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RESOLUTION HONORING MT. VIEW SANITARY RESOLUTION NO. 2008/327
DISTRICT AT THEIR 85"" 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;
and
WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary District has-,saved its-rate payers millions of:dollars in providing an alternative to
the requirement of a dee -water outfall: inea.nd
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WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary.District cdmmissioned the first full`scal&sand:`filtration.,a ultraviolet (UV)
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disinfection system in Northeri f;Califomi`a eliminating-the use of all.acutely'hazardous.materials such as chlorine
and their byproducts- and
WHEREAS, Mt. View Sanitary;Distndt.was the recipient of the Public Education:Awa'Tot6sented by the Bay
Section of the California Water Environment Association for developing an InterpretiveCenter program which
has promoted pollutionprevention awareness and understanding:of water`qualty.:and environmental issues; and
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WHEREAS, Mt. View $anitary District has received-numerous awards from;.several:professional grdups as well
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as awards from the:US EPA and the San,Francisco Bay Regional QualitYControi:Board :ard;it is the
first publicly owned treatment works..(POTW)to..be certified as`a Green Business,in the San Francisco.,Bay Area.
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NOW, THEREFORE 13E;JT RESOLVED;that:th&Board of Supervisors of Corntra Costa..Co'"ty does:hereby
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SUSAN A. BONILLA ",` FEDERAL D. GLOVER,Chair .
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
GAL . UILKEMA
District II Supervisor
►�' $D - ��' I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered into the
_ + minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
* , - John Cullen,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
Deputy Clerk .
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