Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Synagro Central for professional services and construction services for the Water Treatment Residuals Turnkey Dewatering Services project, CIP #690540-100002, in an amount up to $47,000,000.00.
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water (“City”), provides drinking water to approximately 1.2 million residents in the Greater Columbus Area. The City owns and operates three water plants that treat and distribute drinking water to their customers. As a part of the drinking water treatment process, several water treatment residuals (WTR) products are generated that require handling, management, and beneficial use or disposal. The City is seeking to improve the sustainability of its current WTR management methods by moving away from a disposal-based operation to one that is entirely or substantially based on beneficial use.
This project will design and construct a WTR dewatering facility at the Division of Water’s McKinley Avenue Quarry property that will include handling, dewatering, transportation, beneficial use, and in very limited cases, disposal of WTR. Synagro Central will be responsible for designing, furnishing, installing, and operating all facilities, equipment, material, consumables, and labor required to provide the requested services.
The Community Planning Area is “99 - Citywide” since the facility will handle WTR from water plants which serve multiple Columbus communities.
TIMELINE: A Notice to Proceed is anticipated to be issued in July of 2023. Construction substantial completion is estimated to occur in August of 2025, and final completion is estimated to occur the first quarter of 2026.
ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT: The contract amount is expected to be $47,000,000.00. No contract modifications are anticipated at this time; however, design exigency might later compel modification of this con...
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