After a Pause in Funding Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) Finds New Funding with CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System to Continue the Monitoring of Infectious Diseases

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PRESS RELEASE. From Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside‘s (SAM) Superintendent Tim Costello on July 24th, 2024 through Nextdoor.

 

Greetings Coastsiders

I wanted to give you an up date on some things many of you have been asking about. I’ve been working on getting us set up again for the wastewater testing, we are almost done getting things sorted out so we should see results again soon.

 

CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) provides the public health infrastructure and the new funding to monitor infectious diseases through wastewater across the country.

 

SAM collects and mails wastewater samples to the lab.

 

Wastewater monitoring data can help local public health agencies identify outbreak trends early, direct prevention efforts to where they are most needed, and provide additional insight into disease spread that complements other public health surveillance data.

 

Health departments, community leaders, and individuals can use wastewater monitoring data to make decisions about how best to protect themselves and their community.

 

The NWSS testing contract, with Verily Life Sciences, provides twice weekly testing for SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens including influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and mpox.

 

 

 


 

 

How Wastewater Surveillance if Funded and Concerns for Future Funding

by Covid-Data Dispatch; April 2nd, 2023

 

The CDC Has a New Wastewater Surveillance Contract; Here’s What this Means for Public Data Sources

by Covid-Data Dispatch; October 8th, 2023

The CDC has a new wastewater surveillance contract; here’s what this means for public data sources. The number of wastewater testing sites that recently reported to the CDC’s national surveillance system has dropped in recent weeks, likely in time with a contract switch.

 

 


 

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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 Address is:

Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside
1000 Cabrillo Hwy N.
Half Moon Bay,  CA  94019

(650) 726-7833 (fax)

 

The Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) provides wastewater treatment services and contract collection maintenance services for a population of approximately 24,000 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.

 

2024 SAM Directors

Board SecretaryRepresenting the Montara Water & Sanitary District
ChairRepresenting the Granada Community Services District
DirectorRepresenting the City of Half Moon Bay
DirectorRepresenting the City of Half Moon Bay
Treasurer, Representing the Montara Water & Sanitary District
DirectorRepresenting the Granada Community Services District

 

 

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