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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESTimothy E. Steinberger, P.E., DirectorManuel S. Lanuevo, P.E., LEED AP, Deputy Director • Ross S. Tanimoto, P.E., Deputy Director

DUTIES AND FUNCTIONSThe Department of Environmental Services (ENV) is responsible for the City’s wastewater, storm water and solid waste disposal services. The department operates and maintains sewer lines, treatment plants, wastewater pump stations, landfills, refuse and recycling pickup and disposal, cesspools pumping and the storm water permit program.

MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of the Department of Environmental Services is to protect public health and the environment by providing effective and efficient management of wastewater, storm water and solid waste disposal systems for the City and County of Honolulu.

HIGHLIGHTSAdministrative SupportWastewater Sewer Service Charge revenue for the Fiscal Year 2009 Operating Budget amounted to approximately $246,482,315 and the wastewater program continued to meet all revenue bond and financial requirements.

Wastewater Revenue FY 2009Sewer Service Charges ..............................................$246,482,315WW System Facility Charges ...........................................1,555,359Other Revenue ............................................................$ 1,668,660Total .............................................................................$249,706,334

ENV continues to improve operations through change. Utilizing the enterprise asset management system/computerized main-tenance management system, ENV continues improvement and implementation through expanded training and the use of core team programs. Frontline supervisor training continues to reach all three operations divisions enhancing the ability of supervisors to oversee their various functions.

ORGANIZATIONAL, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTENV continues to build on momentum established by the frontline supervisor training and Alakaina leadership program by address-ing skill transfer and applying best practices to improve workforce productivity. An orientation program for both new and current employees is under way that informs and aligns the workforce to the department’s mission and goals.

ENV 2009 INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTENV completed its fourth of five-year Strategic Information Technology Master Plan, implementing various projects and reaching numerous milestones. Highlights included: • Established a Memorandum of Agreement with DIT for the creation of the ENV IT Support Group. An Information Technol-

ogy Reorganization for ENV is in the process. • Installed fiber optic connections at two more WWTP facilities. • Provided City-wide access to construction plans via DocuShare and GIS links. • Implemented modified interfaces for timekeeping, employee and vendor data between ENV’s Enterprise Asset Management

System and the new City-wide CHERPS program. • Selected a Laboratory Information Management System for the ENV’s Water Quality Lab.

NACWA’S PEAK PERFORMANCE AWARDSThis program recognizes the National Association of Clean water Agencies (NACWA) member agency facilities for excellence in wastewater treatment as measured by their compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. The City received five Peak Performance Awards this past year. • Platinum Awards honor treatment works that have achieved 100 percent compliance with their NPDES permit for five con-

secutive calendar years. • Gold Awards honor treatment works that have achieved 100 percent compliance with their NPDES permit for an entire cal-

endar year. • Silver Awards recognize facilities that have received no more than five NPDES permit violations per calendar year.

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Platinum Awards – 2008Waianae Wastewater Treatment Plant (seven straight years of 100 percent compliance)

Silver Awards - 2008Wahiawa Wastewater Treatment Plant Sand Island Wastewater Treatment PlantKailua Regional Wastewater Treatment PlantHonouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant

COLLECTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE (CSM)During FY 09, the division cleaned and flushed 716 miles of sewer line, cleaned 106 laterals, chemically treated 420 laterals and inspected 28,773 manholes. Television camera inspections completed 152,074 feet of sewer line. Repairs completed on 259 feet of sewer and installed 40 feet of laterals and extensions. CSM maintains Low Pressure Sewer Systems (LPSS) in Laie and performed additional work under IDIQ2. CSM maintained and operated more than 750 LPSS in Laie last year and rehabilitated 41,167 linear feet with cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining.

