DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
SUBJECT:
Amending Chapter 34 City Code with Updated Sanitary Sewer and Storm Water System Program Requirements
SUMMARY:
An ordinance amending Chapter 34 of the City Code to comply with the Federal Clean Water Act and the City of San Antonio's Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements.
The purpose of updating these program requirements is to reduce or eliminate the discharge of harmful pollutants into the SAWS sanitary sewer system and the City's storm water system to comply with current state and federal regulations. Should the City not comply, SAWS and City will be subject to fines for noncompliance. SAWS Board of Trustees approved the proposed Chapter 34 amendments during its regular meeting on February 10, 2014 through Resolution 14-044.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Federal Clean Water Act and regulations administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") require both a pretreatment and a storm water program to reduce or eliminate the discharge of harmful pollutants into both the sanitary sewer system and the storm drainage system by permitted discharges. In San Antonio, the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is responsible for operation of the sanitary sewer system and the City (through the Transportation and Capital Improvements Department) is responsible for the operation of a separate storm water drainage system.
Under an agreement between the City and SAWS, SAWS serves as the agent for the City in meeting regulatory compliance requirements associated with the storm water drainage and sanitary sewer system. The authority and procedures for complying with the regulations associated with both the sanitary sewer system and storm water drainage system are found in Chapter 34 of the City Code.
In April 2006, a Pretreatment Audit of SAWS/City practices w...
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