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The following publications and reports have been produced by or for the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). Pollution prevention information and programs are supplied to residents as well as businesses within the service area. Forms, applications and permits can be found on the "forms/permits" page. You may make a copy of any document for your own use. However, prior to distribution of any document, in part or in whole, you must first obtain permission by calling the above number. For further information, please call the Environmental Compliance Division at 650-329-2598. Industrial Waste Publications List
The following publications have been produced by or for the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). Pollution prevention information and programs are supplied to residents as well as businesses within the service area.
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| Dry Cleaners - Dry Cleaning Operations
The Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plan (RWQCP) is concerned about potential dry cleaning waste discharges to the sewer system, and has instituted an educational program to ensure that dry cleaning solvent is not discharged to the sewer or storm drain system.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Medical - Pollution Prevention for Hospitals and Medical Facilities
The RWQCP has reviewed many of the activities at the hospitals within its service area. By evaluating the waste generating activities and the waste management practices at these facilities, the following Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been developed.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Medical - You Wouldn't Do This (Poster)
Even though water used in your home is treated before it is discharged into the Bay, modern treatment facilities are not designed to remove medications.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Photographic - Photoprocessing/X-Ray Source Control Program
Over 75% of the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant’s (RWQCP’s) influent silver originates from some 350 relatively small commercial facilities and institutions including photo shops, printers, graphic artists, photographers, dentists, chiropractors, clinics and others.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Photographic - Pollution Prevention Practices for Printers
The Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) has developed these guidelines for water quality protection in order to minimize discharge of metals and other potential pollutants from printers to both the sanitary sewer and storm drain systems.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Plumbers - Control Program for Copper-Based Root Eradicators
Copper, a highly toxic metal, is present in significant amounts near the Regional Water Quality Control Plant’s (RWQCP’s) outfall in San Francisco Bay. Copper is especially poisonous in very small amounts to aquatic plants and animals such as shellfish in early life stages.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Restaurant/Food Services - Food Handling Facilities Fact Sheet
Recent studies show that food handling facilities are one of the sources of releases of water pollutants to storm drains. Improper discharges of oil and grease, food particles, detergents, solvents, and other cleaning products into the storm drains can pose serious problems to our creeks and the Bay.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Contaminated Groundwater Discharge Fees
The Regional Water Quality Control Plant began accepting treated contaminated groundwater in late 1987. Typically, groundwater is from remediation sites contaminated by industrial solvents or leaking fuel tanks.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Sewer Fees For Toxics
The City of Palo Alto instituted, on a pilot basis, a fee system for key toxic pollutants effective July 1, 1992.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
Construction Pollution Prevention Publications
Stormwater pollution is a serious problem for wildlife dependent on our waterways and for the people who live near polluted streams or baylands. Construction sites are common sources of storm water pollution. Materials and wastes that blow or wash into a storm drain, gutter, or street have a direct impact on local creeks and the Bay.
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| General Construction and Site Supervision
Construction sites are common sources of storm water pollution. Materials and wastes that blow or wash into a storm drain, gutter, or street have a direct impact on local creeks and the Bay.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
Copper Pollution Prevention Publications
Commercial and residential sources make up a larger percentage of the total copper loading than ever before. Medical clinics, machine shops, laboratories, other industrial facilities, and residents are being asked to do their part by changing their practices.
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| 2007 Copper Action Plan Report
The purpose of this report is to present the data and information the RWQCP has gathered to address copper control actions.
