For the Meeting of: July 18, 2024

Agenda Item No.: H-1

CITY OF SANGER
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

To: Mayor and City Council Members

From: Nathan Olson, City Manager
Subject: Sanger Wastewater Plant Determination of Emergency

Attachments:
1. Resolution No. 2024-48
2. Notice of Violation Dated 14 August 2023

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

None known.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Council adopt Resolution No. 2024-48, Approving City Manager’s Determination of
Emergency at the Sanger Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility and the Industrial Wastewater
Treatment Facility and Authorizing the City Manager to Make Required Emergency Repairs on Those
Facilities Without Competitive Bidding in accordance with Sanger Code Section 2-214(d) and the Public
Contract Code.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Based on reports from the Central Valley Waterboard regarding violations at the City’s Industrial
Wastewater Treatment Facility, action necessary by the City to address those violations, and as more
particularly set forth below, the City Manager has made a Determination of Emergency at the Wastewater
Facilities. The proposed resolution approves the Determination of Emergency and authorizes procurement
of equipment and services without competitive bidding. Reports on actions taken and status of the
emergency will be made at each regular meeting of the City Council.

Prepared by: Nathan Olson____ Approved by: ________________________

REVIEW: City Manager: _NCO_____ Finance: _______ City Attorney: ___HCM___

TYPE OF ITEM: COUNCIL ACTION:  APPROVED  DENIED  NO ACTION

_X__ Consent ____ Public Hearing
____ Info Item ____ Matter Initiated by a Council Member
_X__ Action Item ____ Other
____ Department Report ____ Continued to: __________
____ Redevelopment Agency

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BACKGROUND:

In accordance with Sanger City Code Section 2-214, this Staff Report serves as the City Manager’s
Determination of Emergency regarding the City of Sanger Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) and the
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility (IWWTF). This detailed staff report sets forth the specific facts
establishing the emergency, why the emergency does not permit a delay resulting from a competitive
solicitation for bids, and why action is necessary to respond to the emergency.

As part of the compliance evaluation, Central Valley Water Board staff reviewed self-monitoring reports
for the period of October 2020 through December 2022 for the City of Sanger Wastewater Treatment
Facility (WWTF), and for the period of April 2020 through December 2022 for the Industrial Wastewater
Treatment Facility (IWWTF). A total of 65 violations were identified for the IWWTF, including
exceedances of effluent limits for BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), TSS (Total Suspended Solids),
and total nitrogen. Additional violations were identified for late reports and deficient monitoring. A total of
51 violations were identified for the IWWTP for exceedances of EC, pH, and DO limits, and for late/missing
reports and deficient monitoring.

Since the state’s findings, the City has not kept up with scheduled maintenance which has rendered the
WWTP and IWTTP inefficient and out of compliance with the City’s Waste Discharge Requirements
(WDR’s):

• Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order R5-2014-0004 regulates the City's Domestic
Wastewater Treatment Facility.
• WDRs Order 98-131 regulates the City's lndustrial Wastewater Treatment Facility

The City Manager has made a Determination of Emergency at the Domestic and Industrial Wastewater
Facilities based on the foregoing and the following findings:

• The Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants are out of compliance with Waste
Discharge Requirements Orders R5-2014-0004 and Order 98-131.

• The digester cleaning was put out to bid but required maintenance on the digester will need to done
on Time and Material contracts.

• The Industrial Headworks is no longer separating material as designed and rebuild and epoxy
coating is needed.

• The domestic Headworks is no longer separating material as designed and rebuild and epoxy
coating is needed.

• Cross contamination issues are occurring after the thickening clarifier introducing industrial and
domestic discharge to be combined and going to domestic aeration ponds.

• The repairs necessary are described as follows: Digester repairs as needed after inspection and
boiler rehabilitation, repairs as needed to the industrial and domestic headworks including epoxy
coating to headworks, new line, concrete pit, valves and pump to correct cross contamination after
the thickening clarifier.

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This Determination of Emergency and Council’s approval are necessary to allow the City Manager to
proceed with making certain immediate repairs without delay. This means that the formal competitive
requirements will not be followed.

Immediate emergency repairs are required for the following:

• WWTP Digester Boiler

• The Industrial and Domestic Headworks
• Cross contamination after the thickening clarifier

Sanger City Code Section 2-214 provides for procurement without competitive bidding for emergency
purchases and contracts for supplies, materials, equipment, and services when the purchase is required for
health, safety, or welfare of the public, or for the protection of property if there is a present, immediate, and
existing emergency, and that such emergency procurements shall be made with such solicitation of
competitive pricing as practicable under the circumstances.

