Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works

The Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works (SCAP) is a non-profit corporation that lobbies on behalf of publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and wastewater collections systems. Among their causes, SCAP lobbies for the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. SCAP members are POTWs from seven southern California counties that together collects and/or treats the wastewater for 16 million people.

Involvement in San Francisco Sludge Controversy
In May 2010, SCAP sent a letter of support to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in favor of its sewage sludge compost giveaway program. In its letter, SCAP refers to composting of sewage sludge as "a highly regulated practice, producing a valuable soil amendment."

Leadership

 * Executive Director: John Pastore
 * Air Quality Committee Chair: Kris Flaig, City of Los Angeles
 * Air Quality Committee Vice Chair: Greg Adams, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
 * Biosolids Committee Chair: Mike Sullivan, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
 * Biosolids Committee Vice Chair: Leyla Perez, Orange County Sanitation District
 * Collection Systems Committee Co-Chair: Ralph Palomares, El Toro Water District
 * Collection Systems Committee Co-Chair: Sam Espinoza, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
 * Collection Systems Committee Vice Chair: Nicole Greene, City of Montclair
 * Water Issues Committee Chair: Gus Dembegiotes, City of Los Angeles
 * Water Issues Committee Vice Chair: Valerie Housel, City of San Bernardino Water Department
 * POTW Energy Management Committee Chair: Andre Schmidt, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
 * POTW Energy Management Committee Vice Chair: Chuck Rogers, City of Thousand Oaks

Contact Information

 * Office Address:
 * 605 Third Street
 * Encinitas, CA 92024


 * Mailing Address:
 * P.O. Box 231565
 * Encinitas, CA 92024-1565


 * Phone: (760) 479-4880
 * Fax: (760) 479-4881
 * Web: http://www.scap1.org
 * Email: [mailto:info@scap1.org info@scap1.org]

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