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

• SSO Data. The overall purpose and intent of the GWDRs is to reduce the amount
and severity of SSOs. It is critical that the Port have available detailed information
regarding SSOs that occur within the Port in order to establish whether or not the
SSMP is effective in meeting the intent of the WDRs. The new statewide reporting
requirements should help the Port to store this information, because the Port’s SSO
reports are now maintained on a state run database available through the SWRCB
website 1
. Appendix O also provides a table that can be used by the Port to maintain
relevant information pertaining to each SSO as it occurs.
10.2.2 SSMP Implementation Monitoring
To accurately gauge the progress of the SSMP and its successes or failures in preventing
SSOs, the Port should establish a key staff member, or a group of staff members, to
periodically monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the SSMP elements to
determine which SSMP elements are being implemented or not implemented, and their
general performance to date. This information will be useful in the preparation of SSMP
program audits (See Chapter 11) to establish overall trends. Notes or records of the
monitoring activities should be kept on file, and can be placed in Appendix N as noted in
Section 10.1.1.
10.2.3 Preventative Maintenance Program Evaluation
To accurately gauge the progress of the SSMP and its successes or failures of the Port
preventative maintenance program, the Port should establish a key staff member, or a
group of staff members, to periodically review its performance. This information will be
useful in the preparation of SSMP program audits (Chapter 11). Notes or records of the
monitoring activities should be kept on file, and can be placed in Appendix N as noted in
Section 10.1.1.
10.2.4 SSMP Program Updates
Updates to the Port’s SSMP programs will be performed based on the results of the two
year program audits discussed in Chapter 11 of this report or whenever there are major
changes to the SSMP. All program updates and modifications should be approved by the
Port’s Legally Responsible Official (LRO), the Water Systems Engineer, and incorporated
into the SSMP report, when necessary. If there are major changes to the SSMP, it needs to
be re-certified by the Port’s LRO on CIWQS. At a minimum, the Port shall update and recertify
the SSMP once every five (5) years. The Port should budget for the costs associated
with the SSMP updates.
10.2.5 SSO Trends
In order to optimize the performance of the Port’s sanitary sewer collection system, it is
necessary to identify any SSO trends that may exist. Through the identification of such
1 http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ciwqs/
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