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The O & M in CMOM: Operation & Maintenance

A Reference Guide for Utility Operators

 

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CMOM Policy and Regulations

 

What Is CMOM?

The CMOM Program and what it entails

MOM (CMOM) Programs Are Utility-Specific.

SUMMARY COMMENTS on CMOM

Why CMOM?

EPA CMOM Program Outline

CMOM Documentation Requirements

From EPA Region 4: Utility Self-Audit Review

Combined Sewer Overflows CSO Control Policy

Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits for Municipal Facilities

Sanitary Sewer Overflows Federal Advisory Subcommittee

Key Issues Identified by the SSO Subcommittee

Combined Sewer Overflows - CSO Control Policy

Sanitary Sewer Overflows Archived Publications

U.S. EPA SSO Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

Sanitary Sewer Overflows Current Regulatory Framework and Proposed Rule

Proposed Rule To Protect Communities From Overflowing Sewers

Utility Self-Audit Review Guidance & Information

Definitions

Reporting requirements

CMOM Program Checklist

What is CMOM?

What is the purpose of the CMOM program checklist?

Utility Contact Information

Permitted Treatment & Collection Faciliites

Collection System Description

Sewer Use Ordinance Example:

EPA Regional CMOM Activity

Region 1: Maine (MA); New Hampshire (NH); Vermont (VT); Massachusetts (MA); Rhode Island (RI); Connecticut (CT)

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

National Environmental Performance Track Program

Optimizing Operation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems

Current Regulations for Collection System Operation and Maintenance

Maintenance Activities

Corrective Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance

Region 2: New York State (NY); New Jersey (NJ); Puerto Rico (PR); Virgin Islands (VI)

Combined Sewer/Sanitary Sewer Overflows

Clean Water Act (CWA) 301(h) Variance Decisions/PR/EPA MOA Implementation

Region 3: Pennsylvania (PA); Maryland (MD); Delaware (DE); District of Columbia (DC)

Enforcement, Compliance, and Assistance

Targeting of Compliance Assurance Efforts

Enforcement Response

CSO Compliance Assistance

Region 4: North Carolina (NC); South Carolina (SC); Georgia (GA); Florida (FL); Alabama (AL); Mississippi (MS); Tennessee (TN); Kentucky (KY)

Phase 1 [Initial Assessment]

Phase 2 [Administrative Order, Consent/Diagnostic Assessment]

Phase 3 [Long Term Remedial Action]

Region 5: Minnesota (MN); Wisconsin (WI); Michigan (MI); Illinois (IL); Indiana IN); Ohio (OH)

Region 6: New Mexico (NM); Texas (TX); Oklahoma (OK); Louisiana (LA); Arkansas (AR)

Sanitary Sewer Overflows

Region 7: Nebraska (NE); Iowa (IO); Kansas (KS); Missouri (MO)

Region 8: Montana (MT); North Dakota (ND); South Dakota (SD); Wyoming (WY); Utah (UT); Colorado (CO)

Region 9: California (CA); Nevada (NV); Arizona (AZ); Hawaii (HI); Guam; American Samoa; Trust Territories; Northern Marianna Islands Commonwealth

EPA, Regional Boards Take Action to Prevent Sewage Spills

Sanitary Sewer Overflows

SSO Data Collection

CMOM Type Permits

Outreach and Compliance Assistance

Region 10: Washington (WA); Oregon (OR); Idaho (ID); Alaska (AK)

National wet weather priorities

a. CSOs

b. SSO’s

Consent Decrees From All Regions, Including CMOM Language:

Potential Root Causes of Non-Compliance – a diagram

Case Studies, Fact Sheets, and Other Information

City of Mobile, Alabama, Sewer Overflows Settlement

Clearwater, FL Abates Sanitary Sewer Overflows

Greenwood Metropolitan Authority, Greenwood County, South Carolina

Fairfax County Wastewater Collection Division, Burke, Virginia

City of Youngstown, Ohio, Sewer Overflows Settlement

Orange County Within The Santa Ana, California Region

Cincinnati MSD Consent Decree on Sanitary Sewer Overflows

Miami-Dade County Water And Sewer Department’s CMOM Program:

San Diego Collection System Assessment Program: Lessons Learned

Springfield, Missouri Developing CMOM Program

Luquillo, Puerto Rico: A Methodology For Evaluation And Design Improvements In Wet Weather Sanitary Sewer Systems

City of Sandy Hook, Kentucky: A Small City Addresses Collection System Capacity, Maintanance And Operations Management

City Of Baltimore, Maryland: Identification And Assessment Of Critical Wastewater Facilities

City Of Atlanta: Long-Term Watershed Monitoring Approach

Austin, Texas Clean Water Program

City Of Los Angeles CMOM Program

East Providence, Rhode Island: Combining Pilot I/I Remediation With System Modeling To Guide SSO Reduction Decision Making

Village of Beverly Hills, Michigan: A Pilot Program For Removal Of I/I From Private Sources

City Of Gastonia, NC: Conducting A MOM Self-Audit

Allen County, Ohio (Lima, Ohio): Cost-Effective GIS Solution For Buried Infrastructure Meets Regulatory Requirements

