With the final increase to GWRS, OCSD will increase the current
130 million gallons of secondary treated effluent sent to OCWD to about 160 million
gallons per day, increasing GWRS water production from 100 million gallons per day
to about 130 million gallons per day
Mr. Ferryman helped OCSD celebrate our 60rh Anniversary by attending our first State
of the District event in 2014.
Jim was instrumental in naming the OCSD Lift Station at our Fountain Valley facility
"Steve Anderson Lift Station" after former City Council Member and Board Chairman
Steve Anderson, to whom Jim served as Vice Chair. He attended the unveiling of the
name along with other members of the OCSD Board of Directors.
He also assisted in OCSD sponsoring legislation (AB 2022) with the Orange County
Water District, and WateReuse, which allows Californians to taste-test highly purified
recycled water and for water agencies to bottle their potable recycled water and
distribute small amounts for educational purposes
- Jim Ferryman was a part of helping OCSD successfully transfer 174 miles of local
sewers serving parts of Tustin and the unincorporated areas north of Tustin to the
East Orange County Water District, allowing OCSD to focus on regional wastewater
collection, treatment and recycling.
In 2018, Mr. Ferryman helped the GWRS celebrate it's 1 0-year Anniversary by holding
an Open House at the Orange County Water District and helping the GWRS set a
Guinness World RecordsTM title for the most wastewater recycled to drinking water in
24 hours.
Mr. Ferryman has served on the following committees:
- Steering Committee
Operations Committee
- AdministatimCommittee
Groundwater Replenishment System Joint Committee
- Executive Committee
Conservation Recycle and Reuse Committee
- Operations, Maintenance and Technical Committee (Vice-Chair and Chair)
Finance, Administration and Human Resources Committee
- Planning, Design and Construction Committee
Cooperative Projects Committee
- Urban Runoff Ad Hoc Committee
CIP Oversight Ad Hoc Committee
Legislative Ad Hoc Advisory Committee
General Counsel Services Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to Steering
Joint Management Committee re: SARI
And has also served as the representative of the Orange County Sanitation District Board
of Directors for the following agencies:
California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA)
- California Special District Association (CSDA)
Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency (SARFPA)
The National Water Research Institute (NWRI)
Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG)