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State advisory group finalizes methods to flag "inadequate" collection systems based on spills and reporting
Summary
UCLA and State Water Resources Control Board staff described finalized collection-system metrics that flag systems with large or frequent sewage spills (top 25% by spill volume per population and spill count per system length) and systems missing key monthly and annual reports.
The wastewater needs assessment advisory group heard a detailed explanation of how collection systems will be flagged as "inadequate" for the State Water Resources Control Board's statewide list.
Grace Harrison, a UCLA project manager, said the working definition used in the project is "a wastewater system or facility that does not adequately treat and or dispose of wastewater leading to environmental and or public health degradation," and she emphasized the term is nonlegal and remains under review by the board. "A wastewater system or facility does not adequately treat and or dispose of wastewater leading to environmental and or public health degradation," Harrison said during the meeting.
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