Sacramento CSD-1’s Experience: Developing A CMOM Program

Houston’s Business Plan For Continual Improvement

City Of Charleton: Launching CMOM Using An EMS

Protecting Paradise: CMOM Comes To Yosemite National Park

Richmond, Va Strengthens Its Collection System and GASB 34 Position

Tennessee Cities: Sewer Flow Monitoring Crucial To EPA’s CMOM Compliance

Central Contra Costa Sanitary District in Martinez, California: Small Diameter Clay Sewer Pipe

Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD), California: Starting A Collection System Outreach Program

City Of Thousand Oaks, California Wastewater System Master Plan: Preparing For CMOM

City of Coral Springs, Florida: The Pre-CMOM Study

Vallejo, California: WebGIS Tools Move Toward CMOM Compliance

Plainfield (New Jersey) Area Regional Sewerage Authority: Manhole Inserts to Reduce Inflow in the Borough of Fanwood

Orange County, Florida’s CMOM Program

Gladstone, Missouri: Collection System I/I Analysis, Prioritization, And Rehabilitation

Collection System Operations

1. What is your normal response to the SSO events listed?

2. What are your most significant maintenance problems?

3. What maintenance activities do you think are beneficial to preventing dry weather and wet weather SSO’s?

4. What are the limitations for the various methods for finding SSO’s?

5. What inspection methods do you think are effective in identifying potential SSO locations?

6. Do you utilize any written protocols or procedures for identifying or investigating SSO’s or potential locations of SSO’s?

7. Do you have any plans for developing protocols for identifying or investigating SSO’s? Do you have any ideas for an effective protocol?

8. Have you identified any recurring design deficiencies that may be causing SSO’s (e.g., flat sewer slopes)?

9. Have you made any design changes to correct the above problems?

10. What are the most common SSO defects fixed?

11. Do you expect SSO requirements to be added in the future?

12. Do you have an I/I management program?

13. Do you have a corrosion control program?

Typical Sanitary Sewer Problems

Causes of Sanitary Sewer Backups

Design Considerations

MOM Programs Performance Summary

Sanitary Sewer Overflow Toolbox

Operation & Maintenance Programs

Operation Programs

Maintenance Programs

Collection System Operation

Collection System Maintenance

Capacity Assessment

Flow Monitoring

Why Flow Monitor for Sanitary Sewer Assessment?

Baseflow Source

Infiltration Source

Inflow Source

The How-To’s of Flow Metering for CMOM Compliance

Reporting:

Develop Flow Monitoring and CMOM Programs

Capacity Monitoring (Wet Weather Assessments)

Smoke and Dye Testing

Hydrogen Sulfide Monitoring and Control

Routine Preventive Operation and Maintenance Activities

Optimization of Collection System Maintenance Frequencies and System Performance

Routine Maintenance Activities

Regulator/Tide Gate Maintenance

Sewer Line Maintenance

Diagnostic Methods

Physical Inspections

Catch Basin and Grit Chamber Maintenance

Sediment Control

Infiltration & Inflow

Sewer System Evaluation

Flow Monitoring

Manhole Inspection

Sewer Cleaning Methods Related to I/I Reduction

Rehabilitation

Main Line Repairs

Maintenance

Combined Sewer Overflow O&M Fact Sheet: Proper Operation and Maintenance

Operational Review

Record Keeping System

System Operating Procedures

Training

Manhole Inspection and Assessment

Internal TV Inspection

Fats, Oils, and Grease Control Program

Grease Trap and Interceptor Maintenance

Root Control

Goals

Objectives

Components of Integrated Root Control Programs

Cleaning the Collection System

Sewer Cleaning

Average Weight of Root Control as Maintenance Activity

Non-Chemical Methods of Root Control

Cultural Control

Physical Control

Mechanical Control

Chemical Root Control

Sewer Utility Maintenance

Sanitary Sewer Maintenance

Spills and Overflows

Septic Systems

Training

Spill Response and Prevention

Other Considerations

Costs

Maintenance

Collection System Operation and Maintenance

Inspection of the Collection System:

Force Mains

Cross-connections:

Pump/Lift Station Operation & Maintenance Procedures

Pump Station Maintenance

Pump/Lift Station Operation & Maintenance Procedures

Force Main Operation & Maintenance

Description

Common Modifications

Force Main Operation &Maintenance

Force Main Performance

Force Main Operation And Maintenance

Equipment Maintenance

Equipment Parts Inventory

Spare Parts and Equipment

Alternative Sewer Operation & Maintenance

STEP (Septic Tank Effluent Pump) Systems

Grinder pump systems

Small-diameter gravity sewer (SDGS) systems

Vacuum Sewers

Small Community Wastewater Collection Systems

Small Diameter Gravity Sewers

Pressure Sewers

Vacuum Sewers

SSES Technical Approach Flow Chart

Rehabilitation Resources

Nassco Publications

Sewer Rehabilitation

Cut-and-Cover

Pipe Bursting

Pipe Lining

Point Repairs

Choosing a Rehab Method

Chart of Additional Compliance Resources


 

 
 
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