REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on an Agreement with Revel Environmental Manufacturing, Inc. for Maintenance, Data Collection and Reporting for Installed Full Trash Capture Devices
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES Permit (MRP) requires permittees to achieve no visual impact from trash (100 percent trashload reduction) in the stormwater system by the year 2022. In FY 2016/17, it was determined that the City had attained 85 percent trashload reduction through a combination of full trash capture netting systems at the Westside Retention Basin, 574 full trash capture devices installed in individual stormwater catch basins located in City streets, enhanced commercial/industrial street sweeping, and the implementation of single-use carryout bag and expanded polystyrene foam food serviceware ordinances. The intent of the trash capture devices is to trap all particles retained by a 5mm mesh screen such as cans, plastics, paper, cigarette butts and other debris from the stormwater system before they enter creeks and rivers in route to the San Francisco Bay.
The City of Santa Clara has been divided into 13 trash management areas (TMA) as shown in Attachment 1. Full trash capture devices have been installed in medium to high trashload generating portions of TMA 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 12 to achieve the current percent trashload reduction. Full trash capture devices will need to be installed in catch basin inlets in all of TMA 9 and portions of TMA 5, 10, 11, and 13 to achieve the 100 percent trashload reduction mandate by June 30, 2022.
The MRP requires that the full trash capture devices be cleaned at least two times per fiscal year and that data be collected for each service. The service report data includes items such as the inlet identification number, date of service, percentage of filter capacity taken up by debris, and estimated amount and...
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