WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM INSPECTION CHECKLIST
Agency:
Inspection Team:
Facility Representatives:
Date of Inspection:
A. SEWER SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Please provide responses to the information requested in the right column below or in a separate
attachment as appropriate.
Item Response
1. Population served by your agency’s sewer system
2. Service Area (sq. mi.)
3. Are other agencies/communities discharging into this sewer
system? If so, please provide a list of these agencies/communities.
Does an interagency agreement exist and who is responsible for
maintaining the other system(s)?
4. Map showing major interceptors, trunk lines and pump stations
5. Flow monitoring program in place? If so, please briefly describe
the program and provide actual sewer system flows in #6 below.
6. Provide design and actual sewer system flows:
a. Average daily dry weather flow (MGD):
b. Peak dry weather flow (MGD):
c. Peak wet weather flow (MGD):
d. Seasonal dry weather flow (MGD):
7. Basis of peak flow (storm frequency): 1 in ____ year
occurrence
8. Average annual precipitation (in):
9. Miles of sewer (total)
10. Miles of gravity sewers
11. Miles of forced mains and other pressure systems
12. What percentage of your sewer system was constructed between
the years of:
a. 2000-Present
b. 1980-1999
c. 1960-1979
d. 1940-1949
Item Response
e. 1920-1939
f. Before 1919
13. Responsibility for laterals? (e.g., at main line connection or from
main line to property line (or easement or cleanout) or beyond
property line)
14. # of Pump stations
15. % Pump stations with remote status monitoring
16. % Pump stations with backup power sources
Please present a general overview of the information requested in Sections B-E below. Please
provide two hard copies and if available an electronic-copy of the documents indicated. Please
note that some documents should only be made available for viewing purposes during the site
inspection and will be indicated as such. When appropriate, please provide responses in the
right column or in a separate attachment (provide two hard copies and if available an electronic
copy). In some cases, your staff may be requested to provide a demonstration and/or present an
overview of the information requested during the site visit.
B. SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND SPILL RESPONSE:
Item Response
1. Sewer maps (viewing only) and/or demonstration of GIS
2. Presentation and two copies of the 11 Elements of your agency’s
Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP)
a. Goals
b. Organization
c. Overflow Emergency Response Plan
d. Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Control Program
e. Legal Authority
f. Measures and Activities (map; resources and budget;
prioritized preventive maintenance; scheduled inspections
and condition assessment; sewer cleaning and
maintenance inventory, spare parts inventory; training;
and outreach to plumbers and building contractors)
g. Design and Construction Standards
h. Capacity Management (assessment, system evaluation and
capacity assurance plan)
i. Monitoring, Measurement and Program Modifications
j. SSMP Audit
k. Communication Program
3. Number of current vacancies to operate and maintain sewer
system in your organization
4. Annual Budget for past three years
5. Most recent Sewer Master Plan (Viewing only)
6. List of capital improvement projects completed in the past three
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Item Response
years; List of current and future capital improvement projects.
7. Sources of funding for sewer O&M and capital improvement
projects (i.e. sewer fees, general fund, bonds)
8. Average residential sewer fee ($/month), basis of sewer rate fee,
and allocations of sewer fees
9. Summary of spills (SSOs and treatment plant) over the last five
years and current year
a. For each calendar year, indicate spill date, location, total
volume of spill, total volume recovered and returned to
collection system, and spill cause
b. Tabulate total number of spills for each calendar year and
for the total period requested
c. Tabulate total spills (# and % of total) caused by pump
station failure, root blockage, FOG, force main breaks,
and inadequate capacity (spills from pipes running full,
otherwise unobstructed). Note: pump station failure
includes mechanical and electrical problems and
inadequate pump station capacity.
10. Average time from spill report to on-site response for each
calendar year for the past five years and current year.
11. Demonstration of spill response tracking system (manual or
computerized information management system). Make available
for viewing customer complaint records, field spill reports, and
office spill reports.
12. Contingency equipment and replacement inventories. If not
already included in the SSMP, provide an up-to-date list of
critical spare parts, major equipment for O&M and for effective
response to emergency conditions.
13. Pump Station Inventory. Provide a list of pump stations including
type and configuration, flow, percent of service area served by
pump station, number of pumps and capacity, backup power, and
alarms listing.
14. Overflow Emergency Response Plan (Viewing Only). If the plan
is only referenced and not summarized in the SSMP, please
provide a copy of the plan.
C. SEWER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE:
Item Response
1. Demonstration of maintenance management system (manual,
computerized management information system or computer-based
maintenance management system (CCMS)). Make available for
viewing service request reports, work orders, system inventory,
sewer inspection and condition assessment records, maintenance
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Item Response
and cleaning records, and pump station O&M records/log books.
2. Demonstration of telemetered monitoring and supervisory control
systems (i.e. Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
(SCADA) system or system to gather data, supervise and control
operations of the sewer collection system)
3. Sewer cleaning statistics for last three full calendar years per year
a. System cleaning production (miles per year)
b. System cleaning frequency (years)
c. Pipes cleaned at least once per year (% of system)
d. Number of manholes inspected annually
e. Force mains inspected annually (miles or feet)
4. Hot spot cleaning/inspection schedule (a-e above) and workload
5. Average frequency of Food Service Establishments inspection
over the past five full calendar years
6. Summary of CCTV condition assessment rating
7. Written explanation of pipe condition rating system
D. SEWER SYSTEM CAPACITY
Item Response
Has the system undergone a capacity and an Inflow/Infiltration (I/I)
assessment? If so, please provide date and a summary of the findings.
Is the City currently implementing an I/I reduction program?
Capacity assessment reports and Inflow/Infiltration (I/I) studies (Viewing
Only)