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$35K grant for wastewater plant redesign
By Carol Broeder/Arizona Range News
The City of Willcox is contracting with a Phoenix-based firm for the evaluation and redesign of its wastewater treatment plant.
Dave Bonner, the city's director of public services and works, said that "the discharge from the waste water treatment plant isn't meeting Aquifer Protection Permit (APP) and Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) permit requirements."
This situation has resulted in "anticipated notices of violations from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)," he told the Willcox City Council at a meeting last month.
City staff applied for and was awarded a grant from Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) for $35,000 "for the evaluation and redesign of the waste water treatment plant," Bonner said.
The city is required to provide a $15,000 contribution of in-kind services.
Since WIFA has a pre-qualified selection of engineering firms, staff asked that agency to make the selection.
WIFA received applications and conducted a review and rating process of the top three pre-qualified engineering firms, selecting Tetra Tech as number one.
Bonner called the firm "a very well known engineering firm from Phoenix."
"After review of the proposal and qualifications, staff recommends entering contractual negotiations with Tetra Tech for the evaluation and redesign of the waste water treatment plant," he said.
Prior to the vote, Councilman Jimmy Norris asked about a previous W.C. Scoutten study that had said the treatment plant was "good with 60-percent capacity."
Calling it "fairly correct," Bonner reminded council that "the assessment was on the entire system. Where we are not meeting standards is on the output of the water."
He said that the "tests are done on an annual basis by ADEQ and we have not met the requirements."
"Although we have not received a notice of violation, ADEQ talked to WIFA and said that Willcox needs help," Bonner said. "That is why we got the grant to move forward and get the analysis done by an engineering firm if we need to make any changes."
City Council voted to give city staff the authorization.
Dave Bonner, the city's director of public services and works, said that "the discharge from the waste water treatment plant isn't meeting Aquifer Protection Permit (APP) and Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) permit requirements."
This situation has resulted in "anticipated notices of violations from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)," he told the Willcox City Council at a meeting last month.
City staff applied for and was awarded a grant from Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) for $35,000 "for the evaluation and redesign of the waste water treatment plant," Bonner said.
The city is required to provide a $15,000 contribution of in-kind services.
Since WIFA has a pre-qualified selection of engineering firms, staff asked that agency to make the selection.
WIFA received applications and conducted a review and rating process of the top three pre-qualified engineering firms, selecting Tetra Tech as number one.
Bonner called the firm "a very well known engineering firm from Phoenix."
"After review of the proposal and qualifications, staff recommends entering contractual negotiations with Tetra Tech for the evaluation and redesign of the waste water treatment plant," he said.
Prior to the vote, Councilman Jimmy Norris asked about a previous W.C. Scoutten study that had said the treatment plant was "good with 60-percent capacity."
Calling it "fairly correct," Bonner reminded council that "the assessment was on the entire system. Where we are not meeting standards is on the output of the water."
He said that the "tests are done on an annual basis by ADEQ and we have not met the requirements."
"Although we have not received a notice of violation, ADEQ talked to WIFA and said that Willcox needs help," Bonner said. "That is why we got the grant to move forward and get the analysis done by an engineering firm if we need to make any changes."
City Council voted to give city staff the authorization.
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