Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
A. Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Kokosing Construction Company, Inc., for the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant Disinfection Chemical Handling Facility Improvements project for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and authorizes the payment of the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) application fee to the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA).
This is a contract for one of the key, time-critical wastewater plants construction projects in the City's Wet Weather Management Plan (WWMP) program, for the period through 2010. The work in this program is a very substantial group of sewer capital improvement projects (CIPs), both collections systems and treatment works improvements, which have been agreed to by the City and Ohio EPA in order to conform to the requirements of the City's consent orders. The WWMP projects at the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant will increase the plant's wet weather treatment capacity to 150 million gallons per day.
The proposed contract with Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. is for Contract J212. This contract Work consists of:
1. Modification and renovation of the existing effluent disinfection chemical storage and feed facility to meet all chemical safety and fire codes, and provide sufficient on site chemical storage capacities.
2. Specific improvements to reduce hydraulic constrictions and increase the plant's hydraulic capacity in conformance with the recommendations of the WWMP. These improvements will provide for increasing the effluent pump station capacity to 150 MGD, providing an 84-inch effluent relief conduit from the final settling tanks to the chlorine contact tanks parallel to the existing effluent relief conduit, and enlarging inlet opening to the effluent weir trough chamber.
3. Treatment process improvements to the Chlorine Contact Tanks and post-aeration process.
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