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DPU061725GRITREMOVALSYSTEMELECTRICALTRENWAYREPLACEMENT
Water Reclamation
Mike Schreidah (x2607)
Revised
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Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $400,000 from the Sanitary Sewer Replacement Fund for the Grit Removal System Electrical Trenway Replacement Project at the Water Reclamation Plant; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for the Grit Removal System Electrical Trenway Replacement Project and for related professional, engineering, permitting, construction, testing and commissioning services at the Water Reclamation Plant; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Bay View Water Reclamation Plant employs a grit removal system which consists of six grit removal tanks in the Preliminary Treatment area. This system is powered by 480 Volt electrical wiring and low voltage controls enclosed within a below ground electrical trenway that runs from the Bay View Pump Station to the Grit Building. The electrical trenway was installed in 2014 under the Grit Removal System Renovations Project and has already been compromised by salt and water seeping into the trenway from the nearby streets and damaging the electrical wiring and controls. The Division of Water Reclamation will be advertising for formal proposals to remove the existing wiring and replacing it with new wiring that will be enclosed in new PVC conduits within the electrical trenway. Additional spare PVC conduits will be included for future expansion. This project will include professional, engineering, permitting, construction, testing and commissioning. This project upon execution, will ensure the operational integrity of the grit removal system and will allow the Water Reclamation Plant to maintain compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permit as required by Ohio EPA, and to provide the necessary redundancy for the grit removal tanks and related equipment in the preliminary Treatment area of the P...
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