Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into agreements with CDM Smith Inc. and MWH Americas Inc., for professional engineering services for the Dublin Road Water Plant (DRWP) and the Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) UV Disinfection Projects, in an amount up to $1,826,895.09, for Division of Water Contract No's 2024 and 2025.
These projects will provide preliminary design for an Ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection system for the City's two surface water treatment plants, Dublin Road Water Plant and Hap Cremean Water Plant. UV Disinfection will provide a multi-barrier disinfection approach for DRWP and HCWP and comply with best practices suggested by the USEPA's Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule. The preliminary design will be used to evaluate UV Disinfection technologies, identify the preferred UV Disinfection technology, develop technical design memos for guidance during detailed design, begin permitting discussions with the Ohio EPA, and develop a Preliminary Design Report for each plant.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: UV disinfection provides a multi-barrier treatment operation at the plants that improves public health protection by inactivating chlorine resistant microorganisms and other harmful pathogens. Water quality provided by the City is essential to human health and economic growth and development. There were no public meetings held regarding this work. The water treatment plants are secure facilities and are not publically accessible buildings. LEED principles will be employed where applicable.
3. BID INFORMATION: The selection of the firms providing the professional engineering services has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria ...
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