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Consider and acknowledge receipt of permit number WT000016240940 for the construction of SEWTP Force Main Construction Project (PU2422) from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.
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INITIATOR: Rusty Whisenhunt, Director of Public Utilities
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Rusty Whisenhunt, Director of Public Utilities
BACKGROUND: A new contract with Garver, LLC for design services for the WWTP Improvements Phase II project identified in the approved Engineering report and include the sludge removal designs for the Southeast Water Treatment Plant (SEWTP) that currently cause overloading of the WWTP solids will be authorized and will serve as effluent discharge for the Alternative Water Supply. The SEWTP Sludge handling design will stop the sludge being transferred to the WWTP that causes overloading of WWTP as well as treat the Alternative water supply solids. RFQ for Public Utilities related Professional Engineering Services was sent out on April 3, 2023, to ten (10) Engineering firms. Six (6) firms responded to the RFQ on May 3, 2023. A competitive evaluation grading process was conducted on the RFQ’s received. Three (3) Firms (Jacobs Engineering Group, Freese and Nichols, and Garver LLC) were determined to meet the desired qualification of a Master Services Agreement for Public Utilities Engineering needs. Garver LLC was selected to be the most qualified in terms of knowledge and experience at the City of Lawton’s WWTP and SEWTP. The design for phase 2 at WWTP and Solid’s treatment system for the SEWTP was awarded to Garver, LLC, on June 27, 2023. The design is at 95% completion at this time. The force main is a 12” line running to nine mile creek sanitary sewer that will serve the solids handling facility at the SEWTP and the filtrate from the alternative treatment system.
This project benefits the citizen by providing a safe community and seeking the highest standards in our pursuit of excellence, as stated in the True North Culture statement, as we continue to better our water and wastewater treatment processes.
EXHIBIT: ODEQ Construction Permit
KEY ISSUES: None
FUNDING SOURCE: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: Acknowledge receipt of permit number WT000016240940 for the construction of SEWTP 12” Force Main Construction Project (PU2422) from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.