Environmental Quality (EQ)The Storm Water Quality (SWQ) Branch is the lead for administering the City’s NPDES municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit. The City was reissued its MS4 permit effective March 31, 2006, and submitted its storm water management plan March 30, 2007. In October 2008, SWQ submitted its FY 08 Annual Report along with the City’s NPDES permit reapplication for the next 5-year period that expired September 8, 2009. SWQ recently received a copy of the draft MS4 permit from the state Department of Health (DOH) and is currently preparing comments to the draft permit for DOH and EPA review. SWQ expects that they will receive a finalized permit in October 2009. . The City’s storm water management plan includes public education and outreach for both general audiences and targeted industries. Many different materials were used to promote aggressively and deliver the stewardship message, including pollution prevention tip cards in English and other languages, fact sheet on illicit connections, refrigerator magnets, clean water website at www.cleanwa-terhonolulu.com, radio and TV spots (Earth Month Teen Video Contest), local newspaper articles in the Earth Month Living Green newspaper supplement, Hawaii Backyard Conservation (Edition 2) newspaper supplement. Active Outreach: Informal opportuni-ties were held through out the City including Adopt-A-Stream projects, Erosion Control and Rain Garden workshops, educational displays at community fairs such as the City sponsored World Water Quality Monitoring Day/Watershed Field Days at the Ala Wai Canal and Pearl Harbor, Earth Month Mauka-to-Makai Expo, Keiki Water Festival, the Home and Garden show, the National Car Care and Building Industry Association shows. In FY 09, more than 5,000 volunteers picked up more than 50,000 pounds of litter and debris (including floatables/marine debris) from 50 sites on Oahu. Notable was the Pearl Harbor Bike Path in partnership with the U.S. Navy Region Hawaii and Lions Club, along with more than 30 supporting agencies and 400 volunteers. Furthermore, the Keiki Water Festival at Salt Lake Elementary School reached more than 200 fourth and fifth grade students and teachers, including student mentors from Kamehameha Middle School.

Youngsters getting hands-on experience during Kawa Adopt-A-Stream event.

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Another large part of the program effort is reducing pollutants from City facilities and training employees. Site visits were made to corporation yards, transfer stations, convenience centers, parks, golf courses, Honolulu Police Department (HPD) and Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) training centers and to evaluate best management practices (BMPs) to reduce pollutants. Nearly 1,900 City employees attended the annual NPDES training. SWQ implemented a web-based training program referred to as Environmental Compliance Assessment Training and Tracking System (ECATTS) in order to accomplish these goals. Topics included construc-tion plan review, inspection, illicit discharge investigation and enforcement, pesticide application, post-construction and facility maintenance BMPs.During FY 09the SWQ Branch performed 371 investigations, mailed 71 informational letters and 189 warning letters, while issuing 32 notices of violations with fines. The branch inspected 400 businesses in industrial areas and conducted 65 BMP compliance inspections of large construction project sites more than one acre.Additionally, the branch manages CIP projects for structural BMPs at storm drains along the Waikiki Coast and selected outlets in the Ala Wai Canal, Kuapa Pond, Kaelepulu Pond, Salt Lake and Wahiawa Reservoir. Currently, the branch is focusing on three watershed management studies related to Waikele Stream – Ala Wai, Waialua-Kaiaka and Central Oahu watersheds. The branch initiated projects for HPD, HFD, Department of Enterprise Services (DES) and Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR) evaluating their existing facilities and determining the need for structural improvements in accordance with NPDES permits. During FY 09, the Regulatory Control Branch (RCB) issued 810 Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits requiring grease inter-ceptors and/or pretreatment devices (silver recovery units, oil water separators, etc.). The branch performed 101 project reviews on building permit projects proposing to install grease interceptors. This past year, the branch increased enforcement activities and issued 1,419 Wastewater Discharge Violation notices, 425 Letters of Warning and two Notices of Violations. ENV distributed approximately 8,530 cubic yards of biosolids compost from the Navy Biosolids Treatment Facility and 1,469 dry tons of biosolids pellets from the Sand Island Synagro facility. This represents the amount of biosolids diverted from the landfill. The Honouliuli Water Reclamation Facility dispersed an average of 8.4 million gallons per day of recycled water. This represents the amount of effluent diverted from the ocean outfall. RCB continued with its implementation and outreach on Grease Interceptor Program Compliance. The primary focus were community groups, neighborhood boards and trade shows, educating industries and the public about responsible use of the City sewer system. The Water Quality Laboratory (WQL) performs diversified analytical procedures to monitor industrial wastewater going into the City’s treatment system, the discharges from nine wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) and the receiving water environment. Laboratory analyses include measurements of physical/chemical properties, including metals and pesticides, microbiological examination and biological assays. Additionally, WQL conducted 139,540 analyses on 43,262 samples in FY2009.

ENV’s Ocean Team collecting samples and specimens.

