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Project Title:	BMU - Walnut Meadow Pump Station & South Middletown Trunk Sewer Improvements
Project Number:	SX21151052	AWMPC:	BGADD
Funding Status:	Over Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	07.21.2016
Project Status:	Under Construction	Primary County:	Madison
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Unit 7
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201706230811	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0079898 Berea Sewer Department	ADD WMC Contact:	Karyn Leverenz
Legal Applicant:	City of Berea
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

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Project Title:
BMU - Walnut Meadow Pump Station & South Middletown Trunk Sewer Improvements

Project Description:
This includes extending the discharge forcemain, re-routing the discharge location to bypass the South Middletown Trunk Sewer (SMTS). Improvements to the pump station and forcemain will alleviate capacity issues during wet weather periods. Bypassing the SMTS will reduce the frequency of sanitary sewer overflows (SSO's) and provide additional conveyance capacity for the on-going development adjacent to the South Middletown Trunk Sewer route. Project features include: Replacing three (3) submersible pumps and associated control equipment in the Walnut Meadow Pump Station, Installing approximately 11,630 LF of 12" D.I. forcemain, Installing an emergency power generator at the pump station site, and finally installing a 30-kW Solar Panel array to provide supplemental power to run the pump station. Records show that two pumps running provide approximately 1,150 gpm capacity with approximately 800 gpm capacity when a single pump is running. The proposed capacity for the improvements is 1,900 gpm with two pumps running, and approximately 1,400 gpm with one pump running.

Need For Project: Briefly describe how this project promotes public health or achieves and/or maintains compliance with the Clean Water Act or Safe Drinking Water Act:
This project will help to increase capacity in two of the larger wastewater collection basins in Berea's wastewater collection system. Currently, the South Middletown Trunk Sewer is over capacity and experiences frequent sanitary sewer overflows (SSO's). Also, during exceptionally heavy rainfall events, the Walnut Meadow Pump Station is unable to convey all influent flows, leading to pump station overflows. This project includes solutions for both of these system issues.

Project Alternatives:

Alternate A:

Note: If project includes the construction of a new treatment plant or upgrade to existing plant, please explain regionalization options here.

Complete improvements to the Walnut Meadow Pump Station and forcemain, as well as the South Middletown Trunk Sewer.  This alternative will accomplish the same project goals as the chosen alternative, however, because it includes approximately 3,250 LF of 21" PVC gravity sewer, costs are higher than the chosen alternative.

Alternate B:

Complete improvements to other portions of the Walnut Meadow wastewater collection basin, including replacing an existing pump station with a larger one, and re-routing and extending a forcemain line to an alternate discharge manhole.  This will remove a significant amount of influent flow from the Walnut Meadow Pump Station, reducing the occurrence of overflow problems currently experienced.  Improvements along the South Middletown Trunk Sewer would also be necessary to eliminate SSO's along that line.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of Berea
PSC Group ID:	8809300
Office EMail:	radams@bereaky.gov
Web URL:
Office Phone:	859-986-8528	Fax:	859-968-7657

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	212 Chestnut St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Berea , KY 40403

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Robin Adams	City Clerk	radams@bereaky.gov	859-986-8528
Authorized Official:	Bruce Fraley	Mayor	bfraley@bereaky.gov	859-986-8528

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	04.26.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Ed Fortner
Title:	Director of Berea Utilities
Organization:	City of Berea
EMail:	efortner@bereaky.gov
Phone:	859-986-4391 Fax:
Address Line 1:	P.O. Box 926
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Berea , KY 40403

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Ed Fortner
Title:	Director of Berea Utilities
Organization:	City of Berea
EMail:	efortner@bereaky.gov
Phone:	859-986-4391 Fax:
Address Line 1:	P.O. Box 926
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Berea , KY 40403

Project Engineer (PE) Information
This project requires a licensed Professional Engineer. A Professional Engineer has been procured for this project.

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$50,000
Legal Expenses:	$5,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:	$15,000
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$93,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$40,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$82,000
Engineering Fees - Other:	$10,000
Construction:	$1,595,760
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$159,576
Total Project Cost:	$2,050,336

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:	$1,350,760
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:	$245,000
Total Construction Cost:	$1,595,760

Total Sustainability Costs:	$175,000

Note:

Sustainability costs are included within other costs
reported in this tab. This breakout, when provided,
is for SRF review purposes.

