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Project Title:	Brandenburg Wastewater Treatment Plant
Project Number:	SX21163007	AWMPC:	LTADD
Funding Status:	Fully Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	09.16.2019
Project Status:	Under Construction	Primary County:	Meade
Project Schedule:	3-5 Years	Planning Unit:	Meade
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201912231378	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0021474 Brandenburg Sewer System	ADD WMC Contact:	Mollie Thompson
Legal Applicant:	City of Brandenburg
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

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Project Title:
Brandenburg Wastewater Treatment Plant

Project Description:
The City of Brandenburg is proposing to construct and/or redevelop their wastewater treatment plant to replace the .312 mgd existing facility which is being displaced by a major industrial location. The revised facility is being proposed for an area next to the existing plant to maximize current flow in the collection system and the existing discharge. The City has recently completed a required Regional Facility Plan and will update it to reflect a new .5 mgd plant. The slight expansion will allow the City to accommodate new commercial and residental flow and current needs as determined in the Regional Facility Plan. The KY Div. of Water and the City have entered into an Agreed Order for improvements to the system and this project will allow the City to meet the requirements of the Order.

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:
The City of Brandenburg's existing wastewater treatment plant is currently inadequate to fully meet the community's needs. The City and the DoW have entered an agreed order (KY-DoW 150453) for improvements to maintain compliance with the Clean Water Act. Additionally, a major industry is locating in the community and will potentially displace the current wwtp site. A new facility is warranted to replace the existing facility and enable the City to accommodate new flows and meet effluent limits.

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.

Allow a new entity to construct a regional facility to replace the existing plants at Brandenburg, Doe Valley (private), and West Point and convey wastewater flows from each to the regional facility (facility would need to be sized and located in a place to allow common collection and discharge.)

Alternate B:

Construct new pump station and force main to convey wastewater to Monument Chemical's WWTP. This alternative is not feasible due to high costs required to retrofit Monument Chemical's existing WWTP, which is not equipped to handle the City's waste stream. Also, Monument Chemical has stated that they are not interested in treating the City's wastewater at this time.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of Brandenburg
PSC Group ID:	8800600
Office EMail:	ahaynes@brandenburgcity.com
Web URL:
Office Phone:	270-422-4981	Fax:	270-422-4983

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 305
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Brandenburg , KY 40108

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Amy M. Haynes	City Clerk	ahaynes@brandenburgcity.com	270-422-4981
Authorized Official:	David Pace	Mayor	mayor@brandenburgcity.com	270-422-4981

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	04.24.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Ashley S Willoughby
Title:	Municipal Client Advisor
Organization:	Hdr Engineering, Inc.
EMail:	ashley.willoughby@hdrinc.com
Phone:	502-909-3246 Fax:
Address Line 1:	401 W Main St
Address Line 2:	Ste 500
City, State Zip:	Louisville , KY 40202

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	T.J. Hughes
Title:	Water & Sewer Superintendent
Organization:	City of Brandenburg
EMail:	tjhughes@bbtel.com
Phone:	270-422-4981 Fax:
Address Line 1:	P.O. Box 305
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Brandenburg , KY 40108

Project Engineer (PE) Information

This project requires a licensed Professional Engineer.

A Professional Engineer has been procured for this project.

Licensed Engineer Information

License Number:	PE 23410
PE Name:	Joseph Vincent Pavoni
Firm Name:
Address Type:	Mailing
Address Line 1:	9710 Bunsen Parkway
Address Line 2:
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Louisville , KY 40299
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	12.11.2003	Expiration Date:	06.30.2024

Phone:	270∙489∙8484 Fax:
EMail:	jpavoni@grwinc.com

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$30,000
Legal Expenses:	$15,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:	$10,000
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$120,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$320,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$140,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$301,000
Engineering Fees - Other:	$100,000
Construction:	$6,500,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:	$100,000
Contingencies:	$500,000
Total Project Cost:	$8,136,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$5,900,000
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:	$100,000
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:	$500,000
Total Construction Cost:	$6,500,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$238,000

