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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection
Creator:
Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0161
Physical Description:
2.50 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1952-1967
Language of Material:
English
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The
Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection dates from 1952-1967. It consists solely of paper records, and documents the city's process of determining the best method
of waste disposal for San Diego. Included in the collection is the original proposal booklet submitted by Holmes & Navar-Montgomery.
This booklet contains the 1958 plan for the treatment and disposal of city sewage into San Diego Bay. Also included are editorials,
letters to the editor, and newspaper clippings for and against the city's proposal to dispose of waste water into the ocean
off the Point Loma coast.
This collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection, Special Collections
and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
In 1958 the city of San Diego conducted a study to determine a better way to dispose of sewage. Prior to this study, the city's
sewage was disposed of in the San Diego bay, after receiving varying degrees of treatment. The city contracted with the firm
of Holmes & Navar-Montgomery to find an alternative to dumping waste in the bay to eliminate potential health and environmental
risks.
Holmes & Navar-Montgomery proposed five alternative plans, but after the city completed the initial cost appraisal, it determined
that disposing of city waste into the ocean was still the most cost-efficient method of waste management. Another plan provided
for a system of interceptor sewers and pumping stations that would end at a new treatment plant in Fort Rosecrans. From this
new plant, waste would travel through a multiple port diffuser located about 220 miles under water, and would then be dumped
into the ocean approximately 13,000 miles off shore. The estimated cost of this plan was $41,136,000.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Organizational Records
Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project--Archives
Sewage--Environmental aspects--California--San Diego--History--20th century--Sources
Sewage disposal--California--San Diego--History--20th century--Sources
Sewage disposal in the ocean--California--San Diego--History--20th century--Sources
San Diego Bay (Calif.)
Holmes & Navar-Montgomery--History--20th century--Sources