Broken Arrow Municipal Authority
Meeting of: 11-07-17
To: Chairman and Authority Members
From: Utilities Department
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Acknowledgement of Submittal of the Broken Arrow/Lynn Lane Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Pretreatment Report to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
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Background:
City of Broken Arrow is required by Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (OPDES) Permit No. 0040053 to operate a pretreatment program in accordance with Section 402(b)(8) of the Clean Water Act, the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR 403) and the provisions of the approved industrial pretreatment program. In the month of October, the City of Broken Arrow is required to submit a status report to DEQ of the pretreatment program activities for the previous 12 months. City pretreatment staff submitted an annual report to DEQ outlining pretreatment activities for significant industrial users that discharge wastewater to the Lynn Lane Wastewater Treatment Basin. The report is for the period of October 2016 to September 2017.
The following is a summary of the report:
Report of Changes to the Approved Pretreatment Program
There have been no changes made or requested to the current City of Broken Arrow/ Lynn Lane Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Approved Industrial Pretreatment Program.
Industrial User (IU) Wastewater Survey
The IU Wastewater Survey is continually updated for Broken Arrow. All new non-residential utility customers are given a one-page short survey to fill out before they can obtain water service. The surveys are then forwarded to the pretreatment office.
A comprehensive IU Survey is performed every 5 years and was initiated in late 2016. Facilities are inspected for compliance with City of Broken Arrow Municipal Code Chapter 24, Article V, Requirements for Discharge to the Sanitary Sewer System (Industrial Pretreatment Program).
Survey inspections focused on proc...
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