Item Dated: 06/04/2007 | | |
| Copper Action Plan Report
The purpose of this report is to present the data and information the RWQCP has gathered to address these copper control actions.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Copper Source Identification
Because corrosion by far contributes the greatest amount of copper to the influent load, efforts to reduce copper discharges from corrosion could substantially reduce the observed copper levels.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| The Copper Problem
By increasing the level of treatment at the plant, modifying operations, and running an aggressive source control program, the RWQCP has reduced the copper discharged to the Bay more than 10-fold
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Dioxins Pollution Prevention Plan
The sources and conveyances of dioxins to the wastewater treatment plant were identified in Dioxins Source Identification (EIP, 1997). Using the sources identified and the recommended source reduction strategies in that report, a pollution prevention plan was developed for the large conveyances of dioxins to the RWQCP.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Dioxins Source Identification
The primary conveyances through which dioxins flow to the Regional Water Quality Control Plant appear to be laundry graywater, storm water inflow, shower water, human waste, and toilet paper. Primary local sources of dioxins appear to be residential wood burning and motor vehicles, particularly diesel-fueled motor vehicles.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
Facility Requirements and Best Practices
The facility operations involve hundreds of different activities, many of which have hidden environmental consequences. Nearly every facility contributes pollutants that find their way into the stormwater and wastewater systems.
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General Pollution Prevention Publications
Most people don’t realize that emptying oil and other pollutants into a gutter or storm drain contributes to pollution in our creeks and San Francisco Bay. The pollution prevention program works to regulate and educate residents and businesses through public participation, the keys to the success of environmental compliance programs.
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| 2007 Clean Bay Plan
2007 Clean Bay Plan Entire Report With All Appendices. The plan describes the various source control programs which complement the industrial waste program.
Item Dated: 06/04/2007 | | |
| Bay Area Wastewater Treatment Agencies Phone List
Use the Bay Area Wastewater Treatment Agencies Phone List to find the agency that serves your location select your county. Look for the service area that contains your facility.
Item Dated: 06/04/2007 | | |
| Emily Renzel Wetlands Site Restoration Update
The Emily Renzel Wetlands Site Restoration was designed to expand and enhance the growth of pickleweed, which is the habitat for the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Help Save the Bay… Keep Pollution Away
The pollution prevention program uses Flo the Raccoon to assist in getting the word out about pollution problems related to storm drains.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Reclaimed Water Use
The plant provides the water free of charge to permitted operators of tank trucks, including landscapers and construction contractors.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Statistical Analysis of Regional Water Quality Control Plant Data
For three years (1995-1998), the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant collected influent and effluent concentration data for copper, nickel, and zinc on a weekly basis. The purpose of this document is to examine some of the factors that may influence these concentrations.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Urban Runoff Management Plan
Palo Alto strives to implement a comprehensive water quality protection program covering both storm drain and sanitary sewer discharge issues. The comprehensive Urban Runoff Management Plan addresses these issues.
Item Dated: 06/04/2007 | | |
Home Pollution Prevention Publications
Pollution prevention begins at home. Mercury, copper, dioxins and other pollutants are found in the home. Learn how to protect yourself, your family, and the environment from household pollutants.
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| Home Darkroom Use
Home Darkroom Users Drop Off Spent Photochemicals at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pocket Seafood Selector
Pocket Seafood Selector guide to choosing fish that are both eco-friendly and healthy to eat
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Swimming Pool And Spa Water Not For Storm Drains
Because storm drains in the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) service area flow directly to local creeks and south San Francisco Bay with no treatment, toxic pool treatment chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the environment.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
Industrial Waste Pollution Prevention Publications
In 1990 an Ordinance revision was adopted for the cities within the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) service area requiring the preparation of Waste Minimization (now called "Pollution Prevention") Plans.
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| 2008 Pretreatment Program Annual Report
This report focuses on the discharge activities and compliance status of permitted facilities within the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant's service area.
Item Dated: 02/27/2009 | | |
| 2009 Clean Bay Plan
2009 Clean Bay Plan is an annual report on City of Palo Alto's Pollution Prevention Programs.
Item Dated: 04/22/2009 | | |
| Cyanide Incident, November 1995
In November 1995, the cyanide in the Regional Water Quality Control Plant’s discharge to San Francisco Bay increased dramatically from typical values of 3 to 4 parts per billion (ppb) to as high as 40 ppb.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Industrial Pollution Prevention
In 1990 an Ordinance revision was adopted for the cities within the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) service area requiring the preparation of Waste Minimization (now called "Pollution Prevention") Plans.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Industrial Waste Enforcement
In 1989, the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) began implementing enforcement procedures designed to impose monetary penalties. Enforcement since, has resulted in compliance agreements with industries that violated their discharge limits.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention At Metal Finishers
In 1995, the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) adopted sewer use ordinance provisions that require metal finishing industries to implement pollution prevention.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention At Specific Plating Company
Specific Plating has dramatically reduced its sewer discharges of copper and nickel. The company’s pollution prevention efforts include both modifications of industrial processes and improved waste handling and treatment techniques.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention Review: Davila International Circuits, Inc.
