REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
DATE: 05/03/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Honorable President and Board Members
FROM: Utilities Department
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD ORDER NO. 2006-0003-DWQ
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to adopt Resolution No. 2023-022 which approves the Sewer System Management Plan as required by the State Water Resources Control Board Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ. The Sewer System Management Plan documents how an agency manages, operates, and maintains all parts of the sanitary sewer system to help reduce, prevent, and mitigate sanitary sewer overflows.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2023-022, approving the Sewer System Management Plan update.
That the Corona Utility Authority review, ratify, and to the extent necessary, direct that the City Council take the above action.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
In 2006, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) adopted Order Number 2006-0003-DWQ Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) for Sanitary Sewer Systems. The order requires all federal and state agencies, municipalities, counties, districts, and other public entities that own or operate a wastewater collection system greater than one mile in length to develop and implement a system specific Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP). On September 9, 2013, the SWRCB adopted Order No. WQ 2013-0058-EXEC which amended the Statewide WDR requirements related to the monitoring and reporting program.
ANALYSIS:
On March 1, 2017, the City of Corona adopted Resolution No. 2017-010 and approved changes to the SSMP. Under the WDR, the SSMP must be updated regularly and approved by the City Council when significant updates are made.
The SSMP has been reviewed and the following information has been u...
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