AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
DATE: 11/7/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Honorable President and Board Members
FROM: Public Works Department
Department of Water and Power
Community Development Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of a Memorandum of Understanding with the County of Riverside Department of Environmental Health for environmental planning review, technical assistance, and plan check review for City Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in accordance with the Riverside County Local Agency Management Program.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the:
1. City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the County of Riverside Department of Environmental Health for environmental planning review, technical assistance, and plan check review for City Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in accordance with the Riverside County Local Agency Management Program.
2. Corona Utility Authority (CUA), review, ratify, and to the extent necessary, direct that the City Council take the above actions.
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ANALYSIS:
On May 13, 2018, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted Resolution No. 2012-0032, approving the Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) Policy. The policy is available at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/owts/index.shtml.
The OWTS Policy established a statewide, risk-based, tiered approach to the regulation and management of OWTS including low-risk (Tier 1) statewide standards for the siting, design, operation and maintenance of onsite wastewater treatment systems. OWTS also known as septic systems, means individual disposal systems, community collection and disposal systems, and alternative collection and disposal systems that use subsurface disposal.
In addition to Tier 0 (Existing OWTS), Tier 3 (Existing, new, a...
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