Port-Wide Sewer System Management Plan(SSMP) - Port of Oakland

Chapter 10
MONITORING, MEASUREMENT, AND
PROGRAM MODIFICAITONS
This chapter presents a summary of the steps to be taken by the Port of Oakland (Port) to
evaluate the effectiveness of the Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) and update it
should improvements be necessary or desirable.
10.1 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
10.1.1 San Francisco Bay Area RWQCB Requirements
The San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) requires that
each wastewater collection system agency shall monitor the effectiveness of each SSMP
element, and update and modify SSMP elements to keep them current, accurate, and
available for audit as appropriate.
10.1.2 SWRCB Requirements
The State General Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 2006-0003 (GWDRs) specify
that the City shall:
a. Maintain relevant information that can be used to establish and prioritize
appropriate SSMP activities;
b. Monitor the implementation and, where appropriate, measure the effectiveness
of each element of the SSMP;
c. Assess the success of the preventative maintenance program;
d. Update program elements, as appropriate, based on monitoring or performance
evaluations; and
e. Identify and illustrate sanitary sewer overflows (SSO) trends, including
frequency, location, and volume.
10.2 MONITORING, MEASUREMENT, AND PROGRAM
MODIFICATION
As part of the GWDRs, the Port is required to perform periodic SSMP program audits, as
outlined in Chapter 11. The monitoring, measurement, and program modification element of
the SSMP is closely paired with the program audits element, in that the information
collected as part of the monitoring, measurement, and program modification element (such
as SSO trends, etc.) will be used while performing the SSMP program audits.
10.2.1 SSMP Information Maintenance Program
In order to streamline SSMP audits (performed at least once every two years) and updates
(at least once every five years), it is necessary to store and maintain relevant information
related to individual SSMP elements so that they can be easily located and accessed in the
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