Pretreatment
The Pretreatment Committee meets several times per year to provide training and discuss best practices for controlling industrial and commercial waste discharges.
Committee Co-Chairs: Casey Fitzgerald (City of San José) and Adam Kern (EBMUD).
To join the Pretreatment committee, fill in the form at the bottom of this page, email BACWA staff or request to join through the Pretreatment Committee email list
Next Pretreatment Committee Meeting
No upcoming events.
Pretreatment Board Reports
View AllPretreatment Committee Board Report 2025-10-07Download
Pretreatment Committee Board Report 2025-06-04Download
Pretreatment Committee Board Report 2024-11-20Download
Pretreatment Committee Board Report 2024-02-14Download
Pretreatment Committee Board Report 2023-11-02Download
Pretreatment Committee Board Report 2023-03-22Download
Pretreatment Library
View AllSWRCB Pretreatment Compliance Audits – Lessons Learned 2025-06-04Download
EPA Pretreatment Updates 2025-06-04Download
EBMUD Resource Recovery Program Presentation 2024-02-14Download
CWEA TCP ECI Certificate Update 2024-02-14Download
EPA Pretreatment Updates 2024-02-14Download
SFEI Presentation to Pretreatment Committee on PFAS Regional Study 2023-11-02Download
See links below for videos of Greg Arthur’s Pretreatment Master Class, held on March 11, 2019, at EBMUD:
Session 1 – Industrial User Inspections
Session 2 – Finding Sources of Variability
Session 3 – Clean Water Act Basics
Session 4 – Pretreatment Program Basics
Pretreatment Master Class 3-11-19
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Bypass and Dilution – Pretreatment Master Class 03-11-19Download
Representative Sampling – Pretreatment Master Class 03-11-19Download
Pretreatment Program Basics – Pretreatment Master Class 03-11-19Download
CWA Basics – Pretreatment Master Class 03-11-19Download
Industrial User Inspections – Pretreatment Master Class 03-11-19Download
Pretreatment Master Class Training Schedule 03-11-19Download