Title
Approval of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Loan for the McAllister Wellfield Corrosion Control Facility
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan for the McAllister Wellfield Corrosion Control Facility and authorize the City Manager to sign the loan contract in the amount of $4,058,632.
Report
Issue:
Whether to confirm staff's recommendation to approve the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan for the McAllister Wellfield Corrosion Control Facility.
Staff Contact:
Tim Richardson, P.E., Project Manager, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8749
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is a program that provides low interest loans to water utilities to upgrade their water system. The Washington State Department of Health, Public Works Board, and Department of Commerce administer the loans
The loans fund improvements that protect public health and help meet State drinking water regulations. The federal Safe Drinking Water Act requires the City to raise water system pH to a level that prevents pipe corrosion.
This loan will provide funding to construct a Corrosion Control Facility to raise the pH of McAllister Wellfield water. This will reduce the chance of lead and copper leaching from household plumbing. The Corrosion Control Facility will use aeration towers (blown air, non-chemical) to raise the pH of McAllister well water.
The project is the last of a series of McAllister projects. It completes improvements to the City's main water source until well into the future.
Once Council has approved the loan, Staff will bid the project. Construction will start later in the summer or early fall. Construction is expected to be complete by the summer of 2017.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
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