CLARK COUNTY Water Reclamation District
Board of Trustees
AGENDA ITEM
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Thomas A. Minwegen, General Manager |
Recommendation:
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Approve and authorize the General Manager to extend Clark County Water Reclamation District (District) Resolution No. 18-001, Establishing a Pilot Program to Study the Use of Alternative Devices to Control Fats, Oils, Grease and Grit (FOGG) in the Districts sanitary sewer system; or take other action as appropriate. (For possible action)
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Extend Resolution 18-001 |
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BACKGROUND:
Gravity interceptors are used to control fats, oil, grease, and grit (FOGG) from entering and disrupting the District’s sanitary sewer system causing significant environmental, safety, and health issues in the community. The District’s Service Rules, the Uniform Plumbing Code (as adopted in Southern Nevada) (UPC), and applicable health code requirements generally require the use of in-ground gravity FOGG interceptors by food establishments, but installing the required in-ground gravity interceptor for an existing building is not always reasonably possible. The health code and the UPC allow for alternative methods of FOGG capture and disposal under certain circumstances.
The Board of Trustees (BOT) approved District Resolution 18-001 Establishing a Pilot Program to Study the Use of Alternative Devices to control FOGG. The pilot program is currently scheduled to end on December 31, 2023. To date, there are sixty-one (61) alternative devices in the program, which provides only a very limited sample group to study.
The District would like to continue the study for another two years to add participants and expand the size of the sample group. Staff asks the Board to extend Resolution 18-001 for an additional two years, beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2025, and to authorize the General Manager to further extend the study until such time as the General Manager determines whether the District should adopt more permanent rules allowing for the conditional use of an alternative FOGG device in lieu of a gravity inground FOGG interceptor.
This agenda item has been reviewed and approved by the District General Counsel.