The County (Water Agency) is now in the business of trucking out Occidental wastewater in order to be in compliance with regional water quality control board regulations. This is a shame and it seems there needs to be a better solution. Occidental is treating their wastewater to the secondary level and it seems they could be in compliance if they could discharge in a way that it is not considered to be going into the Russian River or one of it's tributaries.
The County is purchasing two Peterbuilt big rig type tank vacuum trucks to haul the wastewater for $448,733. There will be many more costs associated with this daily hauling of sewer water, like drivers, fuel and maintenance.
Any better ideas for handling this?
Here is some info:
https://sonoma-county.granicus.com/M...meta_id=241855
Sonoma County Water Agency Procurement of two Vacuum Trucks: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Adjustments to the Board Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 for the Sonoma County Water Agency General Fund and Equipment Fund, each in the Amount of $448,733 for the procurement of two vacuum trucks for hauling wastewater. (4/5th Vote Required) (Fourth and Fifth District)
On February 6, 2018, the Board approved of the Occidental County Sanitation District Wastewater
Transport Compliance Project, which will allow for wastewater from the District to be transferred to and
treated at the Airport-Larkfield-Wikiup Sanitation Zone treatment plant located at 800 Aviation Blvd in an
unincorporated area of Sonoma County. By transferring the District wastewater to the Airport-LarkfieldWikiup
Sanitation Zone, Project would eliminate the discharge and storage of secondary-treated effluent
into Graham’s Pond, and eliminate direct discharge to Dutch Bill Creek during the wet season.
staff has determined two vacuum trucks are required to facilitate the daily (typically
Monday-Friday) hauling of raw wastewater from the District lift station to the Airport-Larkfield-Wikiup
treatment plant.