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<br />December 21, 2009 Section 6: Municipal Operations <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 51 <br />6.4 Goal: Promote source reduction measures in the <br />community related to the utility services provided by the <br />City <br />As the largest single electricity consuming facility within the City operations, special <br />consideration must be given to the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP). The WPCP has <br />served the citizens, businesses, and industries in the City of San Leandro continuously since <br />1939. <br /> The WPCP responds to reports of sewer line backups. <br /> Wastewater from homes, businesses, and factories is collected and carried to the <br />treatment plant through 130 miles of sewer lines and 17 remote lift stations. <br /> The WPCP produces a high quality secondary effluent and is designed to treat <br />wastewater at a rate of 7.6 million gallons per day (MGD). The plant is staffed 24 hours, <br />7 days a week. <br />East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) sponsors water efficiency programs within the San <br />Leandro community. Water conservation can reduce the amount of wastewater treated in the <br />WPCP, and reduce energy usage related to <br />this City facility, thus leading to greenhouse <br />gas emissions reductions. Available <br />programs include clothes washer rebates, <br />landscape rebates, gray water and irrigation <br />controller programs, as well as free water <br />conservation devices for both the residential <br />and non-residential sectors. <br />The City‘s effort in developing its recycled <br />water capacities greatly decreases the <br />amount of energy used in transporting water <br />to San Leandro. Recognizing this, in 2008 the City completed a $1.6 million dollar project to <br />use reclaimed water from San Leandro‘s Water Pollution Control Plant for the majority of <br />irrigation needs at the Marina and Tony Lema golf courses at Monarch Bay. <br />Throughout the system, the City extracts wastewater treated at the WPCP that would otherwise <br />be discharged into the Bay through the East Bay Dischargers Authority pipeline at the San