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Requisition No. 2300949/REQ-0000013
Biosolids Process Improvements (Study)
CIP #213009/BCE Score: 79.6
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Agenda of: October 23, 2024
Item No.: 2024-319
Amount: $2,836,265.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: September 26, 2024
RE: Requisition No. 2300949/REQ-0000013
Biosolids Process Improvements (Study)
Vendor: Brown and Caldwell
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Navid Mehram, Chief Operating Officer - Wastewater Operating Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into a contract with Brown and Caldwell for "Biosolids Process Improvements (Study)" (Requisition No. 2300949/REQ-0000013) at a cost not to exceed $2,836,265.00 for a duration of 730 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The GLWA Wastewater Masterplan (WWMP) completed in 2020 informed GLWA's Capital Improvement Program extensively. One project identified under the WWMP was the Biosolids Process Improvements Study for the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF). This study will examine early conclusions made in the WWMP and provide projected regulatory data, emerging contaminants (such as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)), available and evolving technologies while ensuring close coordination with external stakeholders such as GLWA member partners, academic institutions, other utilities, as well as GLWA internal stakeholders to create a comprehensive long-term roadmap for the solids management at the WRRF.
Biosolids are processed byproduct of the wastewater treatment process and represent a part of the solids stream of wastewater treatment. The solids stream includes screenings, grit and solids which may contain recoverable nutrients or energy, i.e. biosolids. Recoverabl...
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