1 CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. ______
APPROVING THE CITY OF ALAMEDA SEWER SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT PLAN, JULY 1, 2025
WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) previously issued Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ, Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer Systems, dated May 2, 2006 , which include d, among other requirements, the development of a Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP); and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2009, City Council adopted Resolution No. 14634 approving the City’s first SSMP and subsequently on October 21, 2014, adopted Resolution No. 14976 approving an updated SSMP; and
WHEREAS, SWRCB Order No. 2006 -0003-DWQ was replaced on December 6, 2022, by SWRCB Order WQ 2022 -0103-DWQ Statewide Waste Discharge Requirements, General Order for Sanitary Sewer Systems, which became effective on June 5, 2023; and
WHEREAS, SWRCB Order WQ 2022-0103-DWQ requires updates and additions to the previously required SSMP; and
WHEREAS, SWRCB Order WQ 2022-0103-DWQ requires the updated SSMP to be presented to the City Council at a public meeting and formally adopted to assure that the public can comment on the sewer system policies and procedures; and
WHEREAS, SWRCB Order WQ 2022-0103-DWQ requires a sewer system serving a population the size of Alameda’s to have a City Council approved updated SSMP submitted to the SWRCB by August 2, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the updated SSMP is consistent with the City’s work requirements in the Final Consent Decree for Consolidated Case Nos. C 09-00186-RS and C 09-05684- RS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that the Sewer System Management Plan, July 1, 2025, is approved.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 1st day of July 2025, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 2nd day of July 2025.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda