The Board approved a contract with ADH Technical Services, Inc. (d/b/a ADH Environmental) for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020 in the amount of $2,023,319. The Contra Costa Clean Water Program (the “CCCWP”) consists of Contra Costa County, its 19 incorporated cities/towns, and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Permittees”). The CCCWP was established in 1991 through a Program Agreement in response to the 1987 amendments to the federal Clean Water Act (the “CWA), which established a framework for regulating municipal stormwater discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit Program. The United States Environmental Protection Agency published final rules implementing the 1987 CWA amendments in November 1990. The rules mandate that Permittees obtain and implement stormwater permits designed to reduce and eliminate the discharge of pollutants into and from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems they own and operate. Through the CCCWP, Permittees conduct many of the mandated activities collectively (referred to as “Group Activities”), such as water quality monitoring, special studies, and public education. The roles and responsibilities of the CCCWP and Permittees are outlined in the Program Agreement, which was last updated and adopted by all Permittees in June 2010.
The CCCWP’s Management Committee has directed that certain requirements of the NPDES Permits, such as water quality monitoring, be coordinated, implemented, and funded as a Group Activity.
The CCCWP’s stormwater monitoring program covers a variety of water quality monitoring activities, special studies, and pilot projects designed to identify and evaluate sources, pathways, loadings and impacts of pollutants that reach local creeks and streams, and eventually into San Francisco Bay and the Delta. These pollutants include mercury, PCBs, and trash. The program also investigates the effectiveness of stormwater treatment control technologies. All of these activities meet the requirements of the NPDES Permits.
CCCWP staff, on behalf of the Permittees, respectfully requests approval of this contract amendment with ADH Technical Services, Inc. (d/b/a ADH Environmental) to add $1,676,681 and to extend the term from June 30, 2020 to June 30, 2022
If this Contract with ADH Technical Services, Inc. (d/b/a ADH Environmental) is not approved, the CCCWP would not be able to fulfill the permit mandates, and municipalities could be found in non-compliance with the NPDES permits issued by the Water Boards. Fines totaling $10,000 per day and $10 per gallon of stormwater discharged could potentially be imposed.