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COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF SEWER SYSTEM COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 18, 2011
CALL TO ORDER Board members of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
met in Committee session on October 18, 2011 at
10:30 a.m. at 628 W. 19th Street, Costa Mesa.
President Ooten called the meeting to order at 10:30
a.m.
DIRECTORS PRESENT: Bob Ooten, Jim Ferryman, Jim Fitzpatrick (Director
Fitzpatrick attending as an observer only and did not
participate in discussions.)
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STAFF PRESENT: Scott Carroll, General Manager; Rob Hamers,
District Engineer; Yefim Tsalyuk, Senior Engineer;
Joe Limon, Senior Inspector, Steve Cano,
Maintenance Supervisor
OTHERS PRESENT:
STANDING REPORTS
There was one new sanitary sewer overflow(SSO)to report occurring on September 27, 2011 at
2477 Cardinal. The 50 gallon spill, due to roots, was completely contained. Mr. Hamers
reported the District has sent a letter to the resident with regard to the root problem. Letters
were also sent to five other residents with root problems in their laterals. President Ooten
requested removal of one of the columns on the Occurrence form and Staff will comply.
NEW DISCUSSION ITEMS
Mr. Hamers gave a report on the Sewer Cleaning Program and stated there is 7,562 feet of
sewer main that will be cleaned by District crews in order to adhere to the prescribed cleaning
frequencies. District crews will also perform root cutting of 141,791 feet and hot spot cleaning.
The Contractor, NPS, is to perform yearly line cleaning only. Mr. Hamers gave an update on GIS
Sewer Atlas, CMMS and Hydraulic Modeling.
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HYDROGEN SULFIDE ODOR ABATEMENT TESTING
A meeting is scheduled for October 19, 2011 with South Coast Plaza Management on grease
interceptors and odor at the Plaza restaurants and use of products such as Golden Bio from
Golden Bell and Bio Amp from Chemsearch . President Ooten, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Hamers and Mr.
Kolk from EEC will attend.
ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY(ACL) ACTIONS BY STATE WATER BOARDS
Mr. Hamers stated under state law, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board can fine
up to $10,000 a day and $10 a gallon for spills and it appears this is occurring frequently. Mr.
Hamers provided a copy of an Administrative Civil Liability (ACL) complaint to El Polio Loco, Inc.
for an estimated 500 gallons of raw sewage spilled from their facility. The Regional Board
proposed a civil liability be imposed in the amount of $9,450 for the violations ($4,950 penalty
and $4,500 in staff costs).
WDR COMPLIANCE
Mr. Hamers provided a Statewide Sanitary Sewer Overflow Reduction Program Annual
Compliance Report. The report revealed that over a four-year period, 74,170,763 gallons of
untreated wastewater has made its way to surface waters and the ocean. The number one
cause of SSOs is roots and the second is FOG. The report included an illustration of sewer pipe
age distribution. Also included were regional trends in number of SSOs and miles of public
sewer pipe. In the Santa Ana Region, agencies own 15% of the total statewide sewer mains but
are responsible for only 4% of spills. The report also included a table with the highest volumes of
spilled sewage.
Mr. Carroll provided a fiscal year 2010-11 Orange County SSO Report with data from all the
public agencies in Orange County that experienced an SSO. There were a total of 27 public
agencies that had 113 SSOs. The District ranked 11th based on the number of SSOs per 100
miles of sewer while the District ranked 2"d lowest in the total volume per 100 miles of sewer that
reached surface waters.
Mr. Hamers reported on discussions at the WDR Steering Committee on October 6, 2011,
regarding backup power and the recent San Diego power outage. The attendees believe the
WDR obligates them to provide full backup power for their sewer system during a power outage.
It was noted that San Clemente has 16 standby generators and other backup equipment and
they had no spills during their 8-hour outage that occurred during the San Diego event. Mr.
Hamers stated an attendee at the WDR Steering Committee quoted a State Water Board
statement that the Region 9 Water Board was disappointed that San Diego did not have backup
power that would have prevented an earlier spill.
WDR SEMINARS
A Seminar hosted by the WDR Steering Committee on "Spiral Wound Liners" is scheduled for
Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Courtyard Center in Garden Grove.
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CMSD PROJECTS
Project#101 West Side Pumping Station Abandonment Status
Mr. Hamers reported OCSD selected Dudek as their consultant for EIR and Alignment
Study.
Project#129 Bristol Street Sewer Phase II Status
Mr. Hamers reported the project is out to bid with bid opening on October 25, 2011.
Project#171 Irvine Pumping Station Force Main Rehabilitation Status
Mr. Hamers reported the District is awaiting soils investigation report and then will finalize
plan and specs for bidding.
Project#185 System-Wide Sewer Reconstruction Phase 1 of 4 Status
Mr. Hamers reported construction is continuing and 22 additional Grade 5 repairs were
added to the project.
• Project#189 Rehabilitation of Six Sewers Transferred to CMSD Status
Mr. Hamers reported the gravity sewer main on South Coast Drive is installed and the
contractor is now rehabilitating manhole interiors and grinding off "OCSD" from manhole
covers.
Project#192 System-Wide Sewer Reconstruction Phase 2
Mr. Hamers reported the design phase is underway.
Project#193 Pumping Station Seismic Study
Mr. Hamers reported a Consultant draft report was discussed at Staff level on October 5,
2011. The report contains an analysis of the potential effects on pumping stations from a
6.0 magnitude earthquake. Staff will be meeting with the consultant to discuss and
finalize recommendations.
SSC MEETING SCHEDULE
The next meeting is scheduled for November 8, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11.57 a.m.
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