This Fact Sheet is one of six that summarize the findings from pollution prevention reviews conducted by the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This Fact Sheet summarizes the pollution prevention review of Davila International Circuits, Inc. in Mountain View, California.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention Review: Electrite Company, Inc.
This Fact Sheet is one of six that summarize the findings from pollution prevention reviews conducted by the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This Fact Sheet summarizes the pollution prevention review of Electrite Company, Inc. in East Palo Alto, California.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention Review: Martex Circuits, Inc.
This Fact Sheet is one of six that summarize the findings from pollution prevention reviews conducted by the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This Fact Sheet summarizes the pollution prevention review of Martex Circuits, Incorporated in Mountain View, California.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention Review: Specific Plating Company
This Fact Sheet is one of six that summarize the findings from pollution prevention reviews conducted by the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This Fact Sheet summarizes the pollution prevention review of Specific Plating Company in Palo Alto, California.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention Review: Symtron Corporation
This Fact Sheet is one of six that summarize the findings from pollution prevention reviews conducted by the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This Fact Sheet summarizes the pollution prevention review of Symtron Corporation in Mountain View, California.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Pollution Prevention Review: Technitron, Inc.
This Fact Sheet is one of six that summarize the findings from pollution prevention reviews conducted by the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This Fact Sheet summarizes the pollution prevention review of Technitron, Inc. in Mountain View, California.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Wastewater Recycling & Treatment At Space Systems/Loral
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a satellite manufacturer located in the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) service area, has implemented a pollution prevention project that reduced its total wastewater discharge by more than 90%, and its copper discharge by 97%.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Wastewater Recycling At Ramlor, Inc.
Ramlor, Inc. has successfully eliminated its discharge of wastewater to the sewer. The company’s pollution prevention efforts include spray rinsing and recycling of treated rinsewater.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Wastewater Recycling At Watkins-Johnson Company Building 5
Watkins-Johnson’s Building 5 wastewater treatment system began processing waste water in February 1994. In April 1996, Watkins-Johnson Company began to use the treatment system to recycle a large fraction of its process waters from its Building 5 semiconductor fabrication operations.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Wastewater Treatment At Martex Circuits Incorporated
Martex Circuits Corporation (Martex) has reduced its sewer discharges of copper and nickel. The company has used a sand filter and better treatment chemicals to improve waste handling and treatment techniques.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
Mercury Pollution Prevention Publications
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has listed all segments of San Francisco Bay as impaired due to mercury pollution based on exceedance of the Basin Plan numeric objective for mercury in water (0.025ppb), and that fish consumed from San Francisco Bay have mercury levels that may threaten human health.
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| City of Palo Alto Mercury and Dioxin Elimination Policy
To eliminate the use of mercury and its subsequent release to the environment., the City will evaluate pollution prevention opportunities to eliminate mercury and dioxin sources from municipal, commercial, industrial and residential activities.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| City of Palo Alto Residential Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Program
The RWQCP initiated a recycling program for these bulbs in conjunction with five local hardware stores and a local fluorescent lamp recycler. Residents simply drop off expired T-8, T-12, tube, compact or U-shaped tubes which are stored in barrels provided by the recycler.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Memorandum - City of Palo Alto Mercury Use
Because adopting a mercury reduction policy could affect future purchases of mercury-containing items, this memorandum identifies mercury-containing items that Palo Alto may be buying.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Mercury Headworks Analysis for 2000
Since 1997 the RWQCP has estimated the relative amounts of mercury from laboratories, hospitals, dental offices, human waste, food waste, industrial processes, stormwater inflow, and miscellaneous other activities. This quantification has been based upon local monitoring data, studies by other wastewater treatment plants, and the scientific literature.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Mercury Pollution Prevention Plan
Over the past few years, the RWQCP has put in place several programs that reduce sources of mercury discharges. Among them are a program to reduce the use of mercury thermometers; best management practices for hospitals and other medical facilities, laboratories and pottery studios; and distribution of a guide to installing graywater systems.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Mercury Sources and Alternatives
Mercury Sources and Alternatives in Health Care SOURCE: Adapted from “Mercury reduction in the health care section” The list contains some common sources of mercury in health care and general information about alternatives. More detailed information on select alternative products can be found in the alternative product section.
