LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 17-2629    Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 8/30/2017 In control: Broken Arrow Municipal Authority
On agenda: 9/5/2017 Final action: 9/5/2017
Title: Acknowledgement of submittal of the June through August 2017 Pretreatment Report to the Regional Metropolitan Utility Authority (RMUA)
Attachments: 1. RMUA 817
Broken Arrow Municipal Authority
Meeting of: 09-05-17

To: Chairman and Authority Members
From: Utilities Department
Title:
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Acknowledgement of submittal of the June through August 2017 Pretreatment Report to the Regional Metropolitan Utility Authority (RMUA)
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Background:
City of Broken Arrow pretreatment staff prepared a quarterly report to the Regional Metropolitan Utility Authority outlining pretreatment activities for significant industrial users, commercial users, and food handling establishments discharging wastewater to the Haikey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The activities listed are for June through August 2017.

The following is a summary of the report:

All Broken Arrow significant industrial users (SIU) in the Haikey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant basin are currently in compliance with City of Broken Arrow pretreatment regulations as listed in the Broken Arrow discharge permits and municipal code.

Mandatory industrial user monitoring reports were received by the due dates, with no deficiencies. Surcharges for bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), and oil & grease above residential thresholds were issued to Unifirst in June for the amount of $3,640.91, in July for the amount of $1,116.12 and in August for the amount of $2,904.26.

Staff inspected 27 industrial sewer users this quarter as a part of the 5-year, comprehensive survey that is required by DEQ. The purpose of the survey is to determine compliance with the sewer use/pretreatment requirements that are outlined in Chapter 24, Article V of the Broken Arrow Municipal Code. Industrial processes that have waste streams, chemical storage areas, and waste disposal manifests are being inspected to determine if a wastewater discharge permit is necessary. In addition to the industrial users, 70 auto shops were inspected this quarter. Oil/water separators are inspected for proper mainte...

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