Sanger City Code Section 2-214 further provides: “The determination that an emergency exists shall be
made by the City Manager in writing, setting forth the specific facts establishing the emergency. This
delegated authority to the City Manager is in conformance with Public Contract Code Section 22050 (b);

REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION:

These emergency repairs are critical to ensure the protection of health, safety, and welfare of City residents
and to protect the Wastewater Treatment Facilities.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The exact fiscal impact is not fully known at this time as the work is being performed on a Time and
Material basis due to the time sensitivity, but Staff will provide an updated budget for the project at an
upcoming Council meeting. We estimate $750,000 for the repairs noted above. The costs will be funded
from the Wastewater Enterprise funds.

ALTERNATIVES:

No recommended alternatives.

ACTIONS FOLLOWING APPROVAL:

Per the Resolution, Staff will provide Council updates at each regular meeting and seek ratification of any
contracts at those.

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 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-48

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER APPROVING

CITY MANAGER’S DETERMINATION OF EMERGENCY AT THE SANGER
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY AND THE INDUSTRIAL
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY INCLUDING REQUIRED EMERGENCY
REPAIRS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE EMERGENCY
REPAIRS ON THOSE FACILITIES WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING

WHEREAS, the City of Sanger operates the Sanger Domestic Wastewater Treatment
Facility and the Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility (hereafter “Domestic and Industrial
Wastewater Facilities”; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has pursuant to Sanger City Code Section 2-214 delegated
its authority to the City Manager to order emergency work and proceed without plans,
specifications or notice for bids to award contracts governing the purchase of supplies, equipment,
and contractual services; and

WHEREAS, Sanger City Code Section 2-214 provides for procurement without
competitive bidding for emergency purchases and contracts for supplies, materials, equipment, and
services when the purchase is required for health, safety, or welfare of the public, or for the
protection of property if there is a present, immediate, and existing emergency, and that such
emergency procurements shall be made with such solicitation of competitive pricing as practicable
under the circumstances; and

WHEREAS, Sanger City Code Section 2-214 further provides: “The determination that an
emergency exists shall be made by the City Manager in writing, setting forth the specific facts
establishing the emergency.”; and

WHEREAS, the authority delegated to the City Manager under Sanger City Code Section
2-214 is in conformance with Public Contract Code Section 22050 (b); and

WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a Determination of Emergency at the Domestic
and Industrial Wastewater Facilities based on the following findings:

• The Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants are out of compliance with
Waste Discharge Requirements Orders R5-2014-0004 and Order 98-131.

• The digester cleaning was put out to bid but required maintenance on the digester will
need to done on Time and Material contracts.

• The Industrial Headworks is no longer separating material as designed and rebuild and
epoxy coating is needed.

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 • The domestic Headworks is no longer separating material as designed and rebuild and
epoxy coating is needed.

• Cross contamination issues are occurring after the thickening clarifier introducing
industrial and domestic discharge to be combined and going to domestic aeration ponds.

• The repairs necessary are described as follows: Digester repairs as needed after inspection
and boiler rehabilitation, repairs as needed to the industrial and domestic headworks
including epoxy coating to headworks, new line, concrete pit, valves and pump to correct
cross contamination after the thickening clarifier.

WHEREAS, in accordance with Sanger City Code Section 2-214, the City Manager has
provided a detailed staff report setting forth the specific facts establishing the emergency, why the
emergency does not permit a delay resulting from a competitive solicitation for bids, and why his
actions are necessary to respond to the emergency associated with the aforementioned repairs as
well as on the costs associated with the repairs to support his Determination of Emergency; and

WHEREAS, failure to immediately make the required repairs may result in danger to the
health, safety, and welfare of the City’s residents and/or public facilities; and

WHEREAS, at this time the cost of repairs and necessary equipment is estimated at
$750,000; and

WHEREAS, the foregoing recitals set forth the specific facts establishing an emergency at
the Sanger Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility and the Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Facility; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the written report and verbal report of the
City Manager at a regular meeting and determined that the facts and circumstances are such that
emergency repairs were and are needed.

NOW, THEREFORE the City Council resolves as follows:

Section 1. The recitals herein are incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2. The City Council approves the City Manager’s Determination of

Emergency at the Sanger Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility and the Industrial Wastewater
Treatment Facility.

