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Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) - Condition Assessment and Facility Plan Update - Receive a report and update presentation on the Condition Assessment, Facility Plan and Master Plan Update for the Water Reclamation Facility.
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Deadline for Action: 2/20/2024
Submitting Department: Public Works
Contact Name and Phone Number: Nick Bartsch, Public Works Director, nick.bartsch@visalia.city, 713-4052
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that Council receive a report and update presentation on the Condition Assessment, Facility Plan and Master Plan Update for the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF).
Background Discussion:
In 2018, the City completed a $150 million upgrade to the City's Water Reclamation Facility (WRF). This project made various improvements throughout the plant utilizing a tertiary treatment process, thus creating the ability to produce California Title 22 compliant recycled water using membrane bioreactor (MBR) treatment, and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection technologies. This upgrade was necessary as a result of the Central Valley Water Board's adoption of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit (NPDES No. CA0079189) under Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) Order R5-2014-0076, which increased regulation on processed wastewater discharge into Mill Creek in 2014. Therefore, these improvements to the facility allowed for treatment and disinfection for up to 22.0 million gallons of wastewater per day (mgd) and the rerouting of the plant's effluent to alternative destinations and uses. The treatment processes remove greater than 99% of traditional pollutants and allows the permitted ability to provide disinfected tertiary effluent to not only the City's basins, but also to Tulare Irrigation District canals, the Visalia Municipal Airport, Plaza Park, the golf course and nearby farmland.
However, the significant upgrades...
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