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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings
F1
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- SEWER CONNECTIONS A least one "Will Serve" letter was issued to allow a development of approximately 40 homes to be connected to the MSD sanitary sewer system. Since the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and the Notice of Violation (NoV) received from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) indicates that the system is already at capacity, the Grand Jury (GJ) questions the decision to allow more sewer connections. The GJ understands that MSD and Hay Station Ranch have received new or revised Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) from the CRWQCB, but MSD still lacks a signed agreement with Hay Station Ranch that reflects the new or updated WDR's in which case MSD is still operating under the old agreement. This agreement does not allow MSD to meet the Pond 4 freeboard requirement.
No recommendations for this finding
F2
Page 22
- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE The wastewater treatment plant was upgraded in 2002-2003 at a cost to the district of about $400,000.00. The GJ has not been able to find any documentation that specified to the district engineer what was the required outcome expected for the upgrade. A report prepared in March 2007 by the independent engineering firm of Brown and Caldwell said that the upgrade was "apparently intended" to allow the MSD to produce Title 22 tertiary effluent. The plant, in its’ present state, is only capable of continuously producing Title 22 18
No recommendations for this finding