HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 06032003 - 70-218 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Federal
Subventions for Construction } RESOLUTION NUMBER 74/218
of Sewage Treatment Facilities .
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WHEREAS in past ,years efforts by the Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County, California, to obtain federal funds for
expansion or improvement of sewage treatment facilities have met
with little success ; and
WHEREAS this Board on March 24, ,1374 pursuant to the
Federal dater Pollution Control Act, once again authorized sub--
mission of applications for federal grants for sewage treatment
works in Contra: Costa County SanitationDistricts Numbers 3, 7-A
and 15; and
WHEREAS existing; plant facilities of Contra Costa County
Sanitation Districts Numbers 3 and 7»-A are not now in compliance
with the requirements established by the San Francisco Bay
Regional Water Quality Control Board and effluent discharges
from said districts are adding to the pollution of the San Pablo
Bay and Suisun Bay, which are bodies of 'water used for domestic
and industrial water supplies , for propagation of fish and aquatic
life, as wildlife habitats , and for recreational, purposes ; and
WHEREAS the projects proposed to be financed by federal
fundis for Districts Numbers 3 and 7-A will assist the districts
in bringing plant facilities up to acceptable standards ; and
WHEREAS federal: funds being sought for District Number 15
are for the purpose of assisting said district in financing a
sewerage service project within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
area; and
WHEREAS the project proposed for District Number 15 will
eliminate discharges of existing and future raw sewage into the
Delta waters and will aid in preserving the high quality of said
waters which are a source of municipal, agricultural and industrial
water supply for Central and Eastern Contra Costa County and are
also used to a' substantial extent for recreational purposes; and
WHEREAS protection of our waters from further degradation
has become a matter of utmost concern to all thinking Americans;
NOW, THEREFORE,, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, RESOLVED that state and federal authorities
are urged to approve the applications submitted to provide funds
for the aforesaid sewage treatment plants at the earliest passible
date so that prompt action may be taken to prevent water Dollution
and to improve environmental sanitation.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 74/218
BE IT BY THE BOARD FURTHER RESOLVED that U. S. Senators
George Murphy and Alan Cranston and Congressman Jerome R. Waldie
be asked to contact both California State and Federal authorities
and urge approval of the federal allocations so that the afore-
said serious situations may be correctedin the immediate future .
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of Anril, 1970 by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, Alfred 4. Dias ,
James E. Moriarty, Edmund A. Linscheid, Thomas
John Coll.
NOES: None .
ABSENT' None.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 70/218