By joining SCAP you are
joining forces with many other agencies facing the same
operational, management and regulatory challenges. SCAP
can assist you in meeting the challenges you face.
If you would like
to become a member of SCAP, please complete an
application and mail the completed application
directly to the SCAP office. Should you have
additional questions be sure to contact the SCAP
office.
What is SCAP?
Who can join SCAP?
Who runs SCAP?
How is SCAP
funded?
How else do
members help?
Why should we
join SCAP?
What is SCAP?
The
Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned
Treatment Works, or SCAP, is an association of
cities, special districts and other public agencies
primarily formed to concentrate their resources to
effect reasonable local, state and federal
regulations impacting POTWs and collection systems.
Our organization is currently comprised of over 80
wastewater treatment and collection system agencies
and one large regional water treatment agency.
Together, our membership collects and/or treats the
wastewater for over 16 million southern Californians
in seven counties. All of our non-associate members
are public agencies, either municipalities or
special districts, charged with the responsibility
for treating and disposing of wastewater in a safe
and economically viable manner for their ratepayers.
Our Associate members are associated with the
treatment of water and/or the collection, treatment,
disposal, recycling or reuse of wastewater and its
residuals within the State of California.
Joining
forces enables even small agencies to have a say in
such regulations as air quality, biosolids
management, collection systems and inland surface
water discharges. And, unlike other associations
with similar membership who deal with these issues
on a statewide basis, SCAP addresses them from a
perspective that often only Southern Californians
can appreciate.
Although attention is directed
mainly towards the regulatory arena, SCAP also works
on legislation that would similarly impact its
members. In extreme situations, litigation may be
pursued when SCAP members feel it is in the best
interest of the public to challenge proposed or
existing laws or regulations.
The organization
strives to obtain a balance between protection of
the environment and the economic reality of existing
and proposed regulations. In that sense, it is
perhaps the public, or ratepayer, for whom SCAP is
really an advocate.
Who can join SCAP?
Regular Members: Regular members include any
California city, special district, public agency or
public organization engaged in the treatment of
water and/or the collection, treatment, disposal,
recycling or reuse of wastewater and its residuals.
Collection Systems Only Members: Collection Systems
Only members include any California city, special
district, public agency or public organization
engaged in the collection of wastewater.
Associate Members: Associate members are
consultants, law firms, public utilities, investor
owned utilities, manufacturers, suppliers,
non-profit associations and other persons or
entities involved in the treatment of water and/or
the collection, treatment, disposal, recycling or
reuse of wastewater and its residuals within the
State of California.
All SCAP applications for
membership are reviewed by the Board of Directors
who shall, at their discretion, determine that
participation by the applicant will advance the
purposes of the Alliance.
Who runs SCAP?
A
board of directors establishes SCAP policy and
direction. The board is composed of one individual
from within the geographical boundaries of each
county that has a member agency. Alternate directors
from each county serve on the board as necessary.
SCAP retains an experienced executive director
who taps public and private resources. The executive
director helps to identify key issues, develops
action plans, prepares point papers with technical
support documentation, solicits and coordinates
efforts of outside consultants and those
contributing in-kind services, represents SCAP
before regulatory agencies and legislative bodies,
keeps members apprised of current issues and carries
out the day-to-day administrative activities of the
organization.
These efforts help bring about
compromises with regulatory agencies that safeguard
the financial resources of agencies with POTWs and
at the same time protect the environment.
How is SCAP funded?
Regular members pay dues based on the average
daily flow (adf) of their POTWs. Collection Systems
members pay an annual fee of $500 and Associate
members pay an annual fee of $1,042.
How else do
members help?
Member agencies,
particularly those with specialized staff, also
provide in-kind contributions such as technical
assistance and legal services.
Member agencies
are called upon periodically to help in
presentations and appearances to underscore the
influence of the allied agencies and the public they
collectively represent.
Why should we join
SCAP?
Agencies with POTWs and/or
collection systems cannot afford not to join SCAP.
By belonging to SCAP, agencies in most cases,
need not maintain their own staff to work with
regulatory officials on agency-specific issues. SCAP
will do it all. And the potential savings that
result will be far greater than an agency's annual
dues.
In short, you need SCAP, and SCAP needs
you. Join SCAP today!