Section 3. The City Council further finds based on the City Manager’s Determination
of Emergency as follows:

• The City’s Sanger Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility and the Industrial
Wastewater Treatment Facility are critical to the health and safety of the residents
of the City of Sanger.

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 • Immediate repairs are needed for the protection of health, safety, and welfare of
City residents and for the protection of the Wastewater Facilities.

Section 4. The City Manager is authorized to proceed without competitive bidding for
the emergency repairs.

Section 5. Upon completion of the aforementioned repair work, any other work shall be
made through a competitive bid process as required by the Sanger City Code and Public Contract
Code.

Section 6. The City Council hereby directs the City Manager to make status reports at
each regularly scheduled Council meeting, pursuant to Section 22050 of the Public Contract Code
until the repairs have been completed.

Section 7. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute contracts
for emergency repair work under the Determination of Emergency up to $200,000 without City
Council action. The City Manager will present such contracts to Council at such time as it makes
status reports under Section 5.

Section 8. This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption.

The foregoing Resolution was considered by the City Council for the City of Sanger at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of July 2024 and approved by the following
vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

ATTEST:

_________________
Rebeca Padron, City Clerk

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Water Boards s Yarul Gnncra

ENVIBONMENTAL PAOTECTION

Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board

14 August 2023

NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tim Chapa, City Manager GERTIFIED MAIL
City of Sanger 7022 2410 0000 2157 7893
1700 7th Street
Sanger, CA 93657

John Mulligan, Public Works Director CERTIFIED MAIL

City of Sanger 70222410 0000 2157 7886
1700 7th Street
Sanger, CA 93657

VIOLATION OF WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDERS R5.2O14.OOO4

AND 98.13{, CIry OF SANGER DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
TREATMENT FACILITIES, FRESNO GOUNTY

Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order R5-2014-0004 for the City of Sanger
(City or Discharger) regulates the City's Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility
(\A Ml-F). WDRs Order 98-131 regulates the City's lndustrialWastewater Treatment
Facility (l\ A//TF). WDRs Order R5-2014-0004 authorizes a monthly average daily
discharge of 3.0 million gallons per day (mgd), and WDRs Order 98-131 authorizes a
monthly average daily discharge of 1.3 mgd. The \MffTF and IWWTF are also regulated
by Standard Provisions and Reporting Requirements for Waste Discharge
Requirements dated 1 March 1991 (Standard Provisions).

On 16 February 2023, CentralValley RegionalWater Quality Control Board (Central

Valley Water Board) staff conducted inspections of the \ A/I/TF and I\AM/TF in response
to an anonymous odor complaint and to evaluate compliance with the WDRs Or:ders.

At the time of the inspections, staff observed that the bar screen was missing from the
\ A/VTF. This is a violation of Provision F.5 of WDRs Order R5-2014-0004 and of
Standard Provision A.7. No inspection violations were identified at the I\AA/VTF. Staff
did not detect objectionable odors outside of the \ ANTF or I\AMTF property limits
during the inspections, and the odor complaint was not confirmed. However, staff
detected strong objectionable odors onsite in the vicinity of the headworks of the
\ AIVTF. Should objectionable odors be perceivable beyond the limits of the \AAffTF or
l\ AIVTF properties, the City would be in violation of the odor provisions in its WDRs
Orders.

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City of Sanger
Fresno County

SELF MONITORING REPORT REVIEW

As part of the compliance evaluation, Central Valley Water Board staff reviewed self-
monitoring reports for the period of October 2020 through December 2022 for the
WWTF, and for the period of April 2020 through December 2022 for the l\ A//TF. A total
of 65 violations were identified for the \ A//TF, including exceedances of effluent limits
for BOD, TSS, and total nitrogen. Additionalviolations were identified for late reports
and deficient monitoring. A total of 51 violations were identified for the I\AANTF for
exceedances of EC, pH, and DO limits, and for late/missing reports and deficient
monitoring. ln addition, the 2021 and 2022|\M//TF reports are missing the annual
groundwater analyticaldata and water flow net diagrams required by the WDRs Order.

The enclosed Facilities lnspection Report documents staffs inspection findings and the
above violations.