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The Monitoring and Compliance Branch continues to oversee compliance of the City’s nine wastewater treatment plants with their applicable NPDES, Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit, air quality and general permits, in addition to assisting RCB overseeing compliance at the Laie Wastewater Reclamation Facility. This work includes submitting annual assessment reports for the four largest facilities, applying for required permits, while tracking, compiling and submitting daily, monthly and annual data to the state Department of Health (DOH) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as required. Furthermore, the branch supports the operations division by addressing compliance issues at the facilities; an example of this is on-going work to improve odors at the Waianae WWTP in response to neighborhood requests. The branch’s Oceanographic Team continues to perform intensive monitoring of receiving waters for all of the City’s ocean outfalls as required under various permits. The monitoring process includes diving to collect fish and sediment samples and inspecting the outfalls by deploying instruments at nearshore and offshore stations to track conditions at various depths. The Oceanographic Team supports compliance with air permits by assisting with air quality monitoring. Currently, the team daily monitors the Sand Island WWTP, the City’s largest facility.

PUMP STATION PERFORMANCE FY2009

PUMP STATION MILLIONS OF GALLONS PUMPED AVG MGD

AALA 24.24 0.0664

ALA MOANA #1 8460.95 23.1807

ALA MOANA #2 7894.311 21.6282

ALALA 62.47 0.1712

ALIAMANU #1 93.5633 0.2563

ALIAMANU #2 79.71423 0.2184

ALII BLUFFS 14.1 0.0386

AWA STREET 1016.194 2.7841

BEACHWALK 3754.17 10.2854

COCONUT GROVE 53.54 0.1467

ENCHANTED LAKE 113.36 0.3106

EWA 612.241 1.6774

EWA BY GENTRY 147.1712 0.4032

FORT DERUSSY 670.1608 1.8361

GRANDVIEW * 2.556 0.0070

HALAWA 701.2 1.9211

HALEKOU 14.57 0.0399

HART STREET- EWA 2903.163 7.9539

HART STREET- DH 3056.363 8.3736

HEEIA 72.97 0.1999

HOMELANI 7.5742 0.0208

KAHALA 1362.667 3.7333

KAHALUU 50.24 0.1376

KAHALUU HOUSING 40.1 0.1099

KAHANAHOU 79.43 0.2176

KAHAWAI STREAM 95.79 0.2624

KAILUA HEIGHTS 933.3 2.5570

KAILUA ROAD 515.27 1.4117

KAMEHAMEHA HWY 1898.233 5.2006

KANEOHE BAY #2 66.8 0.1830

KANEOHE BAY #3 67.16 0.1840

KANEOHE BAY #4 20.19 0.0553

KANEOHE BAY #5 6.22 0.0170

KEMOO FARM * 19.2 0.0526

KUKANONO 19.05 0.0522

KULIOUOU 142.3688 0.3901

KUNIA 587.7743 1.6103

LAENANI 37.55 0.1029

LAIE 199.676 0.5471

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LAKEVIEW 56.8246 0.1557

LUALUALEI 287.1046 0.7866

MAKAKILO * 12.96 0.0355

MAUNAWILI ESTATES 31.9 0.0874

MAUNAWILI PARK 63.39 0.1737

MILILANI #19 28.4284 0.0779

MIOMIO 20.77 0.0569

MOANA PARK 292.4748 0.8013

NAKULA * 1.8 0.0049

NANAKULI 19.1246 0.0524

NIU VALLEY 590.1042 1.6167

OHAI PLACE * 3.48 0.0095

PACIFIC PALISADES 169.32324 0.4639

PAIKO DRIVE ** 0 0.0000

PEARL CITY 5485.158 15.0278

PUBLIC BATHS 167.577 0.4591

PUNAWAI 68.84 0.1886

UWALU * 3.78 0.0104

WAIAWA 19.5038 0.0534

WAIKALUA 67.42 0.1847

WAIKAPOKI 219.79 0.6022

WAIMALU 1823.777 4.9966

WAIPAHU 3901.342 10.6886

WAIPIO 179.6453 0.4922

WEST BEACH #1 69.19 0.1896

WEST BEACH #2 91.558 0.2508

WEST LOCH ESTATE 50.399 0.1381

WEST LOCH FAIRWAYS 115.1205 0.3154

SI INDUSTRIAL 255.0064 0.6986

SI PARKWAY 102.6008 0.2811

TOTALS 50093.99307 137.2438

* No flow meters. Millions of Gallons Daily (MGD) Pumped and Average MGD estimated.** Not on line.*** No flow meter. Flows to Niu Valley

TREATMENT PLANT PERFORMANCE FY2009

TREATMENT PLANT MILLIONS OF GALLONS TREATED (MGD) AVG MGD

HONOULIULI 9330.515 25.5631

KAHUKU 68.8458 0.1886

KAILUA 4627.981 12.6794

LAIE 167.34131 0.4585

PAALAA KAI 35.337 0.0968

SAND ISLAND 21781.6 59.6756

WAHIAWA 583.416 1.5984

WAIANAE 1197.689 3.2813

WAIMANALO 225.302 0.6173

TOTALS 38018.02711 104.1590

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ENV CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Microtunneling is becoming one of the more effective ways to handle sewer rehabilitation on Oahu, which has a minimal affect on traffic.

