how wastewater treatment saved lower south san francisco ... · treatment improvement •...
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Bugs, Fish, EaglesHow Wastewater Treatment Saved
Lower South San Francisco Bay for Critters
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Serving 1.4 million residents + 17,000 commercial & industrial facilities in Silicon Valley
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Where the water goes…
San Francisco Bay
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Palo Alto
229K
Sunnyvale
145KSan Jose
1.4 M
Lower South Bay
Three wastewater treatment plants discharge to LSB
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Palo Alto
229K
Sunnyvale
145KSan Jose
1.4 M
Lower South Bay
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BNR 2
(Formerly Nitrification)
Treatment Train
• Primary
• Secondary - BNR
• Tertiary - Advanced
A SideB Side
60%
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Bar Screens
Headworks
screens out big chunksPrimary
physical settling separates floaters &
sinkers
Primary Clarifier Notch Weirs Secondary Aeration Tanks
Secondary
biological treatment – a living, breathing
‘bug factory’
Wastewater Treatment 101
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Tertiary / Advanced
passes through a 10 micron filter!
Disinfection
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Beneficial Uses of Artesian Slough & Lower Coyote Creek
Pond A17
Pond A16
Pond A18
Coyote Creek
San Jose-Santa Clara RWF
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Beneficial Uses of Artesian Slough & Lower Coyote Creek
1. Wildlife Habitat (WILD)
2. Fish Spawning (SPWN)
3. Warm Freshwater Habitat (WARM)
4. Cold Freshwater Habitat (COLD)
5. Fish Migration (MIGR)
6. Non-Contact Recreation (REC-1)
7. Contact Recreation (REC-2)
8. Commercial & Sport Fishing (COMM)
9. Rare & Endangered Species (RARE)
Pond A17
Pond A16
Pond A18
Coyote Creek
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Results at Outfall Weir
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Once upon a time …
A Sleepy Little Sewer Plant born in 1956
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Good old days?
1956-57 Then Now
Population 380,000 1,400,000
BOD (Kg/d) 47,000 1,300
TSS (Kg/d) 25,000 600
Dissolved Oxygenin Artesian (mg/l)
< 1.0 > 6.2
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SJ-SC RWF Resident Population Served
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Bay Area Population Growth
1850-2010
Contaminants of emerging concern in San Francisco Bay • v1.1 October 2017 • sfei.org/rmp. p. 19
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Earth Day
1970
Things were looking grim.
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Treatment Improvement
• 1957-1964: primary treatment• 1964-1979: secondary treatment• 1979-1997: tertiary/advanced treatment• 1997-2013: Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR)
1956 1964 1979 1997
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Facility Improvement = better effluent
Total Suspended Solids Biochemical Oxygen Demand
TSS BOD
1956 1964 1979 1997Primary Secondary Tertiary/Advanced BNR
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San Jose Nutrient Loads (Kg/d)
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LSB Nutrient Loads (Kg/d)
NH3
TP
Total Nitrogen (TN)
TN
Ammonia (NH3) Total Phosphorus (TP)
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Metals Loads (Kg/d)
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Andrew Luong checking a flammable storage locker.
Brian Fontes inspecting a dental amalgam separator.
Jack Dickinson at a metal finishing facility.
Chris Fivecoat measuring pH at an industrial site.
Industrial & Commercial Improvement = better effluent
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SJ/SC
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South Bay Salt Pond Restoration
in vicinity of SJ-SC RWF
265 AcresA19 (2006)
375 AcresA6 (2010)
615 AcresA5 (2011)
Circulation Only
256 AcresA7 (2011)
Circulation Only
549 AcresA8 Complex (2011)
Circulation Only
856 AcresA18 (2005)
Circulation Only
Acreage under restoration or managed. 2006: 4752010: 3752013: 375
1225
SJ-SC RWF
147 AcresA21 (2006)
63 AcresA20 (2006)
132 AcresA17 (2005/2013)
243 AcresA16 (2005/2013)Managed Only
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265 AcresA19 (2006)
375 AcresA6 (2010)
615 AcresA5 (2011)
Circulation Only
256 AcresA7 (2011)
Circulation Only
549 AcresA8 Complex (2011)
Circulation Only
SJ-SC RWF
147 AcresA21 (2006)
63 AcresA20 (2006)
132 AcresA17 (2005/2013)
243 AcresA16 (2005/2013)Managed Only
30% Treated Wastewater
50%
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration
in vicinity of SJ-SC RWF
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Fishing at the Weir
Up to 39 bass caught per hour!100% Effluent
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Monitoring the Bay since the 1960s
SJ-SC RWF crew
August 1968
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Water Quality Monitoring 2017
Ryan
Mayfield
Jessica
Donald
Bryan
Frueh
Things we monitor:pH, DO, CondTemp, TSSCu, Ni, SeNH3, NO3TKN, PO4
More Things: Fish, Benthos, Phytos
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Ongoing Studies
Water Quality Monitoring•San Jose: Phytoplankton species composition monitoring.•USGS: Phytoplankton, chlorophyll, nutrients.•RMP/SFEI: Nutrient fluxes and cycling.
Benthic studies•USGS: Clam & Benthic Bug abundance and diversity in Artesian Slough.
