The Liquid Waste Program manual, Handling Procedures For Trucked In Waste, includes the following:

• a description of the City of Santa Cruz Liquid Waste Receiving Facility operations
• a description of the liquid waste hauler permitting process
• a Liquid Waste Hauler Discharge Permit application
• criteria for acceptable wastes.

To obtain a Liquid Waste Hauler Discharge Permit, complete the permit application found on pages 12-14 of the manual. Please mail the completed pages to the Liquid Waste Receiving Facility (address below).

The address, phone number, and operating hours of Liquid Waste Receiving Facility are as follows:

For more information click on the links below:

• Liquid Waste Hauler Manual
• Liquid Waste Hauler Permit Application [PDF]

Manual Liquid Waste Hauler Fees

Liquid waste haulers discharging septic/grease waste at the Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Plant will be charged for 85% of the truck tank capacity.

Rates per gallon are determined by the County Environmental Health Department.

Please call the County Environmental Health Department at 831-454-2022 to obtain current fee rates. 

Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents.
They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below.

Acrobat Reader Windows Media Player Word Viewer Excel Viewer PowerPoint Viewer