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Home My WebLink About1984-03-20; City Council; 7679; Designation of Water Masteri 14 5 CITY,OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL AB# MTQ. 3/20/84 DESIGNATION OF WATER MASTER DEPT.- -(.A-lm_ RECOMMENDED ACTION: DEPT. HD. V _ CITY AM � CITY MGR. 110 Approve Resolution 7.53 designating the Director of Utilities & Maintenance as the Water Master as per the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Order No. 84-10. ITEM EXPLANATION: The City made application to the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (SDRWQCB) on December 8, 1983 to purvey reclaimed water purchased from the San Marcos County Water District and approved for discharge in the Carlsbad water service area or in the City limits. This area is generally south of Palomar Airport Road, East of Interstate 5, North of La Costa Avenue and West of the Eastern City limit. The RWQCB approved this application at their meeting of January 23, 1984 and included as a provision of approval, that Carlsbad designate a Water Master. The Water Master is responsible for "the installation, operation and maintenance of the reclaimed water conveyance system in accordance with the appropriate State Health Regulations and Guidelines, prevention of potential hazards, and maintenance of the conveyance system plans in "as built" form, and for conveyance of reclaimed water in accordance with this order". This responsibility is consistent with the assigned duties of the Director of Utilities & Maintenance. FISCAL INPACT: None EXHIBITS: tLu I.' Resolution No. %S39 = 2.` SDRWQCB Order 84-10 a. CL Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 241 25 26 27 '2811 RESOLUTION] ,d0. 7 5 -10 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA DESIGNATING A RECLAIMED WATER WATER MASTER WHEREAS, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board approved Order No. 84-10 designating the City as the purveyor of reclaimed water for specified areas of the City and, WHEREAS, Provision 5 of Order 84-10 requires that the City designate a Water Master to be responsible for the conveyance of reclaimed water. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad that the Director of Utilities and Maintenance is designated the Water Master for the City of Carlsbad. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the loth day of March , 1984, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin and Chick NOES: None ABSENT: Council Members Prescott /v MARY H. CA ER, Mayor ATTEST: ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City C (SEAL) CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD SAN DIEGO REGION ORDER NO. 84-10 WATER RECLAMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FOR THE PURVEYANCE OF RECLAIMED WATER SAN DIEGO COUNTY _• The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region (herein- after Regional Board), finds that: r• ' 1. By letter dated December 8, 1983, Mr. Roger W. Greer, Director, Utilities & Maintenance, City of Carlsbad reported that the City of Carlsbad intends to execute an agreement with the San Marcos County Water District wherein the City of Carlsbad will purchase wholesale reclaimed water from the San Marcos County Water District and sell the water to various users within the city. 2. The reclaimed water would be delivered to Carlsbad from the San Marcos .: County Water District's Meadowlark Water Reclamation Plant through an existing reclaimed water reservoir and emergency effluent disposal pipe- line which is owned and maintained by the District. 3. Order No. 79-23, "Waste Discharge Requirements for San Marcos County Water District, Wastewater Reclamation Project near San Marcos Creek" was adopted by this Regional Board on March 26, 1979. Order No. 79-23 and Addenda thereto serve as waste discharge requirements for the Meadowlark Water Reclamation Plant. 4. As a result of planned public use of the areas proposed for irrigation with reclaimed water treated at the Meadowlark Water Reclamation Plant, there is potential for substantial human contact with wastewater used for irrigation and, therefore, a potential public health problem. 5. Pursuant to Section 13523 of the California Water Code the Regional Board, after consulting with and receiving the recommendations of the State Department of Health Services, in order to protect the public health, safety or welfare, may prescribe water reclamation requirements for water which is used or proposed to be used as reclaimed water. The purpose of this Order is to prescribe water reclamation requirements for wastewater purveyed by the City of Carlsbad (hereinafter purveyor). 6. The Regional Board has notified the purveyor and all known interested parties of its intent to prescribe water reclamation requirements for purveyance of reclaimed water. Order No. 84-10 -2- 7. The Regional Board, in a public meeting, heard and considered all com- ments pertaining to the use of wastewater for landscape irrigation. 8. These reclamation requirements govern the purveyance of reclaimed water treated at the Meadowlark Water Reclamation Plant to persons using such water for landscape irrigation. Such activity constitutes only a minor modification to land and such activity is thereby exempt from the provi- sions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, Section 21000, et seq.) in accordance with Section 15304, Chapter 3, Title 14, California Administrative Code. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, That the City of Carlsbad shall comply with the following for the conveyance and purveyance of reclaimed water. A. RECLAIMED WATER PURVEYANCE SPECIFICATIONS 1. Reclaimed water shall only be purveyed to areas for which valid waste discharge requirements, as established in Order No. 79-23 and Addenda thereto, are in force. Prior to purveying reclaimed water to any other area or to persons using such water for any other purpose, the City of Carlsbad shall obtain proper authoriza- tion from the San M?:-Cos County Water District and this Regional Board. The City of Carlsbad shall not purvey reclaimed water to any person until and unless such person obtains water reclamation requirements from this Regional Board. 