Wildlife•UC Davis: Fish abundance and diversity.•SFBBO: Avian Disease monitoring & general bird occurrence observations.
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Measuring Beneficial Uses in ArtesianOtter Trawls
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Measuring Beneficial Uses in Artesian
6/28/2014: Results: 7,633 tiny fish
Beach Seines
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Lots of Fish
“Lower Coyote Creek & Artesian Slough harbor some of
the densest fish populations seen in SF Bay.” - J. Hobbs
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Searching for BUGS!!
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Tiny Bugs Copepods, Cladocerons
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Synidotea
Corophium
Mysids
Bigger Bugs in Artesian Slough
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Three species of native Crangon
C. franciscorum
C. nigricauda
(Blacktail Bay Shrimp)
C. nigromaculata
(Blackspotted Bay Shrimp)
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Exopaleamon
Paleamon
Non-native
shrimp
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Musculista senhousia
Potamocorbula
Venerupis philippinarum
(Japanese Littleneck)
Macoma petalum
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Fish Food!
Mysids, Crangon, Isopods
Fish eat bugs
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Baby Fish & Eggs
Shiner Surfperch
Inland Silversides with eggs
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In A19 5/17/15
2015-12-12
Bay Pipefish
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American ShadThreadfin Shad
Striped Bass
Longfin Smelt
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Fish Diversity - winter
Cold Freshwater Habitat (COLD)
Rare & Endangered Species (RARE)R
R
Longfin Smelt
White Sturgeon
American Shad
Bat Ray
California Halibut
Striped Bass
Staghorn Sculpin
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Fish Diversity - summer
Warm Freshwater Habitat (WARM)R
Plainfin Midshipman
Pipefish
Gobies – Various TypesStriped Bass
Bat Ray
Northern Anchovy
Starry Flounder
Sanddab
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Bird Food!Birds eat fish
Sculpin & Gobies
SilversidesKillifish GobiesShrimp Larval Bass
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Wildlife Habitat (WILD)R
Lots of Birds
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Bugs! (Corophium) in Artesian Slough
Very desirable food for fish & birds
Corophium More corophium
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Anchovies
Artesian Slough
– Nov 2016
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Corophium in anchovy stomachs
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8 anchovies post spawn
– or too young to spawn
Male, stage 46 females,
stage 4
Spawning Anchovies!
Who would have thought?
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Mysids
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Larval Longfin Smelt
Triangular shaped swim bladder
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Shokihaze Goby
(AKA Bearded Goby)
Beard
Yellowfin Goby
Slender, snake-like body for
burrowing in mud bottom
Arrow Goby
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Longjaw
Mudsucker
Sentinel of healthy
pickleweed marsh nearby
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Babies
Young of year
California
Halibut
Nursery -
2016
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Wet 2017: good year for Starry
flounder & Prickly Sculpin
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Sharks & Rays
October 2016
Shovelnose Guitarfish
Bat Rays
Brown Smoothhound
Leopard Shark
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River Monsters from the Outfall Channel
June 2015
Common Carp
~ 8-10 years
Largemouth
Bass
~ 3-6 years
Striped Bass
~ 3-6 years
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White Sturgeon
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5/22/2015
6/14/2015
The El Nino Fish!
Striped Mullet are Back – not seen in SFB since 2002.
5/20/2015
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12 July 2017
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Ducks on A16, looking west
Ducks on A18, looking east
Ducks!
Cinnamon Teal
Ruddy
Duck
Scaup (hens)
ShovelersRedheads
Gadwalls
Goldeneye
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Fishing & Hunting
REC-1: Water Contact RecreationRCommercial & Sport Fishing (COMM)R
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Hiking & Sightseeing
REC-2: Noncontact Water RecreationR
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Pond
A16
Pond
A18
Active
Biosolids
Lagoons
(Teaming with life)
Curtner Elementary
School, Milpitas
Observations on RWF Property
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North-west corner of Lagoon 53,
0726 AM
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Ducks!
Six species spotted in RWF lagoons
11/6/2016
Ruddy
Duck
Northern
Shoveler
Green-
winged Teal
Northern Pintail
MallardGadwall
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Lagoon 36 on 26 May 2017
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Canada Geese
American Coots
(mud hens)
Other migratory
birds seen
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Predators arrived: Falcons, Coyotes, EaglesAnd then? …
2015 2016 2017
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Thunder
Thunder
Chick
Mama
falcon
Peregrine Falcons
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Peregrine Falcons
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Hawks
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November 2016
Trouble arrived at
Cootville
Typical street scene at SJ-SC RWF
Drive with Caution – Seriously!
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Bald Eagle Honeymoon
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Eagle fan club
Eagle nest
Eagle – Mama with chickPhoto by Craig
Bald Eagles nest where food is available
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Mom Eagle with Fish!(photo by Ron Lam)
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Did it really happen here?(photo by Ron Lam)
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Meet Junior(photo by Ron Lam, one of many fans of our Milpitas Eagles)
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Artesian Slough TodayWhat Next?
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https://www.nwf.org/en/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2014/FebMarch
2008 2016
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https://www.nwf.org/en/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2014/FebMarch
2008 2016