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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2013-145RESOLUTION NO. 2013 — 145 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF A LONG-RANGE REGIONAL WATER REUSE PLAN AND SECONDARY EQUIVALENCY FOR POINT LOMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHEREAS, the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant ("PLWTP") is a regional facility in the Metro Wastewater System, operated by the City of San Diego, permitted to treat 240 million gallons of wastewater per day to an Advanced Primary Level, serving a 12 member Joint Powers Authority that comprises approximately 35% of the total flow in the Metro Wastewater System/ PLWTP; and WHEREAS, the Clean Water Act of 1972 requires that wastewater be treated to achieve certain protections before ocean discharge and the permitting of wastewater treatment plants, and wastewater treatment plant permits must be renewed every five years; and WHEREAS, the Ocean Pollution Reduction Act ("OPRA") of 1994 allowed the City of San Diego to apply for modified permits allowing PLWTP to continue operating at an Advanced Primary Treatment Level while meeting or exceeding all general and specifically negotiated regulatory obligations including ocean protection requirements; and WHEREAS, the current modified permit for the PLWTP expires on July 31, 2015, and City of San Diego staff must finalize a strategy and begin the extensive work required to secure the next permit in or around January 2014; and WHEREAS, in order to secure "non -opposition" for modified permits from environmental stakeholders, the City of San Diego agreed to and successfully prepared verifiable estimates of the cost to convert the current 240 million gallon per day (mgd) PLWTP to Secondary Treatment Levels, conducted a comprehensive external scientific review of ocean monitoring implementing all recommendations for an enhanced ocean monitoring program, and built 45 mgd of water reclamation capacity in the form of the North City Water Reclamation Plant and the South Bay Water Reclamation Plant; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego has 20 years of ocean monitoring data demonstrating that the Advanced Primary PLWTP consistently protects the ocean environment; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego has successfully completed a 1 mgd Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Project producing water that is far superior in quality to raw water currently delivered to local reservoirs, and produces potable water of a quality similar to distilled water; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego's survey indicates that percentages of those favoring Advanced Treated recycled water as an addition to the drinking water supply have increased from 36% in 2004 to 73% in 2012; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego has also achieved significant legislative progress associated with the Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Project to advance both indirect and direct potable water reuse projects; and Resolution No. 2013 — 145 Page Two WHEREAS, the San Diego region forecasts the need for billions of dollars in ratepayer revenue to fund imported water supply projects to address transportation constraints and supply challenges, including a locally owned Colorado River pipeline and plans for at least three ocean desalination plants, all of which will require significant capital, operating, and energy expenditures; and WHEREAS, it is possible to develop a long-range regional water reuse plan (Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan) to divert at least 100 mgd of flow from PLWTP largely to water reuse projects resulting in new, local water supplies, including potable water, and a smaller secondary equivalent PLWTP with reduced Total Suspended Solids mass emission rates equivalent to those of a 240 mgd secondary treatment PLWTP; and WHEREAS, this proposed Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan will avoid billions of dollars in unnecessary capital, financing, energy, and operating costs to upgrade a facility that already meets or exceeds all general and specifically negotiated regulatory requirements for ocean protection; and WHEREAS, successful implementation of this proposed Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan also creates the potential to avoid or downsize currently planned water transportation and supply projects; and WHEREAS, this proposed Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan to maximize local water reuse to create a new, local, sustainable water supply while offloading PLWTP to secure acceptance of a smaller secondary equivalent treatment plant is a fiscally prudent, environmentally sound critical regional priority. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of National City as follows: Section 1: That City Council supports developing a Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan that includes the most cost effective water reuse options, including potable reuse, within the Metro Wastewater System's service boundary. Section 2: That City Council supports developing a Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan with the goal of realizing a smaller secondary equivalent PLWTP to avoid spending billions of dollars in ratepayer monies for an unnecessary upgrade to Secondary Treatment, instead potentially funding the creation of new water supplies, including potable water reuse. Section 3: That the City Council supports developing a Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan to maximize opportunities to create new, local sustainable water supplies thereby creating opportunities to avoid or downsize billions of dollars in future water supply projects. Section 4: That the City Council supports pursuing remedies for Tong -term acceptance of a smaller secondary equivalent PLWTP that continues to protect the ocean environment while avoiding billions of dollars in capital, financing, energy and operating costs for an unnecessary conversion of the PLWTP to Secondary Treatment. Resolution No. 2013 — 145 Page Three PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of October, 2013. ATTEST: 1) c ael R. Dallas Mi , City Clerk PPROVED AS T tua Silva C ORM: on orrison, Mayor Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on October 1, 2013 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Natividad, Rios. Nays: None. Absent: Sotelo-Solis. