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DBI encourages simple graywater installations, PUC to staff outreach station; PTS contract negotiations underway
Summary
DBI said it is issuing minimal permits and not charging plan-check fees for simple graywater systems to encourage installations; the Public Utilities Commission will add on-site support. DBI also said permit-tracking system (PTS) contract talks are in progress and online complaint entry is being enabled.
DBI director Vivian Day and deputy Pamela Levin updated the commission on plan check for graywater systems and the permit-tracking system rollout.
Day said over-the-counter plan checks are being used for simple graywater systems and DBI is not charging a plan-check fee for those minimal submissions to encourage installation. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is providing staff on-site to help applicants and plans for a PUC graywater installation manual are underway.
Deputy Director Pamela Levin provided a year-to-date finance summary through May 2011 and said PTS contract negotiations began June 1; legal review is in progress and staff is working to finalize the contract. Levin and other staff said the current/new complaint systems will allow immediate assignment of complaint tracking numbers and that online complaint entry will give automatic numbers when the user files a report.
Commissioners asked for timelines and staff cited implementation steps including additional staff training, clerical hires for the customer desk and a probable broader rollout in the fall (September referenced as an implementation milestone).