2. All conveyance of reclaimed water shall be in accord with the rules and regulations contained in the "City of Carlsbad, Reclaimed Water Standards." 3. Conveyance of reclaimed water from the San Marcos County Water Dis- trict Meadowlark Water Reclamation Plant to reclaimed water users within the City of Carlsbad shall be under the direct control of the City of Carlsbad and/or the San Marcos County Water District. 4. Bypassing or direct discharge of reclaimed water to San Marcos Creek or tributaries thereof, or to any inland watercourse, is prohibited. 5. Conveyance of reclaimed water shall not cause a pollution, contamina- tion, or nuisance, as defined by Section 13050 of the California Water Code. 6. Reclaimed water shall not be purveyed to persons who use, transport, or store such water in a manner which causes a pollution, contamina- tion, or nuisance, as defined by Section 13050 of the California Water Code. q Order No. 84-10 -3- 7. Reclaimed water shall not be purveyed to users unless such water is in compliance with the effluent limitations for the San Marcos County Water District Meadowlark Water Reclamation Plant specified in Order No. 79-23 and Addenda thereto, and unless such water conforms with the provisions of Article 4, Title 22, Division 4 of the California Administrative Code in their present form or as they may be amended. B. PROVISIONS I. The City of Carlsbad shall allow the Regional Board, or an authorized representat4we upon the presentation of credentials and other documents as may be required by law, to: (a) Enter upon the reclaimed water purveyor's premises where a regulated facility or activity is located or conducted, or where records must be kept under the conditions of this Order; (b) Have access to and copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept under the conditions of this Order; (c) Inspect at reasonable times any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required under this Order; and (d) Sample or monitor at reasonable times, for the purposes o' assuring compliance with this Order or as otherwise authorized by the California Water Code, any substances or parameters at any location. 2. Prior to purveyance of reclaimed water the City of Carlsbad shall submit copies of "City of Carlsbad, Reclaimed Water Standards" to the State Department of Health Services; San Diego County, Depart- ment of Health Services; and the Regional Board. The purveyance of wastewater shall not be initiated until the City's regulations for reclaimed water use have been received and accepted by the Executive Officer. 3. The City of Carlsbad shall enforce the City's rules and regulations for reclaimed water use. 4. Prior to delivery of reclaimed water, the purveyor shall submit a letter from the user, certifying that the operation of the reclaimed water service will be in accordance with the appropriate portions of Title 22, Division 4 of the California Administrative Code and the State Department of Health Services' publications titled Order No. 84-10 "Regulations Relating to Cross Connections," "Guidelines for Use of Reclaimed Water for Irrigation and Impoundments," and "Guide- lines for Worker Protection at Water Reclamation Use Areas." 5. A water master responsible for operation of the reclaimed water conveyance system shall be designated by the City of Carlsbad. He shall be responsible for the installation, operation and main- tenance of the conveyance system in accordance with the appropriate State Health Regulations and Guidelines, prevention of potential hazards, and maintenance of the conveyance system plans in "as - built" form, and for the purveyance of the reclaimed water in accord with this Order. The name of the water master shall be furnished to the Regional Board within 30 days of the adoption of this Order. 6. The designated water master shall report any noncompliance with this Order to the Executive Officer. Any information shall be provided orally within 24 hours from the time the water master becomes aware of the circumstances. A written submission shall also be provided to the Executive Officer within five days of the time the water master becomes aware of the circumstances. The written submission shall contain (a) a description of the noncom- pliance and its cause; (b) the period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times, and if the noncompliance has not been corrected, the anticipated time it is expected to continue; and (c) steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent recurrence of the noncompliance. The Executive Officer, or an authorized representative, may waive the written report on a case -by -case basis if the oral report has been received within 24 hours. 7. The name of the designated water master shall be furnished to the Regional Board at the following address: Executive Officer California Regional Water Quality Control Board San Diego Region 6154 Mlission Gorge Road, Suite 205 San Diego, California 92120 Telephone: 619/265-5114 8. This Order is not transferable to any person except after notice to the Executive Officer of this Regional Board. The Regional Board may require modification or revocation and reissuance of this Order to change the name of the discharger and incorporate such other requirements as may be necessary under the California Water Code. 9. The purveyor must notify the Executive Officer, in writing, at least 30 days in advance of any proposed transfer of this Order's responsibility and coverage to a new purveyor. The notice must include a written agreement between the existing and new purveyor containing a specific date for the transfer of this Order's respon- sibility and coverage between the current purveyor and the new Order No. 84-10 _5_ purveyor. This agreement shall include an acknowledgment that the existing purveyor is liable for violations up to the transfer date and that the new purveyor is liable from transfer date on. I, Ladin H. Delaney, Executive Officer, do hereby certify the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of an Order adopted by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, on January 23, 1984. Ladin H. Delaney Executive Officer s t BM:ej 11,