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON Mayor of the City of National City, California Af L City Clerk of the City of ational City, California By: Deputy I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2013-145 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on October 1, 2013. City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: Deputy RESOLUTION NO. 2013 — 145 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF A LONG-RANGE REGIONAL WATER REUSE PLAN AND SECONDARY EQUIVALENCY FOR POINT LOMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHEREAS, the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant ("PLWTP") is a regional facility in the Metro Wastewater System, operated by the City of San Diego, permitted to treat 240 million gallons of wastewater per day to an Advanced Primary Level, serving a 12 member Joint Powers Authority that comprises approximately 35% of the total flow in the Metro Wastewater System/ PLWTP; and WHEREAS, the Clean Water Act of 1972 requires that wastewater be treated to achieve certain protections before ocean discharge and the permitting of wastewater treatment plants, and wastewater treatment plant permits must be renewed every five years; and WHEREAS, the Ocean Pollution Reduction Act ("OPRA") of 1994 allowed the City of San Diego to apply for modified permits allowing PLWTP to continue operating at an Advanced Primary Treatment Level while meeting or exceeding all general and specifically negotiated regulatory obligations including ocean protection requirements; and WHEREAS, the current modified permit for the PLWTP expires on July 31, 2015, and City of San Diego staff must finalize a strategy and begin the extensive work required to secure the next permit in or around January 2014; and WHEREAS, in order to secure "non -opposition" for modified permits from environmental stakeholders, the City of San Diego agreed to and successfully prepared verifiable estimates of the cost to convert the current 240 million gallon per day (mgd) PLWTP to Secondary Treatment Levels, conducted a comprehensive external scientific review of ocean monitoring implementing all recommendations for an enhanced ocean monitoring program, and built 45 mgd of water reclamation capacity in the form of the North City Water Reclamation Plant and the South Bay Water Reclamation Plant; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego has 20 years of ocean monitoring data demonstrating that the Advanced Primary PLWTP consistently protects the ocean environment; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego has successfully completed a 1 mgd Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Project producing water that is far superior in quality to raw water currently delivered to local reservoirs, and produces potable water of a quality similar to distilled water; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego's survey indicates that percentages of those favoring Advanced Treated recycled water as an addition to the drinking water supply have increased from 36% in 2004 to 73% in 2012; and WHEREAS, the City of San Diego has also achieved significant legislative progress associated with the Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Project to advance both indirect and direct potable water reuse projects; and Resolution No. 2013 — 145 Page Two WHEREAS, the San Diego region forecasts the need for billions of dollars in ratepayer revenue to fund imported water supply projects to address transportation constraints and supply challenges, including a locally owned Colorado River pipeline and plans for at least three ocean desalination plants, all of which will require significant capital, operating, and energy expenditures; and WHEREAS, it is possible to develop a long-range regional water reuse plan (Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan) to divert at least 100 mgd of flow from PLWTP largely to water reuse projects resulting in new, local water supplies, including potable water, and a smaller secondary equivalent PLWTP with reduced Total Suspended Solids mass emission rates equivalent to those of a 240 mgd secondary treatment PLWTP; and WHEREAS, this proposed Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan will avoid billions of dollars in unnecessary capital, financing, energy, and operating costs to upgrade a facility that already meets or exceeds all general and specifically negotiated regulatory requirements for ocean protection; and WHEREAS, successful implementation of this proposed Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan also creates the potential to avoid or downsize currently planned water transportation and supply projects; and WHEREAS, this proposed Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan to maximize local water reuse to create a new, local, sustainable water supply while offloading PLWTP to secure acceptance of a smaller secondary equivalent treatment plant is a fiscally prudent, environmentally sound critical regional priority. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of National City as follows: Section 1: That City Council supports developing a Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan that includes the most cost effective water reuse options, including potable reuse, within the Metro Wastewater System's service boundary. Section 2: That City Council supports developing a Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan with the goal of realizing a smaller secondary equivalent PLWTP to avoid spending billions of dollars in ratepayer monies for an unnecessary upgrade to Secondary Treatment, instead potentially funding the creation of new water supplies, including potable water reuse. Section 3: That the City Council supports developing a Long -Range Regional Water Reuse Plan to maximize opportunities to create new, local sustainable water supplies thereby creating opportunities to avoid or downsize billions of dollars in future water supply projects. Section 4: That the City Council supports pursuing remedies for long-term acceptance of a smaller secondary equivalent PLWTP that continues to protect the ocean environment while avoiding billions of dollars in capital, financing, energy and operating costs for an unnecessary conversion of the PLWTP to Secondary Treatment. Resolution No. 2013 — 145 Page Three PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of October, 2013. orrison, Mayor ATTEST: Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk PPROVED AS T Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on October 1, 2013 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Natividad, Rios. Nays: None. Absent: Councilmember Sotelo-Solis. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON Mayor of the City of National City, California City C I City, California le(Lk of the City of ationa By: Deputy I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2013-145 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on October 1, 2013. City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: Deputy