Below is a list of ENV-only construction projects. The Department of Design and Construction provides a complete list of all City construction projects, including other ENV construction projects.

Wastewater Construction ProjectsHonouliuli WWTP – New Solids Handling Facilities (on going) ................................................... $41,497,212.35Honouliuli WWTP – New Solids Handling Facilities (on going) .....................................................$8,489,727.02

Environmental Quality ProjectsStorm Drain Outlets in Waikiki Beach, Phase I (on going) .................................................................... $379,367Storm Drain Outlets in Waikiki Beach, Phase II (completed) ................................................................ $279,000Storm Drain Outlets near Ala Wai Canal (on going) .............................................................................. $449,445

Collection System Maintenance ProjectsRehabilitation of Sewer Lines on Oahu (IDIQ2) .................................................................................$12,900,000

Refuse Division ProjectWaipahu Ash Landfill Closure (Pre-staging of construction materials) ................................... $15,000,000 (est.)

Refuse Collection and DisposalThe Refuse Division plans, directs and coordinates programs for solid waste management for the City and County of Honolulu. The division provides refuse collection services and an integrated management system for waste reduction and disposal of solid waste, including recycling, waste-to-energy recycling (H-POWER) and landfilling. The division operates and maintains refuse transfer stations, refuse convenience centers and sanitary landfills.In FY 09, H-POWER received approximately 610,177 tons of refuse, which put the plant over 11.8 million tons of municipal solid waste processed since 1990.Recycling: For FY 09, approximately 8,530 cubic yards of biosolids compost from the Navy Biosolids Treatment Facility and 1,469 dry tons of biosolids pellets from the Synagro were distributed. The Honouliuli Water Reclamation Facility distributed an average of 8.4 million gallons per day of recycled water. Total refuse related expenditures for FY 09 were $107,485,766 compared to the previous fiscal year total of $136,507,677.

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REFUSE OPERATING EXPENDITURES FY 2009EXPENSESAdministrationAdministration .................................................................................................................................$ 1,560,111.85Investigation and Inspection ...........................................................................................................$ 339,737.89Recycling .........................................................................................................................................$ 12,292,389.22Glass Recycling .............................................................................................................................. $ 674,551.81

Refuse CollectionHonolulu ..........................................................................................................................................$ 10,296,424.97Rural ......................................................... ............................................................................................$ 9,446,252.26

Refuse DisposalMaintenance and Waste Diversion.................................................................................................$ 1,427,666.34Landfill .............................................................................................................................................$ 6,102,223.63Transfer ...........................................................................................................................................$ 7,835,146.71H-POWER .......................................................................................................................................$ 57,511,261.70Total Expenses ............................................................................................................................. $107,485,766.38

REVENUERefuse Small Business Collection ................................................................................................. $ 468,342.60Refuse Disposal .............................................................................................................................. $ 9,277,745.88H-POWER Disposal Fees .............................................................................................................. $ 36,957,115.62H-POWER Electricity Sales ............................................................................................................$ 52,879,027.33Recycling Surcharge....................................................................................................................... $ 4,703,595.59

H-POWER, the City’s waste-to-energy facility, breaks ground on a third boiler in FY 10.

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OPERATIONAL DATA FY2009Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Collection ........................................................................................312,360 (tons)

Disposal TonsMSW Received H-POWER .........................................................................................................................610,177Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill (not including residue, UAW or ash) ..................................................214,456H-POWER Residue .......................................................................................................................................97,041Unacceptable MSW (UAW) ............................................................................................................................ 4,590Ash (wet weight) ........................................................................................................................................... 89,542

TransferConvenience Centers (to landfill and H-POWER) ....................................................................................... 34,246Transfer Stations (to landfill and H-POWER) ..............................................................................................243,613

Recycling Tons

Batteries ............................................................................................................................................................. 564City Agency Office Paper ...................................................................................................................................177Community Recycling Bins ............................................................................................................................. 9,053Curbside Mixed Recyclables (partial rollout) ..................................................................................................7,287Green Waste (curbside, convenience centers, household drop-offs) ..........................................................47,756Tires ................................................................................................................................................................. 1,118Metals (white goods, miscellaneous metals) ................................................................................................. 5,347H-POWER, Recycled Metals (ferrous and non-ferrous) ...............................................................................18,782