Agenda Date: 07/18/2017
Subject:
Title
An ordinance on second reading for Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment code revisions
Body
Presented By:
Keith Reester, Acting Public Works and Utilities Director and Jon Bridges, WWTP Industrial Pretreatment Administrator
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support amendments to the city's Wastewater Utility Ordinance regarding the Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP)?
BACKGROUND:
The proposed changes will incorporate revisions required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the IPP, the 2016 EPA Pretreatment Compliance Inspection, the Industrial Pretreatment Streamlining Rule; and staff recommended changes regarding fees for inspections, re-inspections and septic receiving station rates.
The Wastewater Utility Ordinance was adopted in 1992. The Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant (L/E WWTP) manages the IPP to control industrial/commercial waste entering the wastewater collection and treatment system. The program is designed to prevent pass through of pollutants to the South Platte River, protect the collection and treatment system from damage, protect public and worker health and safety, and improve opportunities to recycle and reclaim municipal and industrial wastewater and sludge. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued permit no. 0032999 to the Cities of Englewood and Littleton for the operation of the wastewater treatment plant. The IPP is subject to EPA approval.
In 2014, the EPA conducted an audit of the IPP and a Pretreatment Compliance Inspection of the L/E WWTP in 2016. EPA recommended revisions to the Industrial Pretreatment Streamlining Rule. L/E WWTP staff recommended revisions to the L/E WWTP Industrial Pretreatment Division and also recommended revising select fees for inspections, re-inspections and septic receiving station rates.
This item was heard on first reading at a regular meeting of the city council on May 16, 2017. The second reading was postponed...
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