FILE REVIEW

WDRs Order R5-2014-0004 required submittal of the following documents and

implementation of the following actions:

. By 8 August 2014 submit an lndustrial Pretreatment Program (Provision F.16.a)

o By 8 February 2016 implement the Industrial Pretreatment Program (Provision
F.16.b)
. By 9 February 2015 submit a work plan and implementation schedule that
identifies the specific measures the City will employ to ensure compliance with
Effluent Limitation B.3 and Discharge Specification C.1 (Provision F.19.a)
o No later than 8 February 2016 begin implementation of the approved work plan
and schedule (Provision F.19.b)
. Annually submit the Pretreatment lnformation required by Monitoring and
Reporting Program R5-201 4-0004

ln a letter dated 17 September 2019, CentralValley Water Board staff requested that
the City of Sanger provide the dates the documents were submitted and the dates the
required actions were implemented. The letter stated that if the documents and actions
had not yet been submitted and/or implemented, then the City should provide updates.
A response to the 17 September 2019 was not submitted by the City. The required
reports and actions are overdue and need to be submitted/implemented. The Gity is in
violation of Provisions F.16.a, F.16.b, F.19.a, and F.19.b of WDRs Order R5-2014-
0004 and will continue to be in violation until the required reports are submitted
and the required actions are implemented. A copy of the 17 September 2019 letter is
enclosed.

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Tim Chapa, John Mulligan -3- 14 August 2023
City of Sanger
Fresno County

By 28 September 2023, submit a written response describing actions taken or planned

by the City to address the violations described above and minimize future violations.
lnclude a proposed time schedule for actions not yet taken.

lf you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Jeff Hannel at
(559) 445-6193 or hanne l(d.lwate rboards ea rtov

Omar Mostafa, P.E.

Senior Water Resource Control Engineer

Enclosures: Facilities lnspection Report

17 September 2019 Staff Enforcement Letter

cc: Fresno County Environmental Health Division

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 5D1 001 1 5001
(Domestic)
5D1001 15002 R5-2014-0004 394866
(lndustrial 98-1 31 FACILITIES INSPECTION 1 4551 3 1t6
WDIO ORDER NO REPORT REG MEASURE ID PAGE NO.
273133
N15 N/A 39868 232428
PROGRAM NPDES PERMIT NO. PARry ID PLACE IO

City of Sa nger Domestic and lndustrial \AAflTFs

DISCHARGER NAME FACILITY NAME

1700 7Ih Street City Yard Road S/O North Ave

STREET ADDRESS STREET ADDRESS

Sanqer, CA 93657 Sanqer, CA 93657

CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE CIry, STATE, ZIP CODE

John Mulliqan, Public Works Director Sylvester Perez, Plant Manaqer

OISCHARGER CONTACT PERSON FACILITY CONTACT PERSON

559 304 1590 [email protected]. us 559 876 3952 soerez@ci. .ca.us

TELEPHONE NO. E.MAIL ADDRESS TELEPHONE NO. E.MAIL ADDRESS

GENERAL INSPECTION INFORMATION

lnspection Type: Complaint Lead lnspector: Jeff Hannel
02t16t2023 to 0211612023 0945 Sunnv and clear.47'
INSPECTION DATE(S) INSPECTION TIME GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

TNSPECT|ON ATTENDEE(S)
Jeff Hannel CVRWQCB 559 445-6193 [email protected]. gov
NAME COMPANY/AGENCY TELEPHONE NO E.MAIL ADDRESS

Jose Padilla City of Sanger 559 458 6144 N/A

NAME COMPANY/AGENCY TELEPHONE NO. E.MAIL ADDRESS

INSPECTION SUMMARY for CIWQS - 500 character maximum

lnspection was performed in response to a complaint of odors. Facility consists of two \MlVTFs, an industrial and a
domestic \/VV/TF. There were strong odors at the headworks but not offsite. The industrial \AA/VTF appeared to be
operating correctly. The domestic \AANTF was missing the bar screen which allowed debris to pass into the clarifiers. No
odors at the industrial LM nor at the domestic evaporation/percolation ponds.

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INSPECTION VIOLATIONS SUMMARY (if appticabte)

ldentify VIOLATIONS noted during inspection in table below. For each violation documented entered into CIWQS, identify Violation lD and Violation
Type, describe violation, and identify section of the WDRs or Water Code violated. ldentify additional violations in lnspeciion Observations & Findings.

