REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BROCK D. BUCHE, PE, PLS, Interim Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: JESUS A. GONZALEZ, PE, Public Utilities Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SAMUEL NADORES, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SUBJECT
Title
Approve a consultant services agreement with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $160,388, inclusive of $14,600 in contingency, to design concrete liners for Drying Ponds 1 and 2 at the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (Council District 6)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council approve a consultant services agreement with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, Inc. (Consultant), in the amount not to exceed $160,388, inclusive of $14,600 in contingency, to provide engineering design services for concrete liners for Drying Ponds 1 and 2 at the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (Project); and authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to sign the Agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno (City).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City's Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (NESWTF) produces 30 million gallons per day of potable water. Part of the treatment process discharges a sludge type waste stream to a series of four earthen drying ponds. In April 2010, two of the four ponds were lined with geotextile polyliners and are the only ones receiving the sludge discharge. Concrete lining of the remaining two earthen ponds will reduce maintenance issues related to pond solids removal and increase facility operational flexibilities for year-round treatment of available surface water supplies.
BACKGROUND
The NESWTF has been in service since July of 2004 and has a treatment capacity of 30 million gallons per day. Residual particles remaining after completion of the treatment process are removed and directed to the facility's four proces...
Click here for full text