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:	$8,136,000
Total Committed Funding:	$8,136,000
Funding Gap:	Fully Funded

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A19-033	2019	$3,315,000	Withdrawn	08-21-2018
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A20-015	2020	$3,315,000	Withdrawn	05-15-2020
P3 Funding		2022	$8,136,000	Committed	01-01-2022
Total Committed			$8,136,000

Funding Source Notes

The applicant wishes to be considered for the 2020 Call for Projects for CWSRF.
Updated and added Funding source (P3 Funding) 03.01.2024

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

12.31.2017

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	11.30.2019
Estimated Bid Date:	07.01.2020
Estimated Construction Start Date:	09.01.2020
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	08.30.2021

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0021474

Brandenburg Sewer System

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.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by DOW.

Plans and specs have been sent to PSC.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by PSC.

Economic Impacts
Jobs Created:	400
Jobs Retained:

MHI Basis:

Demographic Impacts (GIS Census Overlay)
Serviceable Demographic	Project Area	Included Systems	Included Utilities
Population:		2,936	2,936
Households:		1,268	1,268
MHI:		$52,219	*$52,219
MHI MOE:		$6,178	$6,178
MOE as Percent:		12%	12%
**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:
New Commercial Customers:
New Institutional Customers:
New Industrial Customers:	1

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:
To Underserved Households:	1,213
To Total Households:	1,213
**Cost Per Household:	$6,707

*	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

Meade

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 027	Nancy Tate
Senate 05	Stephen Meredith
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0514010410	Wolf Creek-Ohio River

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

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

Meade

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 027	Nancy Tate
Senate 05	Stephen Meredith
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	0.312
For included system(s):	0.910
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.

Agreed Order Number: 150453

This project includes components to achieve compliance with a federal 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
KY0021474	1	SCADA	ENERGY EFF - SCADA	NEW			EA
KY0021474	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - PUMP EFFICIENCY	STP - UPGRADE	0.91		MGD

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
2022	Brandenburg, City of	Parent
2021	Brandenburg, City of	Parent
2020	Brandenburg, 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.

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.
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.*	$30,000
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.*
Total Cost:		$30,000

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

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

The existing surface aerators will be replaced by energy efficient blowers. The proposed improvements will also eliminate the need for the existing WAS, chlorination, and dechlorination pumps and clarifier motors. All existing site lighting will be replaced with energy efficient LED site lighting. The existing WWTP doesn't have a SCADA system. The proposed improvements will add a SCADA system.

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.*	$48,000
Item 12:	Treatment technologies that significantly reduce the volume of residuals, generation of residuals, or lower the amount of chemicals in the residuals.*	$160,000
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:		$208,000

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

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

The WWTP currently uses chlorine gas and sulfur dioxide for disinfection. The proposed improvements will replace the disinfection process with Peracetic Acid (PAA). PAA will eliminate the use of chlorine gas and sulfur dioxide for disinfection, significantly reducing the chemical usage. The proposed improvements will introduce new aeration system and polishing reactor technologies to greatly improve the treatment capabilities of the WWTP, eliminating the WWTP's frequent permit violations.

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:	07.01.2023 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	6

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

1.02%

The system has an Asset Management Plan (AMP).

Note: AMP scoring credit requires at least one of the following components:
	The AMP includes an Asset Inventory.
	The AMP includes a Strategic Plan.
	The AMP includes a Capital Improvement Plan.
You must upload a supporting document for this item.

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.

The applicant has completed a new Regional Facility Plan with asset evaluation and planning.  It is too large to upload.  

The file is available at:

http://water.ky.gov/Documents/PublicHearing/Brandenburg%20Facilities%20Plan%20Part%201.pdf

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.02.2014
Profile Last Modified:	03.01.2024
General Info Last Modified:	03.01.2024
Narrative Last Modified:	12.23.2019
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.01.2017
Budget Info Last Modified:	09.20.2019
Impacts Info Last Modified:	09.20.2019
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	05.25.2018
GIS Last Modified:	11.14.2019

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