Project Funding Sources

Total Project Cost:	$2,050,336
Total Committed Funding:	$2,050,400
Funding Gap:	$64	(Over Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
Local			$550,400	Committed	08-18-2016
HB 303 Reallocation	14N-2017	2017	$500,000	Committed	06-22-2017
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A18-045	2018	$2,078,400	Expired	08-01-2017
CDBG	18-004	2018	$1,000,000	Committed	12-18-2018
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A19-067	2019	$2,078,400	Expired	06-18-2018
CDBG		2018	$1,000,000	Applied For	04-27-2018
Total Committed			$2,050,400

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	03.24.2017
Estimated Bid Date:	07.01.2019
Estimated Construction Start Date:	08.01.2019
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	06.01.2020

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0079898

Berea Sewer Department

Checked box indicates primary system for this project.

Project Ranking by AWMPC:

Regional Ranking(s):
Planning Unit Ranking:
Total Points:

Plans and Specifications:

Plans and specs have been sent to DOW.

Date:

03.24.2017

Plans and specs have been reviewed by DOW.

Date:

05.09.2017

Plans and specs have been sent to PSC.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by PSC.

Economic Impacts
Jobs Created:
Jobs Retained:

MHI Basis:

Demographic Impacts (GIS Census Overlay)
Serviceable Demographic	Project Area	Included Systems	Included Utilities
Population:		16,060	16,060
Households:		6,651	6,651
MHI:		$55,452	*$55,452
MHI MOE:		$6,307	$6,307
MOE as Percent:		11%	11%
**NSRL:		1	1

Population and household counts are based on the 2020 Census DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) dataset.

Median Household Income (MHI) Source: American Community Survey 2018-2022 5 Yr Estimates (Table B19013 *(for the primary system operated by the above listed beneficiary utilities).

MHI MOE = Med HH Income Margin of Error.

** NSRL (Non-Standard Rate Levels):
  0 = Greater than or equal to Kentucky MHI (KMHI).
  1 = Between 80% KMHI and KMHI (exclusive).
  2 = Less than or equal to 80% KMHI.
  - KMHI = $60,183
  - 80% KMHI = $48,146

New Customers
New Residential Customers:	550
New Commercial Customers:	60
New Institutional Customers:	1
New Industrial Customers:

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:
To Underserved Households:	1,384
To Total Households:	1,384
**Cost Per Household:	$1,481

*	GIS Census block overlay figures are estimates of population and households potentially served by systems and projects based on a proximity analysis of relevant service lines to census block boundaries published for the 2010 SF1 dataset.
**	Cost per household is based on surveyed household counts, not GIS overlay values.

Geographic Impacts
For Project Area

Counties

Madison

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 071	Josh Bray
Senate 34	Jared Carpenter
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0510020502	Silver Creek
0510020503	Paint Lick Creek-Kentucky River

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

303d	305b	Priority Watershed	Special Use Waters	Exceptional Use Waters
No	Yes	Yes	No	No

Note:

Impaired Watershed Designations only indicate that mapped components for this project lie within a HUC-12 watershed boundary containing impaired waterbody features. An affirmative indication for any designation will require a detailed analysis of the project to determine if any of the proposed project components will actually have a positive impact on the relevant impaired features.

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Madison

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 071	Josh Bray
House 081	Deanna Frazier Gordon
House 089	Timmy Truett
Senate 34	Jared Carpenter
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	2.810
For included system(s):	13.000
Reduced by this project:

Other CW Specific Impacts:

This project provides regionalization and/or consolidation of wastewater treatment systems.

This project will eliminate a package treatment plant that is more than 25 years old.

This project will eliminate a package treatment plant that has received notices of violations within the last two state fiscal years (July through June).

This project includes an on-site mound, and/or decentralized WW treatment system.

This project is necessary to achieve full or partial compliance with a court order, agreed order, or a judicial or administrative consent decree.

Primary system has not received any CWA Notices of Violation within the previous state fiscal year (July through June).

This project is consistent with the approved facility plan.

This project will have a positive impact on drinking water sources within a 5 mile radius.

