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Resolution to Adopt the 96-inch Water Transmission Main (WTM) Relocation Project FY 2022 Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Plan
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Agenda of: June 23, 2021
Item No.: 2021-240
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
DATE: June 23, 2021
RE: Resolution to Adopt the 96-inch Water Transmission Main (WTM) Relocation Project FY 2022 Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Plan
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Nicolette Bateson, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer, and Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer-Water & Field Services, the Board of Directors of the Great Lakes Water Authority, approves the attached Resolution to Adopt the 96-inch Water Transmission Main (WTM) Relocation Project FY 2022 Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Plan; and authorizes the CEO to take such action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The existing 96-inch WTM is part of GLWA's overall drinking water transmission system that conveys treated water from the Lake Huron Water Treatment Plant (LHWTP) to several member partner communities in Lapeer, Macomb, and Oakland Counties. The 96-inch WTM was constructed in the mid-1960s and was placed into service in December 1967. It is over 32 miles long and is constructed of prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP). The main purpose of the project is to relocate the portion of the existing 96-inch WTM that is currently located within the closed G&H Industrial Landfill property near the intersection of 23 Mile Road and Ryan Road. The Landfill was placed on the USEPA Superfund National Priorities List in 1983, and approximately 1,660 feet of the existing 96-inch WTM falls within its limits. The new, relocated 96-inch WTM will connect to the existing water transmission system near the intersection of 24 Mile Road and the Macomb Orchard Trail to the north and at the inter...
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