Posted: 8:00
a.m. Monday, June 9, 2014
City considers spending $4.3M on water plants
By http://www.journal-news.com/staff/rick-mccrabb/" rel="nofollow - Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN — City officials are considering spending more than $4.3
million for capital repairs and upgrades at the water treatment plant and the
waste water treatment plant.
The city is expected to recoup more than
the cost of those upgrades, officials said. The city hopes to save $5.6 million
for the entire savings term, according to documents from the Perfection Group,
the Cincinnati company hired for the project.
The total operational maintenance and
repair savings are expected to be $886,471 annually. The capital cost avoidance
is $858,946 per year for a five-year period. An additional maintenance/repairs
and utility savings are listed at $13,763 during the construction period and
$27,525 per year for a 20-year period.
Of the $4.3 million, $916,000 will come
from the sewer capital reserve fund, and the remaining $3.4 million will come
from the water capital reserve fund, according to Scott Tadych, public works
and utilities director.
City council will vote on the legislation
at its next meeting on June 17. Work is scheduled to start in early August.
Tadych told council in addition to needed
upgrades of the power systems at both plants, other “critical equipment” has
reached the end of its service lifespan and needs to be replaced. Projects at
each plant include the following:
Water treatment
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Medium voltage switchgear replacement
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Replacement of two failed kathabar dehumidifications units
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Furnish and install new low level service pump
Waste water treatment
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Medium voltage switchgear replacement
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