Planning Needs:

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Correction.

Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Correction.

Replacement or Rehabilitation of Aging Infrastructure.

New Treatment Plant.

New Collector Sewers and Appurtenances.

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems.

Upgrade to Advanced Treatment.

This project addresses PFAS or other emerging contaminants.

Rehab/Upgrade/Expansion of Existing Treatment Plant.

New Interceptor Sewers and Appurtenances.

Stormwater Control.

Non-Point Source (NPS) Pollution Control.

Recycled Water Distribution.

Planning

Other (specify):

Project Inventory (Mapped Features):

Point Features:

DOW PermitID	Count	FeatureType	Purpose	Status	Existing Capacity	Proposed Capacity	Units
KY0079898	1	GENERATOR	GENERATOR - COLLECTION SYSTEM	NEW			EA
KY0079898	1	LIFTSTATION	ENERGY EFF - VFD DEVICE	REHAB - SSO	1,150.00	1,900.00	GPM

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0079898	FORCE	INTERCEPTOR	REHAB - SSO	12.00	DUCTILE IRON	11,433
					Total Length	11,433

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Sewer System Evaluation Survey Report

Design

Construction

Management

Audits on Record
Associated With Applicant

Audit Year	Entity Name	Entity Relationship
2023	Berea, City of	Parent
2022	Berea, City of	Parent
2021	Berea, City of	Parent
2020	Berea, City of	Parent

Water Treatment Plants Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of water treatment plant(s).

Sanitary Sewer Components:

This project includes a new wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes an expansion of an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes rehabilitation of an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes upgrades to an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes rehabilitation or replacement of aging infrastructure.

Total length of replaced infrastructure (LF): 11,433

This project includes new collector sewers.

This project includes new interceptor sewers.

This project includes elimination of existing sewer system components.

Security Components:

This project includes cyber-security components.

Green
InfrastructureWater
EfficiencyEnergy
EfficiencyEnvironmentally
InnovativeAsset
Management

Green Infrastructure:

Green stormwater infrastructure includes a wide array of practices at multiple scales that manage wet weather and that maintains and restores natural hydrology by infiltrating, evapotranspiring and harvesting and using stormwater. On a regional scale, green infrastructure is the preservation and restoration of natural landscape features, such as forests, floodplains, and wetlands, coupled with policies such as infill and redevelopment that reduce overall imperviousness in a watershed. On the local scale, green infrastructure consists of site and neighborhood-specific practices, such as:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Implementation of green streets.
Item 2:	Wet Weather management systems for parking areas.
Item 3:	Implementation of comprehensive urban forestry programs.
Item 4:	Stormwater harvesting and reuse.
Item 5:	Downspout disconnection.
Item 6:	Comprehensive retrofit programs designed to keep wet weather discharges out of sewer systems.
Item 7:	Establishment or restoration of riparian buffers, floodplains, wetlands or other natural features.
Item 8:	Management of wetlands.
Item 9:	Purchase of land or easements on land that has a direct benefit to water quality.
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Water Efficiency:

The use of improved technologies and practices to deliver equal or better services with less water. Water efficiency encompasses conservation and reuse efforts, as well as water loss reduction and prevention, to protect water resources for the future. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Installing or retrofitting water efficient devices such as plumbing fixtures and appliances (toilets, showerheads, urinals).
Item 2:	Installing any type of water meter in previously unmetered areas (can include backflow prevention if in conjunction with meter replacement).
Item 3:	Replacing existing broken/malfunctioning water meters with AMR or smart meters, meters with leak detection, backflow prevention
Item 4:	Retrofitting/Adding AMR capabilities or leak equipment to existing meters.
Item 5:	Developing water audit and conservation plans, which are reasonably expected to result in a capital project.
Item 6:	Recycling and water reuse projects that replace potable sources with non-potable sources (Gray water, condensate, and wastewater effluent reuse systems, extra treatment or distribution costs associated with water reuse).
Item 7:	Retrofit or replacement of existing landscape irrigation/agricultural systems to more efficient landscape/agricultural irrigation systems (rain and moisture sensing equipment)
Item 8:	Water meter replacement with traditional water meters.*
Item 9:	Projects that result from a water audit or water conservation plan.*
Item 10:	Storage tank replacement/rehabilitation to reduce water loss.*
Item 11:	New water efficient landscape/agricultural irrigation system, where there currently is not one.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Energy Efficiency:

