Major Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs)

A major sanitary sewer overflow occurs when sewage overflows the sewers (SRCSD's major conveyance system) in an amount greater than 1,000 gallons and/or reaches creeks, rivers or other surface waters.

Target

A numeric target has not been set at this time. SRCSD will continue to collect data during the coming years and will establish a target in the future.

Purpose

This Service Level reflects proper capacity, operation and maintenance of major conveyance (interceptor) facilities.

Critical Activities

Critical work activities that influence SSOs include planning for adequate system capacity, designing reliable facilities, maintaining facilities to assure that they are in good operating condition, training staff to assure that good operational practices are followed, implementing methods to detect SSOs quickly, and implementing response procedures. Even if facilities are managed properly, SSOs can still occur because of extreme or unusual operating conditions that were not planned for during the design of the facilities.

2009 Performance

There were no major sanitary sewer overflows in 2009.

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