HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 02281995 - 95-76 In the Matter of Commending RESOLUTION NO.95/76
Mt. View Sanitary District on the
Dedication of its Plant Improvements
to Disinfect Wastewater by
the Use of Ultraviolet Light
WHEREAS, seventy-two years ago Mt. View Sanitary District was created to provide sanitary sewer and wastewater
treatment services to the unincorporated area of Contra Costa County in the vicinity of Martinez; and
WHEREAS, during the intervening years since its creation Mt. View Sanitary District has grown with the county to
provide sanitary sewer services to the residents of the District and the treatment of-wastewater to protect the waters of
the county and state; and
WHEREAS, the District's ownership, management and maintenance of a portion of the Shell Marsh has provided the
county and state with an environmental wetland that is a natural habitat show place for nature lovers; and
WHEREAS,the District's latest accomplishment to preserve and protect the environment is the construction of a project
to disinfect treated wastewater by the use of sand filters and ultraviolet light; and
WHEREAS, this advanced use of sand filtering and ultraviolet light will enhance the environment by the elimination of
the use of acutely hazardous chemical compounds of gaseous chlorine, sulphur dioxide and ammonia in the treatment of
wastewater; and
WHEREAS,the new state of the art filter and ultraviolet treatment process will meet the District's discharge requirements
set by the Regional Water Quality Control Board to provide a wastewater disinfection as effective as chlorine without the
use of hazardous chemicals; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 1995, Mt. View Sanitary District will formally dedicate the new sand filter ultraviolet
wastewater treatment system at the District's Treatment Plant, End of Arthur Road, Martinez, California,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED:
1. The Board of Supervisors recognizes the benefits received by the environment and the public health by
eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals from the treatment of wastewater.
2. The Mt. View Sanitary District, its Directors, Officers and Employees are congratulated on the completion of
the ultraviolet wastewater treatment project.
3. The Board of Supervisors commends the sincere efforts of Mt. View Sanitary District to maintain a healthy
environment and sets the District as an example to other public entities of what can be done to protect the public health
and maintain our natural habitat.
PASSED by vote of the Board members present on this 28th day of February, 1995.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
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Supelvisor, District II Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this 28th
day of February, 1995.
PHIL BATCHELOR, County
Administrator and Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
By
Depu Clerk