Item Dated: 07/25/2007 | | |
| Ree-Cycle Yer Burnt Out Fluorescent Lights!
Significant mercury sources are found in household items like fluorescent lights, thermometers, and thermostats. You can help keep mercury out of the Bay by recycling burned-out fluorescent lights.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| SB 633: California’s Mercury Reduction Act of 2001
Eliminating unnecessary mercury sources, such as specific consumer products, is a critical task because of increasingly stringent mercury discharge limits for wastewater treatment plants.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
Pesticide Pollution Prevention Publications
In 2001, the City of Palo Alto adopted a reduced-risk pest management policy and drafted an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan for the use of pesticides by City staff and contractors. The goal is to minimize pesticide use and utilize only the least toxic chemicals to accomplish essential tasks. This is to be achieved through an annual quantification of the City's pesticide use and continual improvement of pest control strategies.
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City of Palo Alto Pesticide Use Plans and Reports
In 2001, the City of Palo Alto adopted a reduced-risk pest management policy, and drafted a plan for the use of pesticides by City staff and City contractors in order to minimize pesticide use and utilize only the least toxic chemicals to accomplish essential tasks.
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| City of Palo Alto 2003-2004 IPM Program Update
Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as reduced-risk pest management, encourages long term pest prevention and suppression through a combination of techniques.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| City of Palo Alto 2004 IPM Program Update
Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as reduced-risk pest management, encourages long-term pest prevention and suppression through a combination of techniques.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| City of Palo Alto Integrated Pest Management Plan
The City will ensure that general staff and staff who are responsible for pest control will adhere to both the City-wide and division specific pesticide plan and procedure requirements.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Creating a Beneficial Bug Tub
One way to encourage visiting beneficials to be permanent pest patrollers is to grow flowers that are good producers of nectar and pollen; with your help they’ll have food when pest populations decline.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Less-Toxic Pest Management - Ants
The Argentine ant is a frequent invader in California homes. Although they can be pests, ants provide an ecological cleansing and fertilization service of considerable importance. For
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Less-Toxic Pest Management - How To Control Weeds
It is unrealistic to think that we can have a garden or a lawn that is entirely weedfree. If you really want to solve your weed problem, you will need to spend some time, have some patience, and expend some effort.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Less-Toxic Pest Management - Problem Pesticides
Evidence shows that a growing number of commonly purchased and applied pesticides can be harmful to both people and the environment. Part of the problem is the toxicity of the pesticides themselves, but an even greater factor is the sheer volume of pesticides people use, which ends up in our water, air, and soil.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Diazinon
Diazinon is one of the most commonly used pesticides in California. In 1995, toxicity testing conducted by Alameda County (a San Francisco Bay area county) linked diazinon to toxicity in Bay Area creeks.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Diazinon in Urban Areas
Diazinon is one of the most commonly used pesticides in California. In the past few years, diazinon has been found in surface water, wastewater, rain and fog in concentrations toxic to indicator species, and sampling data collected to date suggest that toxicity problems are widespread in urban areas.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| EPA Bans Dursban: What You Need To Know
On June 8, 2000, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with pesticide manufacturers that will remove chlorpyrifos, a commonly used insecticide (also sold as Dursban or Lorsban) from retail sale and most residential and professional uses by the end of 2001.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Organochlorine Pesticides Pollution Prevention Plan
This document is intended to supplement the RWQCP’s primary pollution prevention plan, the Clean Bay Plan. During the RWQCP’s annual pollution prevention planning process, the RWQCP will also consider implementing actions identified in this report as “strategies for further consideration.”
