TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR THE BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Authority to add Project 14-812-21 Furnishing and Delivering an External Carbon Source to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $400,000.00.
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Dear Sir:
Authority is requested to add Project 14-812-21, Furnishing and Delivering an External Carbon Source to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, at the request of the Maintenance and Operations Department.
The purpose of the project is to provide an external carbon source to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant that is necessary to implement a full-scale pilot test over a three-month period, in order to determine if the existing infrastructure is capable of supporting enhanced biological phosphorus removal. The Calumet WRP will have to comply with pending regulatory phosphorus limits that will become effective approximately June 1, 2020.
The project consists of furnishing and delivering an external source of readily degradable carbon in the form of volatile fatty acids, in addition to the rental of a portable dosing system. The estimated cost of the project is $400,000.00.
Requested, Manju Prakash Sharma, Director of Maintenance and Operations, SES:SO'C:JM
Respectfully Submitted, Mariyana Spyropoulos, Chairman Committee on Finance
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for September 4, 2014.