By: Board of Public Works
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Resolution approving the 2022 Compliance Maintenance Resolution
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WHEREAS, the City of Wauwatosa is required under its Wisconsin Pollution Discharge Elimination
System (WPDES) permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to file a Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR) for its wastewater collection system under Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 208; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acknowledge that the governing body has reviewed the Compliance
Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR); and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide recommendations or an action response plan for all individual
CMAR section grades of “C” or less and/or an overall grade point average less than 3.00; and
WHEREAS, after receiving an “A” on the one credit financial management section and an “A” on the three-credit collection system section, the City of Wauwatosa’s overall grade point average is 4.0;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Wauwatosa to accept the 2022 Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR) and that the following recommendations and actions be taken to address and correct problems and deficiencies of the collection system as identified in the Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR) in order to maintain compliance with effluent limitations and permit conditions and eliminate Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO):
1) Continue with the City’s accelerated Inflow and Infiltration elimination program.
2) Continue with its current sanitary sewer collection system operational procedures and make improvements where necessary.
3) Initiate additional engineering studies in areas where there may be inadequate capacity.
4) Perform orderly and timely repairs and maintenance.
5) Add newly identified troubled spots to a monthly maintenance schedule.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Director of Public Works or his representative is hereby designated to act as the City of Wauwatosa’s authorized representative for administering and submitting the Compliance Maintenance Annual Report and that he is hereby directed to make that submittal.
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Recommendation: Approve 5-0