HMB Questions the SAM Force Main in Montara’s Conditional Assessment While Sewer GM Insists Best Practices were Used

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VIDEO. From the Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) Director’s meeting on Monday, February 13th, 2023 at 7:00pm by Zoom.

SAM General Manager, Kishen Prathivadi, reports.

 

 

Emergency force main sewer pipe installation due to the January 2023 storm damage.

 

Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) Meetings ~ 2nd & 4th Mondays @ 7:00pm

Watch remotely. Comments and questions by email.

SAM Agendas and Zoom Links 

SAM Meeting Videos via Pacific Coast TV

Contact Us

Our regular office hours are 7:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The Authority can be reached 24-hours a day at:

650) 726-0124

Our Mailing Address is:

Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside

1000 Cabrillo Hwy N.

Half Moon Bay,  CA  94019

(650) 726-7833 (fax)

 

Regular Board Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 7:00pm.

From time to time a meeting date may be changed, cancelled or relocated. Check the posted agenda for any changes to the normal schedule (click on links below).

The Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) provides wastewater treatment services and contract collection maintenance services for a population of approximately 27,000 in the following areas:

  • City of Half Moon Bay
  • El Granada
  • Miramar
  • Montara
  • Moss Beach
  • Princeton by the Sea

 


 

SAM Directors

SAM is a joint powers authority (JPA) created by its three member agencies: City of Half Moon Bay (City), Granada Community Services District (GCSD), and the Montara Water and Sanitary District (MWSD).

 

The JPA is a separate, independent, public agency created by the member agencies to perform functions and share powers common to the member agencies. Those powers are outlined in a joint exercise of powers agreement (Agreement). The Agreement creating SAM can be found on the Documents page.

 

Each Agreement identifies how the independent agency will be governed. In the case of SAM, each member agency appoints two members from its governing board to represent it on the SAM Board of Directors, for a total of six directors.

 

The Agreement also establishes the weight of each director’s vote. The vote by each representatives from the City is given the weight of two votes. The vote by each representative from GCSD and MWSD is given the weight of one vote. The total number of possible votes is eight. A quorum is a minimum of five votes and resolutions require at least six votes to pass.

 

Matthew Clark

Secretary/Treasurer, Representing Granada Community Services District

Barbara Dye

Director, Representing Granada Community Services District

Ric Lohman

Director, Representing Montara Water and Sanitary District

 

 

 


Trash Wipes and Rags; Do NOT Flush. Cost For Repair?

VIDEO. Two pump failures in last two weeks.

Wipes and rags, as seen below, are the culprit.

Talk to your neighbors, please.

Repair for one pump can be $50,000.

Replacement is very, very expensive. A new pump can be a million dollars.

Burning out a generator can cost $100,000 to replace

~ Montara Sewer and Water District’s (MSWD) Board Member Kathryn Slater-Carter and MSWD General Manager, Clemens Heldmaier.

 


 

Smaller Is Better: The Solution to California’s Ancient Water Pipes by Rinaldo Veseliza

Written by: Rinaldo Veseliza
President and Principal Architect at CASE4GOOD Sustainable Environmental Solutions

 


Other Links

 


Video Tour of the SAM Plant

 

 

Picture of SAM plant

 

 

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