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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 7 PPP Ops Committee 07-18-2018 r 9 i 1 i Division 630 : Laboratory, Monitoring, -'� — and Compliance I Laboratory Manager / 9 Administration Analytical Microbiology & Ocean Compliance Quality Chemistry General Monitoring Reporting Assurance Chemistry Organic Ocean Internal Chemistry Microbiology Operations Biosolids Audits Inorganic Process Taxonomy Air Proficiency Chemistry Chemistry Testing Air Chemistry Nutrient Toxicology Water Final Data Analysis Review 3 13 11 9 Plant & Beach Sampling 11 Budget $11,000,000 $10,734,730 $10,500,000 $10,389,610 $10,000,000 $9,500,000 $9,000,000 $8,500,000 $8,297,960 $8,255,540 $8,000,000 $8,039,630 $8,074,680 Compliance $7,500,000 Joined 630 $7,000,000 $6,500,000 $6,000,000 FY 12/13 FY 13/14 FY 14/15 FY 15/16 FY 16/17 FY 17/18 Retention Years of Service >_ 20 13 >_10, <_ 20 17 <_ 10 19 <_ 1 3 Vacant 2 AVG 118 lab Productivity 490 (Analyses per Analyst per month) 470 457 450 430 420 434 410 402 390 I 370 385 369 350 FY 12/13 FY 13/14 FY 14/15 FY 15/16 FY 16/17 FY 17/18 Benchmarking Indicator Total Biological Agency Organics Metals Fecal Suspended Oxygen Bacteria Bacteria Solids Demand Orange County Sanitation 1 .78 0.39 0.38 0.22 0.08 0.60 District Orange County Water 0.75 0.50 1 .92 0.43 District City of San Diego 2.10 1 .10 0.61 0.60 0.25 0.57 City of Los Angeles 3.92 0.57 0.29 0.34 0.24 0.38 County of Los Angeles 0.74 2.95 0.50 0.50 0.31 0.52 Metropolitan Water District 1 .60 0.34 0.15 0.34 of Southern California Benchmarking Average Lab Staff / Lab Staff Treatment MGD (MGD) OCSD 30 184 0. 16 OCWD 36 100 0.36 County of LA 178 510 0.35 City of SD 56 134 0.41 F Monitoring water from above and below The Orange County Sanitation District is diverting wastewater discharge from its main outfall pipe, 4 112 miles offshore, to a shorter, secondary outfall pipe that extends only a mile offshore. That is giving scientists a chance to measure the effects of the treated effluent on algae and other ocean organisms. Boats towing sensors will be part of the extensive ocean monitoring to track the movement of the wastewater plume. In-Plant Remote sensing An enhanced disinfection program during High-frequency radar installations the diversion to the 78-inch outfall will along the coast measure ocean meet water quality standards. surface current-velocity fields. Nearshore Daily shoreline sampling for several factors including fecal indicator bacteria, salinity and ammonia from Sunset Beach to Crystal Cove. NASKs Jet Propulsion Lab provides satellite Weekly sampling of images during the phytoplankton and - diversion to identify any nutrients will be taken surface discharge plumes. at the Newport and Huntington Beach 78-inch outfall municipal piers. Regional Ocean Modeling System is a computer Offshore program that creates Three telemetry d1b three-dimensional models moorings will measure showing water currents and and transmit ocean temperatures. currents and water quality. One mooring will be deployed at the short A coastal buoy system outfall with the other two monitors stratification and deployed up- and ♦ �. down-coast of the outfall_ ♦ ♦ �. ♦ ♦ subsurface currents. 10 Two remote-control underwater • op vehicles will sample for temperature and biological and optical water A profiler collects water-column quality measures along a profile sampling with a conductivity- pre-programmed course. temperature-density instrument. Sources:OCSD,University Southern California;Scripps Institution of Oceanography;Teledyne Technologies Molly Zisk / The Register Support & Reporting 4 9. 3 8 °o Operations & - Maintenance Resource Protection Ocean Compliance Monitoring Recent Accomplishments W,-" • OCSD is the only municipal laboratory in California that is Nationally accredited — 2017 • Biosolids Master Plan - 2017 • Odor Control Master Plan - 2016 • Identified chlorination of effluent as cause of environmental degradation and provided data to RWQCB to cease disinfection of final effluent. Reducing O&M chemical costs by over $425,000 per year — 2015 • Successfully negotiated NPDES Permit to allow use of short outfall (J-112) - 2012 Division 630 leadership Team Y 1 V � r P �N t u ILI r ';f 14 I i' .