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RESOLUTION HONORING MT. VIEW SANITARY RESOLUTION NO. 2008/327
DISTRICT AT THEIR 85TH ANNIVERSARY
WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary District was established in 1923 to provide.for the collection, treatment and
disposal of wastewater to.the residents in unincorporated areas east of the City of Martinez; and
WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary District began developing a system of sewers which initially discharged to a
community septic tank; and in 1951 the District constructed a primary treatment plant which discharged to
Peyton Slough, and in 1968 the plant became one of the first publicly owned treatment works in the bay area to
expand to provide full secondary treatment; and
WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary District was led in 1974 by an independent-minded Board of Directors and a
forward-thinking engineer, Warren Nute of.NUTE Engineering-, and became the first District of its type to create
the first wetland on the entire West Coast using secondary treated effluent to provide environmental benefits;
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WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary District has,saved tsgate`payers millionstof.edollars in providing an alternative to
the requirement of a deep water outfallline;.arti��=` -��' •�
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WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary.District commissioned,.the first full scale--s`and`fihratign;and ultraviolet (UV)
disinfection system in Northern:Callfornia;eliminating the use of.%a- 'h azardous materials such as chlorine
and their byproducts; and
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WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary`DistriY,: ct.was the recipient of the Public Education;Awaid presented by the Bay
Section of the California W. ter:Environment Association for developing an-Interpretive Cehter.'Pt6gram which
has promoted pollution prevention awareness and understanding'6f waterq- y.;and environmental issues;:and
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WHEREAS, Mt. View:$a.nitary District has received-numerous awards:from;-several-professoral.groilps as well
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as awards from th&U S. EPA and the San Francisco Bay"Regional Water Quality:1 ontrol'Board :and it is the
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first publicly owned treatment works.'(POTW)to be certified-as a;Green Business,in;tlie San:Frar cis4.
co Bay Area.
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NOW, THEREFOREME•IT,RESOLVED that-<the Board•of Supervlsorsl,of;Contra Costa.County does hereby
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SUSAN A. BONILLA "` ''` FEDERAL D. GLOVER, Chair
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
GAL . UILKEMA
District II Supervisor
Q► - fib' 1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered into the
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• minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
* r,!.i��' `• John Cullen,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
a� Deputy Clerk
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