Label Violation lD Violation Tvoe Violation Description of the WDRs

V1 09965 Order Conditions Failure to maintain the facilities
11
- missing bar screen Order Provision F.5
Facility not maintained in good working order - missing bar
v2 1 1 09969 Order Conditions Standard Provision A.7
screen

OTHER VIOLATIONS a icable

SMR violations X Yes E No E Not Evaluated See SELF-MON REPORT REVIEW SUMMARY
File Review X Yes E t'to E Not Evaluated Addressed in the Notice of Violation
/i/
Lead lnspector rD: 138723 Signature: t['l;i
Date: 0311612023

lnspection Tracking lnformation Reviewed by: (1) (2) (3)

CIWOS Coordinator

Sa Domestic \AM/TF CIWQS Date: 3t8t2023 CIWQS ID 50950558

Sanqer lnd ustrial \AM/TF 31812023 50950559
FAGILITY INFORMATION
3.0 mgd (domestic)
Domestic \ A/VTF and lndustrial\AtllVTF 1.3 mqd (industria r)
FACILIry DESCRIPTION DISCHARGE FLOW LIMIT(S)

Screeninq, Clarifier. DAF , gravity thickener, anaerobic diqester for both \MffTFs ilt
TREATMENT DESCRIPTION FACILITY CLASSIFICATION (POTW Only)
Percolation/evaporation ponds for the domestic, discharqe to cropped LAA for the industrial.
DISPOSAL DESCRIPTION (e.9., disposal ponds, spreading basins, leachfields, land appli€tion area, etc.)

Sludqe is disposed of offsite.

SLUDGE HANDLING AND STORAGE DESCRIPTION

BACKGROUND
Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. R5-2014-0004 for the City of Sanger (City or Discharger) regulates
the City's domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility (V1 /WF) WDRs Order No. 98-131 for the City regulates the City's
lndustrialWastewater Treatment Facility (l\ A/VTF). The \M/VTF is in the City's corporation yard adjacent to the lWUflF.
The \AAfiTF is separate from the IWVTF except that both share sludge processing operations. The \MNTF features a
bar screen, primary clarification, aeration basin, activated sludge treatment and disposal to percolation/evaporation
ponds. About 90 percent of the sludge is derived from the \A /VTF. The \AA&TF's sludge drying beds are paved with
asphalt that is underlain with a plastic liner. There are underdrains for the drying beds that divert leachate back to the
WVTF headworks. The I\M/VTF consists of headworks, clarification, two aerated treatment ponds, three storage ponds,
and effluent is discharged to a 116-acre Land Application Area (LM) for disposal. \ A/VTF effluent is conveyed in a
three-mile-long pipeline to six percolation/evaporation ponds near Lincoln Avenue known collectively as the "Domestic
Lincoln Ponds." Currentiy, VIA//TF effluent is discharged primarily to only three ponds (Ponds 1 - 3) and the other three
ponds are for emergency use. Order No. R5-2014-0004 authorizes a monthly average daily discharge of 3.0 million
gallons per day (mgd). Order 98-131 authorizes a monthly average daily discharge of 1.3 mgd.

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WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR INFORMATION

Svlvester Perez v-5759 Plant Operator
Anthonv W. McDaniel ilr-7616 Operator lll
Jose A. Padilla ilt-10232 Operator lll
Alex J ll-44080 Operator I
Stephen G Woods |-4617 Operator I
Anthony Garcia ll-10519 Weekend Operator ll
Edqar W. Gonzalez NA Operator in Traininq
PLANT OPERATOR OPEMTOR GRADE IDENTIFY NUMBER OF OTHER OPERATORS PER GRADE

INSPECTION OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS

Describe observations and findings and identifiT those that document and reference each violation listed in the lnspection Violations Summary table by
identifying the cited violation number within parentheses following the observation/fi nding (e.9., Available freeboard in Pond 1 was < two feet (V1)).

I arrived onsite about 0945 and met with Jose Padilla, Operator lll. We then walked to the headworks. The domestic and
industrial influent enter the facilities in two separate channels. The bar screen for the domestic flow was missing (photo
1) and had been removed in December 2022 due to it malfunctioning. Objectionable odors were strong in the vicinity of
the headworks. Mr. Padilla stated that debris is removed from the domestic influent manually. The bar screen was
present for the industrial \ A/VTF. The industrial flume is shown in Photo 2. I then observed the domestic clarifier (photo
3) which had some debris likely due to the lack of a bar screen. The industrial clarifier appeared to be functioning
correctly (Photo 4) We then visited Domestic Clarifier #3, where rags were present within the clarifier likely due to the
lack of a bar screen (Photo 5). The sludge from the two \AMTFs is combined and first goes to the thickener (Photo 6),
then the DAF (Photo 7), and the Digester (Photo 8). The domestic wastewater flows to an aeration basin (Photo 9) prior
to discharge to the Lincoln Avenue Ponds. We then drove by the industrial aerated ponds (Photo 10), the industrial LAA
which had just been harvested (Photo 11), and MW-3 on the south end of the industrial ponds (Photo 12). We then
drove south to the Lincoln Avenue Ponds. Adequate signage was present (photo 13). We drove around the ponds,
which were weed free. A photo of Lincoln Avenue Pond 1 is included as Photo 14.