Energy efficiency is the use of improved technologies and practices to reduce the energy consumption of water projects, use energy in a more efficient way, and/or produce/utilize renewable energy. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Renewable energy projects such as wind, solar, geothermal, and micro-hydroelectric, and biogas combined heat and power systems that provide power to a POTW.	$125,000
Item 2:	POTW-owned renewable energy projects.
Item 3:	Collection system infiltration/inflow (I/I) detection equipment.
Item 4:	POTW energy management planning, including energy assessments, energy audits, optimization studies, and sub-metering of individual processes to determine high energy use areas
Item 5:	Projects that achieve a reduction in energy consumption (pumps, motors).*
Item 6:	Projects that cost effectively eliminate pumps or pumping stations.*
Item 7:	I/I correction projects that save energy from pumping and reduced treatment costs.*
Item 8:	I/I correction where excessive groundwater infiltration is contaminating the influent requiring otherwise unnecessary treatment processes.*
Item 9:	Replacing old motors with premium energy efficiency motors.*
Item 10:	Upgrade of POTW lighting to energy efficient sources.*
Item 11:	SCADA systems where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*
Item 12:	Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) controllers where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*	$50,000
Total Cost:		$175,000

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

A 30kW solar panel array is proposed to be installed as part of this project. The solar energy created will provide supplementary power to operate the pump station, as well as net-metering capability with the energy cooperative that supplies the site electricity.

Environmentally Innovative Projects:

Environmentally innovative projects include those that demonstrate new and/or innovative approaches to delivering services or managing water resources in a more sustainable way. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Total integrated water resources management planning likely to result in a capital project.
Item 2:	Utility sustainability plan consistent with EPA’s sustainability policy.
Item 3:	Greenhouse gas inventory or mitigation plan and submission of a GHG inventory to a registry as long as it is being done for an SRF eligible facility.
Item 4:	Planning activities by a POTW to prepare for adaptation to the long-term effects of climate change and/or extreme weather.
Item 5:	Construction of US Building Council LEED certified buildings, or renovation of an existing building on POTW facilities.
Item 6:	Decentralized wastewater treatment solutions to existing deficient or failing onsite wastewater systems.
Item 7:	Constructed wetlands projects used for municipal wastewater treatment, polishing, and/or effluent disposal.*
Item 8:	Projects that result from total/integrated water resource management planning consistent with the decision criteria for environmentally innovative projects and that are CWSRF eligible.*
Item 9:	Projects that facilitate adaptation of POTWs to climate change identified by a carbon footprint assessment or climate adaption study.*
Item 10:	POTW upgrades or retrofits that remove phosphorus for beneficial use, such as biofuel production with algae.*
Item 11:	Projects that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of chemicals in wastewater treatment.*
Item 12:	Treatment technologies that significantly reduce the volume of residuals, generation of residuals, or lower the amount of chemicals in the residuals.*
Item 13:	Educational activities and demonstration projects for water or energy efficiency.*
Item 14:	Projects that achieve the goals/objectives of utility asset management plans.*
Item 15:	Sub-surface land application of effluent and other means for groundwater recharge, such as spray irrigation and overland flow.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Asset Management:

If a category is selected, the applicant must provide supporting documentation in PDF format to substantiate claims.

Asset Management Components

Last Rate Adjustment Date:	07.01.2019 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	54

System’s monthly water bill, based on 4,000 gallons, as a percentage of MHI:

0.57%

The system has an Asset Management Plan (AMP).

The system(s) involved in this project have specifically allocated funds for the rehabilitation and replacement of aging and deteriorating infrastructure.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	07.14.2016
Profile Last Modified:	04.01.2021
General Info Last Modified:	04.01.2021
Narrative Last Modified:	07.19.2017
Admin Info Last Modified:	07.14.2016
Budget Info Last Modified:	04.23.2018
Impacts Info Last Modified:	04.23.2018
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:	04.23.2018
Components Info Last Modified:	07.14.2016
GIS Last Modified:	07.26.2017

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