Show Me the Measures: Performance Measures for Environmental Services City of San Diego, CA Elmer Heap, Director Environmental Services Department

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Seventh largest city in the USA Population: 1,223,400 Area: 342 square miles 52 miles long from north to south

MEASURING SUCCESS…  Solid waste landfill operations  Solid waste collection

Refuse Disposal Division Environmental Services Department

Refuse Disposal Division  Miramar Landfill Operations  Fee Collection  Ecological Services  Maintain Closed Landfills  Regulatory Compliance “MIRAMAR: A full-scale waste management and environmental effort.” --Waste Age Magazine, 1992

Miramar Landfill Facts Operated by City of San Diego City’s only operating landfill Land owned by U.S. Department of Navy “Rent” = free disposal of military waste Site of nationally known bird control program 1953 Innovative native plant revegetation program 1,423-acre site in operation since 1959 Projected closure: 2012 Rock aggregate mining provided additional capacity Landfill gas extraction partnerships 1999

ISO Certified!  July 2002 : The Refuse Disposal Division becomes registered to the ISO international Environmental Management System standard.  Miramar Landfill: The first municipally managed landfill in the country to successfully complete this rigorous certification process.  2003 “Solutions Winner”- Awarded by Public Technology Institute

Environmental Management Program (EMP) July 2001-July 2003 EMP Environmental Environmental Reduction/Savings Reduction/Savings Economic Cost Savings Fee Booth Ticketless Transaction Ticketless Transaction 18 Tons CO2 2,500 idle time hours eliminated Groundwater Micro Purge 6,910 gal purge water eliminated $2,500 disposal cost savings Potable Water Use Reduction 62 million gallons of potable water saved $65,000 water cost savings Exhaust Emissions Reduction (Heavy Equipment) 2,458 tons CO2 14 tons CO, 69 tons NOx 1 ton SOx, 4.4 tons PM10 $2,600,000 rate savings (annual rate savings beginning 7/03) Stormwater Pollution Prevention 3,000,000 gallons of storm water pumped for dust control and spillway overflow prevention

COST vs. BENEFIT ANALYSIS One time implementation costs: $220,000, including, consultant, materials, training, travel, and ISO program specific labor costs over a two year period. On-going (annual) cost savings: $2,162,000: -$2,000,000 Heavy equipment rate savings by shutting off equipment during breaks and morning maintenance period. - $80,000 diesel cost savings by shutting down heavy equipment during breaks and lunch periods. -$47,000 Plant protector/container reuse. - $29,000 water cost differential for using reclaimed water in place of potable water. $ 6,000 water meter charge savings (Meter downsized from 6” to 4”) $ 6,000 water meter charge savings (Meter downsized from 6” to 4”)

MEASURING SUCCESS…  Solid waste landfill operations  Solid waste collection

Environmental Services Department Collection Services Division

 Refuse Collection  Curbside Recycling Collection  Curbside Greenery Collection  Special Collection Collection Services Division $ 49.7 M FY 2004 Budget TrucksPositions

Refuse Collection  Over 315,000 weekly residential collections  Over 29,000,000 total refuse, recycling and greenery stops per year  More than 374,000 tons collected yearly 2004 City Survey Results 97% Customer Satisfaction Rating!

The City of San Diego’s Solid Waste Collection System 8,100 miles of streets traveled 315,000 single family and small business customers 16 million stops per year 380,000 tons of refuse collected

TRAVEL DISTANCE: Refuse Collection Routes With such a large geographical area to cover in the collection system, one of the priorities in reducing air emissions was to find a way to reduce miles traveled.

Reduces mileage by 20% with the incorporation of RouteSmart software. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Partially activated, and has already saved: 23,000 miles/year 11,500 gallons of fuel 129 tons of CO2

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

Project Impacts  Save taxpayer money: Up to $600,000 in General Fund in first year.  Reduce air pollution: Smaller fleet, reduced miles, “Zone” management.

“ How can we afford not to do it! It is not just sustainability that is at issue. We are, in fact, talking about the survivability of our communities, our countries, and our world. At the City of San Diego, there is always something we are working on, something we are planning, and something we are dreaming about that will contribute to a sustainable future.