Oro Loma Sanitary District

Environmental Compliance

The Environmental Compliance Program implements pretreatment practices through reducing, eliminating, and altering the amount of pollutants in wastewater, making it less harmful prior to or in lieu of discharging such pollutants into the District's wastewater system. The reduction or alteration of pollutants can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, or process changes by other means, except as prohibited by District Ordinance No. 39. The pretreatment program protects the wastewater treatment plant's biological process, which is vital for sewage treatment. The Program administers and regulates in accordance with Federal and State regulations as well as Ordinance 39-9. The purpose of Ordinance 39-9 is to set forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors into the District wastewater system and to enable the District to comply with all applicable State and Federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and of 1986 and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR, Part 403).