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Organochlorine Pesticides Source Identification
The Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) conducted this study to investigate potential sources of organochlorine pesticides in the plant’s influent.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Technical Memorandum - Dioxin and 2,4-D
One of the top ten most used herbicides in the U.S. is 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D), which is derived from 2,4-dichlorophenol. Because of the use of 2,4-dichlorophenol to make 2,4-D, it contains traces of dioxin.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
| Urban Pesticide Restrictions For Water Quality Protection
Studies by a variety of agencies suggest that copper-based root control agents can contribute 5 to 12 percent of the total quantity of copper received by a wastewater treatment plant. Analyses by the RWQCP suggest that only a few users of tri-butyl tin cooling water additives can cause the RWQCP's effluent to exceed the tri-butyl tin standard.
Item Dated: 06/06/2006 | | |
School Outreach
Students can make an impact in preventing water pollution to help keep San Francisco Bay healthy.
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| Flo The Raccoon Visits Second Grade Classrooms
Each school year, Flo the Raccoon makes special appearances in second grade classrooms to spread the word about storm drain protection and lead discussions about measures children and their parents can take to protect water quality.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Free Water Pollution Prevention Education Programs
Your students can make an impact in preventing water pollution to help keep San Francisco Bay healthy. Our free programs provide a fun aqnd engaging way for each student to better understand their community and their important role in it.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Public Participation/Community Education
Experience shows that people are more likely to change their behaviors if they fully understand environmental problems and the range of possible solutions, if they have participated in the process leading to a policy decision, and if they believe regulators are dealing with them in good faith.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| School Outreach Programs
The RWQCP service area includes several school districts that have different needs and perspectives on environmental science education: Palo Alto Unified School District, Ravenswood School District in East Palo Alto, Los Altos Elementary School District, Mountain View School District, and 16 private schools.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Sewer Science Laboratory Program
The Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) is sponsoring the Sewer Science Laboratory Program, a week-long, hands-on experiment in wastewater treatment.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Volunteers Stencil Storm Drains
In 1991 Leadership Palo Alto and Girl Scout Troop 784 volunteers stenciled more than 60 storm drains in Palo Alto with the message, "No Dumping - Flows to Bay." The City hopes that both residents and workers will heed the message and help protect San Francisco Bay from chemicals, oil, solvents, pesticides, trash, and other pollutants.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Control Program for Copper-Based Root Eradicators
While the Regional Water Quality Control Plant removes about 90 percent of the copper that enters the plant, the remaining portion that reaches the Bay significantly exceeds regulatory standards. The plant can only meet its discharge limits if industry, commercial establishments, and residents reduce the amount of copper they release into the sewer.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Cooling Water Systems Source Control Program
Copper, zinc, chrome, and tributyltin can be found in the discharge from some cooling water systems. The Regional Water Quality Control Plant is working to reduce the discharge of all of these metals to the sanitary sewer and the storm drain system.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Laboratory Facilities Source Control Program
In 1993, the RWQCP implemented a program for laboratories. About 100 laboratories in the area conduct chemistry, biotechnology, medical, engineering, and semiconductor research and development.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Mercury Source Identification
Bioaccumulation of mercury produces relatively high concentrations of mercury in higher organisms, such as fish. Human exposure to mercury affects the brain, spinal cord, kidneys, and liver, and interferes with normal fetal development. In humans, elevated mercury levels can cause mental and physical retardation.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Metal Control Measures Plan (Vol. 1) and Evaluation of Nine Metals of Concern (Vol. 2)
In August 1995, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) reissued the second 5-year NPDES permit to the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program. One of the permit provisions required the Program to develop a Revised Metals Control Measures Plan to reduce copper and other metals in storm water.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBS) Pollution Prevention Plan
The Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) releases polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to the San Francisco Bay through its treated effluent and could potentially release them to soil if sludge management practices change.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Source Identification (1997)
The Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) conducted this study to investigate sources of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the plant’s influent. PCBs arrive at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant from stormwater inflow, landfills, hazardous waste management, human waste, and food waste. The sources of these PCBs are materials and equipment manufactured prior to 1977, when the manufacture of PCBs ceased.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Stormwater Pollution Control Requirements
It’s Federal Law - Urban stormwater runoff is a significant source of pollution to the nation’s waters. In 1987 Congress began to address this problem by requiring municipalities with storm drain systems to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Zinc Source Identification
The Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) conducted this study to investigate sources of zinc in the plant’s influent. Although zinc is relatively nontoxic to humans, its ecological effects are of greater concern.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Low Dioxin-Impact Paper Products Memorandum
In 1997, the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) prepared a study identifying sources of dioxins and a Dioxins Pollution Prevention Plan to reduce the amount of dioxins entering the plant in wastewater
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Technical Memorandum - Dioxin Releases from Tire Wear
Dioxins are believed to be present in at least some tires as a result of the use of chloranil during the manufacturing process. The attached calculations estimate the upper range of the potential dioxin concentration in tires.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
| Technical Memorandum - Mercury Reduction Menu
This mercury reduction menu is intended to help water agencies better understand the options that exist to reduce mercury discharges. It focuses on mercury reduction programs that have been implemented by water agencies and others, and includes some ideas for programs that have not yet been tried.
Item Dated: 06/14/2006 | | |
Vehicle Pollution Prevention Publications
In order to reduce pollution from vehicle service facilities, the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) developed a Clean Bay Business Program to recognize vehicle service facilities that proactively reduce discharge of water pollutants to sewers and storm drains in compliance with ordinance requirements.
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| Auto Parts Stores Clean Bay Business Program
The vehicle service facilities program involves education and positive incentives, combined with enforcement, to encourage shops to reduce pollution and achieve compliance.
Item Dated: 06/08/2006 | | |
| Brake Pad Partnership
Many brake pads contain copper. Copper is a pollutant of concern for San Francisco Bay, which the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has designated as impaired due to elevated copper levels.
Item Dated: 06/08/2006 | | |
| Car Wash Coupon Program
The purpose of the Car Wash Coupon Program is to educate the public about pollution from washing cars in the street, and to create an incentive to use commercial car washes, which are beneficial because they send their soapy water to the sanitary sewer where it gets treated.
Item Dated: 06/08/2006 | | |
| Cars Pollute Water Too - Car Wash Flyer
Dirty, soapy water is on its way to the nearest creek when you wash your car on the street— or in a driveway that slopes to the gutter. Even biodegradable soap is initially harmful to creek life!
Item Dated: 06/08/2006 | | |
| Clean Bay Business List - Auto Shops
More than 98% of vehicle service facilities in our communities are making special efforts to protect local creeks and San Francisco Bay
Item Dated: 06/07/2007 | | |
| Contribution Of Heavy Metals To Storm Water From Automotive Disc Brake Pad Wear
This report describes the approach and findings of an investigation to evaluate the contribution of heavy metals to storm water by disc brake pad wear. The purpose of the study was to measure metal concentrations in disc brakes, and to estimate the pollutant load contributed by brake pad wear to storm water in Santa Clara Valley.
Item Dated: 06/08/2006 | | |
| The Regulation and Manufacture of Brake Pads
A significant fraction of brake pads currently in use contain copper. When disc brakes are applied to a moving vehicle, a portion of the pad rubs off in the form of dust and enters the environment. The copper-containing dust can enter the Bay via either stormwater or airborne particle deposition.
Item Dated: 06/08/2006 | | |
| Vehicle Service Facility Waste Minimization Program Five Year Summary Report
As part of the effort to reduce pollution from vehicle service facilities, the Regional Water Quality Control Plant developed the Vehicle Service Facility Waste Minimization Program, combining increased regulation, education, and positive incentives to encourage pollution prevention.
Item Dated: 06/08/2006 | | |
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