Program: Wastewater Quality

Lead: Rebecca Anderson
Phone: (510) 642-6568
E-mail: rander@berkeley.edu

Team: Environmental Protection
Associate Director: Greg Haet

Description

The EH&S Wastewater Quality program assists campus in preventing water pollution and provides compliance assistance to campus on East Bay Municipal Utility District Ordinance 311 and the campus wastewater discharge permit. Program activities include sampling and analyzing wastewater, reporting, responding to spills into the sanitary sewer, developing regulatory programs and developing drain disposal guidelines under the guidance of the Environmental Management Committee. If you have any questions about wastewater quality, contact Rebecca Anderson.

Resources

Sanitary Sewer Management Plan (PDF file) and Sanitary Sewer Management Plan Development & Schedule (PDF file)

Wastewater Slug Discharge Prevention and Emergency Notification.
New EBMUD ruling requires UC Berkeley to train personnel at potential pollutant sources to avoid slug discharges into the wastewater system. A PDF file (96K) is available to download using Acrobat Reader.

Guidelines for Drain Disposal of Chemicals at University of California, Berkeley
This document provides an overview of drain disposal in academic research and teaching laboratories, shops, and other physical plant operations, potential problems at the EBMUD water pollution control plant, potential problems in lab sinks and campus sewers, characteristics of hazardous waste, general rules and specific guidelines for drain disposal of chemicals.