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FEBRUARY NEWS East Bay Opens to Winery Wastewater California wineries benefit from 'holdand-haul' disposal program O akland, Calif.—Call it "hold and haul" or "tank and truck," the East Bay Municipal Utility District's (EBMUD) trucked waste-disposal program now enables 50 Northern California wineries to manage their wastewater output reliably and flexibly without costly investments in onsite infrastructure and/ or local permit and hookup fees. With capacity to accept more wastewater at its Oakland treatment facility, EBMUD is seeking to partner with more wineries to receive and process their waste. Wineries trucking waste to the Oakland facility are located in coastal counties from Mendocino in the north to San Luis Obispo in the south, in Central Valley counties from Sacramento to Fresno, and in the Sierra Foothills. Accepted winery waste includes: wine and juice products, grape skins, barrel and tank wash water, wine lees, process wastewater screenings, pond sludge, boiler and cooling tower blowdown, water softener concentrate, ion-exchange reject and acid/caustic rinse water. The EBMUD wastewater-treatment facility in Oakland was built and expanded during the 1970s and 1980s, when the district was home to a large number of food-processing facilities and canneries. 2 BARREL STEAMING MACHINE AUTOMATED STEAMING! ! W NE 2 & 4 Barrel Washing • 2 & 4 Barrel Steaming Barrel Processing Lines • 1/2 Ton Bin Washing Systems 35 lb. Picking Lug Washers • Custom Cellar Equipment 1650 Almar Parkway, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 P. 707-573-3150 F. 707-573-3140 www.tombeard.com E. jmendoza@tombeard.com 18 W in e s & V i ne s F E B R uary 20 14 Crew Wine Co. in Yolo County, Calif., stores winery wastewater in these 8,000-gallon tanks prior to it being trucked to the East Bay Municipal Utility District's wastewater-treatment facility in Oakland, Calif. Many of these food processors later closed or moved away, leaving the Oakland plant with excess capacity. Disposal fees at the EBMUD facility range from 3 to 15 cents per gallon based on waste characteristics, volume and contract length, plus the costs for hauling waste from the winery to the wastewater plant. Spelletich Family Wine Co. in Napa Valley has operated with a "hold-and-haul" system for wastewater since 2008, says owner/winemaker Barb Spelletich. The hauler used by Spelletich has a maximum truck capacity of 6,000 gallons. When the winery's tank accumulates 7,000 gallons, an alarm is triggered to inform personnel to call the hauler and schedule a pickup. Spelletich said waste pickup can happen as often as twice per week during the busiest part of crush. "It's a useful and necessary service for our operation, and it's a good12/13/10 12:55 PM Page 1 way to protect our environment." Mel_Knox_Feb11.qxp —Jon Tourney