Title
Contract No. 2000068
Landfill Service for Lime Stabilized Dewatered Sludge
CIP # / BCE Score: O&M Project
Body
Agenda of: February 26, 2020
Item No.: 2020-040
Amount: $2,000,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: February 26, 2020
RE: Contract No. 2000068
Landfill Service for Lime Stabilized Dewatered Sludge
Vendor: Waste Management of Michigan, Inc.
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 Contract No. 2000068, "Landfill Service for Lime Stabilized Dewatered Sludge" with Waste Management of Michigan, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for a duration of five years; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The GLWA Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF), generates a by-product (sewage sludge) through treatment of domestic wastewater. Sewage sludge include scum or solids removed in primary and secondary treatment processes. The GLWA facility generates on average, 1,440 wet tons per day of solids. Operations utilize three methods of processing to adequately dispose of the generated solids. The processes include from most favorable to least favorable: Biosolids Dryer Facility (BDF) that generates class-A biosolids which is then land applied as fertilizer; multiple hearth incineration which converts the sludge into an ash product which is landfilled; and Central Offload Facility (COF) which processes dewatered sludge with the addition of lime for stabilization prior to landfill disposal. The lime stabilized dewatered sludge is a solid residual similar to slightly wet dirt.
The GLWA continues to work with EGLE and the operations team on minimizing the u...
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