DATE:
March 25, 2026
SA01
TO:
Board of Directors, San Diego County Sanitation District
SUBJECT
Title
APPROVE AND EXECUTE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REGIONAL WASTEWATER DISPOSAL AGREEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT NO. 1 AND RELATED CEQA FINDINGS (DISTRICTS: 1, 2 AND 4)
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OVERVIEW
The San Diego County Sanitation District (Sanitation District) provides wastewater service to over 36,000 customers in eight unincorporated communities in the region. Over 99% of the wastewater collected from residences and businesses within the Sanitation District is conveyed to the City of San Diego's Metropolitan Wastewater System (Metro) for treatment and disposal. The Metro system is owned and operated by the City of San Diego (City) and consists of treatment plants and associated pipelines and pump stations used to collect, convey, and treat wastewater. Metro provides regional wastewater services to the City and 12 other cities and special districts through the Regional Wastewater Disposal Agreement (Regional Agreement) entered on May 18, 1998. The wastewater treatment and disposal services provided to the Sanitation District account for nearly 40% of the district's annual operating budget.
The 1998 Regional Agreement established contract rights to capacity in the Metro System for each of the agencies party to the agreement (Participating Agencies) and established a mechanism and system of charges to fund the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of the system. Several years ago, City of San Diego and the Participating Agencies deemed that the 1998 Regional Agreement did not adequately address the new needs of the system and needed to be updated. In 2020, the City of San Diego and the Participating Agencies agreed to the Amended and Restated Regional Wastewater Disposal Agreement (ARA) with the understanding that it would be amended in the future including addressing six specific issues that were left unresolved in 2020 amended agreement.
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