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John Jermanis <br />February 11, 2002 <br />Page 8 <br />based on specific use factors including effluent volume, and the B.O.D. (biological <br />oxidation demand) and Suspended Solids (SS) characteristics of the effluent. The rates <br />vary by type of user as illustrated in the following graph: <br />Type of User <br />Avg. Units/cycle <br />For <br />representative <br />user <br />Cost per cycle <br />EBMUD/Oakland <br />Cost per cycle <br />San Leandro <br />Difference per <br />Billing Cycle <br />Specialty foods <br />208 <br />$1,584.50 <br />$863.20 <br />-46% <br />Restaurants <br />625 <br />$2,003.66 <br />$2,562.50 <br />+28% <br />Comm Laundry <br />31 <br />$96.24 <br />$65.10 <br />-32% <br />Meat Byproducts <br />65 <br />$288.01 <br />269.75 <br />-6% <br />Dairy Processing <br />445 <br />$1,506.06 <br />$1,846.75 <br />+23% <br />Steam Cleaning <br />373 <br />$685.14 <br />$1,603.90 <br />+134% <br />Institutional <br />575 <br />$1,052.16 <br />$1,179.75 <br />+12% <br />Beverage bottler <br />100 <br />$255.47 <br />$210.76 <br />-18% <br />Staff is not recommending any modifications in the method of calculating residential or <br />industrial wastewater collection and treatment rates regardless of whether the City <br />continues treating wastewater or transfers the responsibility by contract to EBMUD. <br />Summary and Conclusion <br />As demonstrated in the line graph included in this report, if the City contracted for <br />wastewater treatment services from EBMUD, City ratepayers could expect a modest <br />reduction in the annual cost of wastewater treatment after 10 or 11 years. When the <br />amortized value of $6 million is considered, it is reasonable to conclude that City <br />ratepayers, both industrial and residential, would experience over time a rate savings <br />equal to somewhere between 1% and 3%. The City must balance those possible savings <br />against the loss of control over the treatment and disposal processes if it abandons its own <br />wastewater treatment operation. <br />For the reasons cited above, staff recommends that the City continue operation of its <br />wastewater treatment at the City's Water Pollution Control Plant. Staff also recommends <br />that the City Council make clear its intention to continue operating the WPCP for the <br />foreseeable future. Over the past three years, as the possibility of transferring the <br />treatment responsibility to other jurisdictions has been evaluated, the City has lost several <br />credentialed wastewater plant operators due to the uncertainty of continued City <br />employment. Once a decision has been made regarding continued City operation of the <br />Plant, the workforce should stabilize and employee morale will improve. <br />MI <br />