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RESOLUTION NO. 4602
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA IN SUPPORT OF MODIFYING THE UNI-
FORM SECONDARY TREATMENT ~QUIREMENT OF PL 92-500
WHEREAS, PL 92-500, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
requires that all municipal wastewaters receive at least secondary
treatment regardless of receiving water conditions; and
WHEREAS, comprehensive scientific studies conducted by the
Southern California Coastal Water Research project have shown that
alternative treatment systems incorporating deep ocean outfall diffusers
will result in environmental conditions as satisfactory and perhaps pre-
ferable to those achieved after biological secondary treatment; and
WHEREAS, the reduced capital and o~eration and maintenance
costs associated with alternative treatment systems are projected to
save the nation over $2 billion: and
WHEREAS, the total costs of providing uniform secondary treat-
ment and supplemental treatment for water quality-limited waters sub-
stantially exceeds the funding levels anticipated by Congress; and
WHEREAS, the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County are
committed to having one-half of the projected 400 million gallons per
day of unnecessary biological secondary treatment capacity under con-
struction by 1978;
NOW, THE~EFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND DETERMINED by the City
Council of the City of Arcadia' that the City of Arcadia, California,
hereby urges Congress to:
(1) Amend PL 92-500 to permit the Administrator, in the
case of any publicly owned treatment works discharging to marine waters,
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to authorize an alternative to secondary treatment upon a showing
satisfactory to the Administrator that such alternative would result
in an equal or preferable effect on the receiving waters at a lesser
cost in money, or material resources, or both.
(2) Adopt said amendment prior to the end of 1977
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the' City Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on
the 21st day of December, 1976, by the affirmative vote of at least
three Council members, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Gilb, Margett, Parry, Saelid and Lauber
NOES:
None
C1ty Clerk of the C1ty of Arcad1a
ABSENT: None
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 21st
day of
December
, 1976.
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Ma or of the Cit1 f ~rcadia
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C1ty Clerk
(SEAL)
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