To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: TED SEMAAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
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APPROVE THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH'S SANITARY SEWER MANAGEMENT PLAN RE-CERTIFICATION PER CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD REQUIREMENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City maintains the local sanitary sewer system and is committed to protecting the public's health and the environment. Federal and State Water Quality regulations require agencies to maintain a comprehensive Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) with the goal of preventing Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs). In order to provide a statewide regulatory approach to address SSOs, the California State Water Resources Control Board adopted Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for sanitary sewer systems (Order No. 2006-0003- DWQ) in 2006. In 2008, the Monitoring and Reporting Program portion of the WDRs was revised as Order No. 2008-0002-EXEC. These two Water Quality Orders are referred to as the Sanitary Sewer System Waste Discharge Requirements (SSS WDRs). Provision 14 of Order 2006-003-DWQ requires: "The SSMP must be updated every five years, and must include any significant program changes."
In October 2009, the City Council approved the original SSMP, and in 2015, the City Council approved an updated SSMP. The City has made significant improvements in the management of the sanitary sewer system as reflected in the reduced number of SSOs to only a single incident during the last 5 years. Staff is requesting that the City Council re-certify the updated SSMP and direct staff to continue implementing the requirements outlined in the updated SSMP. A SSMP 2022 Certification summary is attached to this report that summarizes the key activities that have taken place since 2010.
A copy of the overarching SSMP document is available at the City's web site at (https://www.redondo.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=28178) referred to as the City of Redondo Beach Sewer System Management Pl...
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