I identified violations of Order Provision F.5 and Standard Provision A.7 for failure to maintain the Domestic \M/VTF in
good working order (the bar screen was missing). In addition, the strong objectionable odors at the headworks threaten
to cause a nuisance condition by being perceivable beyond the \AA/VTF property during warmer times of the year which
would be a violation of Discharge Specification C.7.

SELF.MONITORING REPORT REVIEW SUMMARY

The domestic V\AIVTF Self-Monitoring Reports (SMRs) were reviewed for the period October 2020 through December
2022 and 65 violations were found which included:

Daily maximum limit for BOD of 80 mg/L was exceeded 13 times and was as high as270 mglL.
Monthly average limit for BOD of 40 mg/L was exceeded 1 3 times and was as high as 185 mg/L.
Daily maximum limit for TSS of 80 mg/L was exceeded 11 times and was as high as 640 mg/L.
Monthly average limit for TSS of 40 mg/L was exceeded 12 times and was as high as 218 mg/1.
Monthly average limit for total nitrogen of 10 mg/L was exceeded 6 times and was as high as 39 mg/L.
Nine late reports and deficient monitoring on one occasion.

The industrial \AMTF SMRs were reviewed for the period April 2020 through December 2022 and 51 violations were
found which included:

The EC limit of source plus 500 pmhos/cm was exceeded 29 times and was as high as 613 pmhos/cm over the limit.
The pH was less than the minimum limit of 6.0 pH units on one occasion.
Dissolved oxygen in the ponds was less than 1 mg/L on 7 occasions.
There were 11 late reports, one missing report, and deficient monitoring on two occasions.
ln addition, the 2021 and 20221\ AIVTF reports are missing the annual groundwater analytical data and water flow net
diagrams required by the Order.

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PHOTOGRAPHS
Jeff Hannel on 16 F 2023

20?3 09:53

Photo 1. Missing bar screen at Domestic \ A/VTF Photo 2. lndustrial \AI]//TF flume.
headworks.

Photo 3. Domestic clarifier Photo 4. lndustrial clarifier

Photo 5. Domestic Clarifier #3 with rags present Photo 6. Thickener

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Photo 7. DAF Photo B. Digester in background, view west.

Photo 9. Domestic aeration basin Photo 10. lndustrialaerated pond

Photo 11. lndustrial LAA. Photo 12. lndustrial MW-3

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Photo 13. Signage at entrance to Lincoln Avenue Photo 14. Lincoln Avenue Pond 1. View southeast.
Ponds. View south.

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Water Boards
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SECflETAFY
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PRO'ECTION

CentralValley Regional ltl/ater Quality Control Eoard

17 September 2019

John Mulligan, Public Works Director

City of Sanger
1700 7th Street
Sanger, CA 93657

REQUIRED REPORTS, WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5.2014-

SANGER DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, FRESNO
OOO4,
COUNTY

Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order R5-2014-0004 required submittal of the

following documents and implementation of the following actions:

. By 8 August 2014 submit an lndustrial Pretreatment Program (Provision F.16,a)

. By 8 February 2016 implement the lndustrial Pretreatment Program (Provision
F.16.b)
. By 9 February 2015 submit a work plan and implementation schedule that
identifies the specific measures the City will employ to ensure compliance with
Effluent Limitation B.3 and Discharge Specification C.1 (Provision F.19.a)
. No later than 8 February 2016 begin implementation of the approved work plan
and schedule (Provision F.19.b)
o Annually submit the Pretreatment lnformation required by Monitoring and
Reporting Program R5-201 4-0004.

CentralValley RegionalWater Quality Control Board staff reviewed the case file and
could not locate the above required documents or documentation that the required
actions have been implemented. By 18 October 2O19, please provide the dates the
documents were submitted and the dates the required actions were implemented. lf the
documents have not been submitted, please provide their status.

lf you have any questions regarding this mafter, please contact Jeff Hannel at
(559) 445-6193 or via ail at ihan nel@waterboards. ca.qov.

,/4 Kr-rfu't{N,fr4
JEFFREY W. HANNEL RUSSELL W. WALLS
Engineering Geologist Senior Engineer
Kenr- E. Loucrev ScD, P.E., crrnrR I PnrRtcr Puuupe, Eso., EXEcunvE oFFrcEF

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