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File #: 0356-2021    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/5/2021 In control: Public Utilities Committee
On agenda: 3/1/2021 Final action: 3/5/2021
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a collaborative contract with The Water Research Foundation for the Tailored Collaboration Program; and to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund. ($50,000.00)
Attachments: 1. ORD 0356-2021 Financial Coding - Water Research Foundation - Tailored Collaboration Program - ACID+ Digestion
Explanation

This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into a collaborative contract with The Water Research Foundation for the Tailored Collaboration Program for the ACID+ Digestion Proposal, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. This project will develop an improved understanding of Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant’s (SWWTP) conventional acid-gas digestion that will be leveraged to provide more optimized digestion and potential process upgrades. Benefits are anticipated to include reduced foaming, reduction of hydrogen sulfide in the biogas, and enhanced process stability. This process is expected to additionally provide controlled production of struvite at lower chemical demand while possibly increasing existing digester capacity. It is a collaborative effort in which Columbus provides a portion of the funding and is the sponsoring utility, with several other entities contributing funding and in-kind donations as well, including Brown and Caldwell, Cincinnati MSD, NYC DEP, Gwinnett County, and The Water Research Foundation. The results of this research have the potential to benefit the SWWTP and the other study participants, as well as others in the industry utilizing similar technologies.


SUPPLIER: The Water Research Foundation, FID #13-6211384, DAX #000727, Expires May 30, 2020, Non-Profit Organization.


FISCAL IMPACT: A total of $50,000.00 is budgeted and available for the City’s portion of this collaborative contract for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.

$0.00 was spent in 2020
$0.00 was spent in 2019

This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2021 Operating Budget (Ordinance #2503-2020).


Title

To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a collaborative contract with The Water Research Foundation for the Tailored Collaboration Program; and to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund. ($50,000.00)


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