What We Do
KERN
SANITATION AUTHORITY
W.M.D. staff based at the K.S.A. Sewer
Plant treat 4.5 million gallons per day of industrial, commercial and
domestic wastewater from a population of approximately 40,000 in East Bakersfield. Wastewater treatment is
obtained via a headworks; two primary clarifiers; an anaerobic digester;
two trickling filters; two secondary clarifiers and recirculation pumps.
One hundred percent of plant effluent is used to irrigate two square miles
of adjacent farmland owned by the Authority. Biosolids produced at the
plant are land applied for nonfood crop fertilizer and soil reclamation on
our farm.
No chemicals are used to treat wastewater
at our Kern Sanitation Authority sewer plant. One hundred percent of
the wastewater received at the sewer plant is reused. Natural processes are
used to clean up the wastewater so that it is fit for irrigation of nonfood
crops. Sedimentation occurs when heavier particles in the wastewater settle
to the bottom of a tank where they are removed for further treatment in the
digester. Biological treatment occurs when microorganisms absorb
dissolved nutrients from the wastewater. The microorganisms then settle to
the tank bottom, where they are sent to the digester together with the
materials they removed from the water. The digester “cooks” the solids at
98 degrees Fahrenheit in the absence of air. The digested solids are
relatively free of infectious agents and suitable, after drying and aging,
for nonfood crop fertilizer use and soil reclamation.
FORD
CITY-TAFT HEIGHTS SANITATION DISTRICT
The Ford City-Taft Heights Sanitation
District is a 48% joint owner of the Taft Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Wastewater treatment is obtained via a headworks; four aerated facultative
ponds; chlorine contact basin; effluent holding pond; solar sludge drying
beds and 135-acre effluent disposal area.
SHERIFF’S
LERDO FACILITY WASTEWATER SYSTEM
W.M.D. staff based at the Sheriff’s Lerdo
Plant treat approximately 350,000 gallons per day of wastewater generated
by inmates and offices at the facility. Wastewater treatment is
obtained via a headworks; two surface aerated lagoons; and irrigation
regulating reservoir and an effluent disposal area.
BUENA VISTA AQUATIC RECREATION AREA WASTEWATER SYSTEM
W.M.D. staff based at the B.V.A.R.A.
plant treat a maximum of 200,000 gallons per day of wastewater generated by
visitors and staff. Wastewater treatment is obtained in an extended
aeration package plant that consists of an aeration chamber; a clarifier
and a digester. Effluent disposal is accomplished in two fenced
percolation/evaporative ponds totaling two acres.
REEDER TRACT COUNTY SERVICE AREA 39.8 WASTEWATER SYSTEM
W.M.D. staff based at the Reeder Sewer
Plant treats a maximum of 40,000 gallons per day of domestic wastewater
from the Reeder Tract area adjacent to Lake Isabella.
Wastewater treatment is obtained in an extended aeration package plant with
flow equalization, aeration, sedimentation, coagulation, flocculation,
filtration, disinfection and appurtenant facilities. Effluent is used
for landscape irrigation at the treatment plant and for spray irrigation on
nine acres of an undeveloped portion of Lake Isabella Park.
COLLECTION
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
Sewer maintenance for the Kern Sanitation
Authority and the Ford City-Taft Heights Sanitation Districts is provided
by W.M.D. staff based at the K.S.A. sewer plant. Waste Management
Department staff perform sewer collection system cleaning, televising and
vector control, as well as, pipeline maintenance and repair for the
districts. The sewer maintenance crew also responds to customer sewer
stoppage calls and sewage overflow incidents within the districts 24 hours
per day.
SEWER
PERMITS
Sewer permits are required for new
lateral connections to the Sanitation District’s sewer mains and for any
modifications, extensions, etc., of an existing lateral line. The
lateral is the sewer pipe extending two feet from the structure to the
connection with the sewer main. Property owners are responsible for
routine maintenance of their private lateral sewer lines and removing
obstructions and/or damage to their private sewer laterals via a licensed
plumber. Customers may obtain a sewer permit, fee information or a
sewer connection inspection from the Kern County Building Inspection
Department between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. This agency is located at
2700 “M” Street, Suite
100, in the Public Services Building. Their telephone
number is (661) 862-8650.
HOW DO I
AVOID BLOCKAGES IN THE SEWER SYSTEM
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NOT PUT GREASE DOWN ANY DRAIN. Grease will clog the
lines when it cools and congeals.
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NOT PLANT TREES OVER YOUR SEWER MAIN CONNECTION OR SEWER LATER
LINE. Tree roots growing into sewer pipelines are a
common cause of blockage.
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NOT PUT STICKS AND TRASH IN MANHOLES. Trash in the
manholes causes sewage spills and blockages in the collection system.
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Our agency also requests your cooperation in NOT PUTTING FLAMMABLE ITEMS DOWN ANY
DRAIN. Old paint, gasoline,
oil, paint thinner and other similar products are a risk to your sewer
pipes; your private property; our wastewater treatment plant and the
dedicated people who maintain the sewer collection system.
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