STORMWATER - Collection, transport and disposal of stormwater through a system of City-owned natural and constructed channels, debris basins, pump plants, storm drain pipes and catch basins.

Pipeline miles - 1,125 miles
No. of catch basins - 66,260
Pump plants - 11
No. of personnel - 85
Annual budget - $3,230,904

Funding - All activities fee supported through the Stormwater Pollution Abatement Fund (SPA).

WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT - Collection, transport, treatment, reuse and disposal of wastewater from Los Angeles, some county areas and nine other cities. Planning for capital improvements, financial management of the Wastewater Program, and review & processing of sewer service charge adjustments.

Sewage collection and treatment facilities

Sewage collection system
Pipelines - 6,520 miles
Pump plants - 54
No. of personnel - 270
Annual budget - $12,763,584

Treatment Plants *

Hyperion Treatment Plant
Daily flow - 362 million gal/day (mgd) 450 mgd capacity
Treatment - Full secondary, solids handling
No. of personnel - 277
Annual budget - $32,963,140

Tillman Water Reclamation Plant
Daily flow - 67 mgd/80 mgd capacity.
Treatment - Tertiary; Title 22 standards (for reclaimed water reuse).
No. of personnel - 43
Annual budget - $7,110,665

LA/Glendale Water Reclamation Plant
Daily flow - 20 mgd/20 mgd capacity.
Treatment - Advanced secondary; Title 22 standards (for reclaimed water reuse).
No. of personnel - 16
Annual budget - $2,280,485

Terminal Island Treatment Plant
Daily flow - 16 mgd/30 mgd capacity.
Treatment - Full secondary, solids handling.
No. of personnel - 42
Annual budget - $6,315,479

Maintenance Support of Treatment Plants
No. of personnel - 453
Annual budget - $31,983,534

Biosolids (sewage sludge) Management
480 dry tons per day produced at Terminal Island and Hyperion
280 dry tons (58%) processed at Terminal Island and Hyperion
200 dry tons (42%) beneficially reused through three private contracts for compost
(San Joaquin Composting) or land application (Bio Gro and Gardner-Arciero) 20 wet tons processed per day at the Griffith Park composting facility.

Enforcement of federal and City industrial waste pretreatment requirements

No. of permittees - 7,000
No. of personnel - 110
Annual budget - $5,968,811

Support for the Wastewater Program (environmental monitoring, engineering plant and equipment maintenance, and training)

No. of personnel - 319
Annual budget - $19,694,055

Funding - All activities fee supported through the Sewer Construction and Maintenance Fund (SCM).

SOLID RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Solid Resources Citywide Recycling - Responsible for development and documentation of the Citywide plan for a 50% reduction by the year 2000. Provides technical waste prevention and recycling assistance to business, industry, institutions, and multi-family dwellings. SRCRD oversees Household Hazardous Waste Programs, Used Oil Recycling, and Composting.

Target Population:

• 586,470 multi-family dwellings
• 132,329 businesses
• 43,000 City of Los Angeles employees
• No. of personnel - 7
• Annual budget - $527,905

Household hazardous waste disposal
2.6 million pounds recycled

Household Hazardous Waste services provided

a. Mobile collection - started in February 1994, replaced one-day roundups, operated at 24 locations each year for six days over two weeks at each location to receive HHW from the public by appointment.

No. of personnel - 8
Annual budget - $2,979,368

Funding - All activities are fee supported (County funds [$1,379,368], SCM [$1,100,000], SPA [$500,000]).

b. Used oil recycling - Sanitation receives a grant from the State which provided funding for a program where 62 UNOCAL stations and 19 Chief Auto Parts stores became certified as used oil collection centers and container collection centers. In 1996-97 the goal is to expand the number of centers to 150. Saturday community collection events are also provided.

Solid Resources Collection - Collection of recyclables, yard trimmings, refuse from 720,000 households and dead animals Citywide.

Recycling and Collection Services provided

a. Recyclables collection weekly (manual with some automated).
Current households served - 720,000 (100% of City)

b. Separated Yard trimmings collection weekly (automated)
Current households served - 720,000 (100% of City)

c. Refuse collection
Households served - 720,000 (100% of City)

d. Free Special collections
Bulky items - on call
Appliances - on call
Horse manure - weekly (only to previous customers)
Bulky brush - on call once per year
Weekend cleanups - Council request
Dead Animals - on call

e. Total program - The complete recycling, yard trimmings, refuse and special collection program includes:

No. of personnel - 877
Annual budget - $42,057,512
Funding - fee of $6/mo. for single family dwellings and $4/mo. for apartments serviced by the City for equipment purchase and maintenance (Sanitation Equipment Charge); remainder is General Fund. Fees are charged to residents for amounts above the basic service levels.

Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) utilized to process recyclables
Bestway Recycling (Most of Western District) - 1,500 tons/mo.
Bestway Recycling (West Valley District) - 2,200 tons/mo.
City Fibers (North Central, South Central and a small portion of
Western Districts) - 1,700 tons/mo.
Potential Industries(Harbor District) - 300 tons/mo.
Sun Valley Paper Stock (East Valley District) - 2,000 tons/mo
1996-97 estimated revenue - $4,000,000

Yard Trimmings Processing and Reuse
Waste Management - 66,000 tons/year
Community Recycling (E. Valley, W. Valley) - 50,000 tons/year
BKK (Harbor, So. Central) - 14,000 tons/year
OM Scotts - 50,000 tons/year
Trueman-Martin - 32,000 tons/year
San Joaquin - 136,000 tons/year

Annual budget - $11,555,660

Horse manure processing
Community Recycling - 3,000 tons/year
Annual disposal cost - $82,400

Disposal of Refuse

Disposal sites used by Sanitation for Refuse

• Sunshine Canyon - 860,000 tons/year

Solid Resources Engineering and Construction

Closed facilities - Maintained by the Bureau.
Closed landfills (five) - Bishops Canyon, Branford, Sheldon-Arleta, Toyon Canyon, Lopez Canyon.

Operation and Maintenance of City landfills

No. of Personnel - 106
Annual budget - $6,264,896
Closed landfills CIP - $5,400,000 (Bishops), $5,300,000 (Toyon)
Lopez Canyon Landfill CIP - $3,550,000

Funding - All activities are General Fund supported.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT

Executive - Bureau management, including legislative and regulatory review functions for all the Bureau's activities.

a. No. of personnel - 13
b. Annual budget - $929,625

Administration - Central control for purchasing, personnel, payroll, insurance and other Bureauwide administrative activities.

a. No. of personnel - 61
b. Annual budget - $7,256,160

Information and Control Systems - Data management for all Bureau activities.

a. No. of personnel - 35
b. Annual budget - $3,186,865

Funding - Combination of fees and General Funds based on percent of activities (78% SCM, 20% GF and 2% SPA).