Guide to the Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection
Finding Aid Authors: Jennifer Hollander.
© Copyright 2008 Special Collections & University Archives. All rights reserved.
2008-09-25
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
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Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Guide to the Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection
1952/1967
Special Collections & University Archives
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection
Dates: 1952-1967
Identification: MS-0161
Creator:
Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project
Physical Description: 2.50 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Historical Note:
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.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Family Name:
Holmes & Navar-Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Genre/Form of Material:
Organizational Records
Publications
Geographic Name:
San Diego Bay (Calif.)
Topical Term:
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
Administrative Information
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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.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection, Special Collections
and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Scope and Contents
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.
Detailed List of Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
City of San Diego- Water Reclamation Study for Balboa Park and Mission Bay
March 1963
Box 1, Folder 2
Sewerage Survey- North Coastal San Diego County
June 1960
Box 1, Folder 3
City of San Digo- Oceanographic Conditions Prior to Discharge of Wases from Proposed Disposal System- Final Report
1958-59
Box 1, Folder 4
Holmes and Narver- Montgomery- Basic Plan for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage, for the Metropolitan Area
San Diego, California
Box 1, Folder 5
Sewerage Survey- Report on the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of the Sewage of Sn Diego County, California
September 1952
Box 1, Folder 6
County of Los Angeles- Future Availability of Water for Irrigation in Southern California
ca. 1961
Box 1, Folder 7
Santee County Water District- Report on the Santee Water Reclamation Project
September 1961
Box 1, Folder 8
State of California- Reclamation of Water Sewage and Industrial Wastes
ca. 1954
Box 1, Folder 9
Sterling Drug, Inc.- Waste is for Burning..Without Flame
ca. 1961
Box 1, Folder 10
Citizens Committee- Resolution regarding Pt. Loma facility
Box 1, Folder 11
San Diego City Council- Reporter's transcript of proceedings
ca. 1961
Box 1, Folder 12
Water Reclamation Commission- Minutes
ca. 1962
Box 1, Folder 13
Los Angeles County- A Report uponthe Potential Reclamation of Sewage Now Wasting to the Ocean in Los Angeles County
Box 1, Folder 14
Water Reclamation Commission- Documents, Minutes
ca. 1963
Box 1, Folder 15
United States Senate- Water Resources Activities in the United States
ca. 1960
Box 1, Folder 16
Water Reclamation Commission- Manual of operations and related materials
ca. 1961
Box 1, Folder 17
City of San Diego- Correspondence with Ralph Stone and Co.
ca. 1962
Box 1, Folder 18
Citizens Committee for Water Reclamation- Notes, correspondence, membership list
Box 1, Folder 19
City of San Diego- Court proceedings, notes re. sewage project
Box 1, Folder 20
Holmes and Narver- Montgomery- Basic Plan for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage, for the Metropolitan Area
San Diego, California
Box 1, Folder 21
City-Wide Committee Against Point Loma Sewer Outfall- Correspondence and Notes
Box 1, Folder 22
City-Wide Committee Against Point Loma Sewer Outfall- Questions to the City Council
Box 1, Folder 23
City-Wide Committee Against Point Loma Sewer Outfall- Coronado Information and Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 24
City of San Diego- Tide tables, sewer facts, program report
Box 1, Folder 25
City of San Diego- City Managers reports, general literature
Box 1, Folder 26
City of San Diego- Notes and press releases
Box 2, Folder 1
Water Reclamation Commission- Meeting notices, certificates, notes
ca. 1961
Box 2, Folder 2
Water Reclamation Commission- Notes regarding project and correspondence
Box 2, Folder 3
Water Reclamation Commission- Minutes, notes, correspondence
ca 1961
Box 2, Folder 4
Dr. R.E. Worthington- 1967 Petty Cash and Receipts
Box 2, Folder 5
Dr. R.E. Worthington- 1961 Petty Cash and Receipts
Box 2, Folder 6
Dr. R.E. Worthington- 1963 Petty Cash and Receipts
Box 2, Folder 7
Dr. R.E. Worthington- 1965 Petty Cash and Receipts
Box 2, Folder 8
Dr. R.E. Worthington- 1960 Petty Cash and Receipts
Box 2, Folder 9
City-Wide Committee Against Point Loma Sewer Outfall- Various Financial Materials
ca. 1962
