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Project Title:	Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 Expansion and Upgrade
Project Number:	SX21209013	AWMPC:	BGADD
Funding Status:	Not Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.13.2018
Project Status:	Under Construction	Primary County:	Scott
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Unit 5
E-ClearingHouse SAI:		ECH Status:
Primary System:	KY0020150 GMWSS STP #1	ADD WMC Contact:	Karyn Leverenz
Legal Applicant:	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission

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Project Title:
Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 Expansion and Upgrade

Project Description:
This project is being submitted for a 2020 Planning and Design Loan. Currently, WWTP No. 1 utilizes an activated sludge treatment process with a design hydraulic capacity of 4.5 million gallons per day (MGD) average daily flow (ADF) and of 13.5 MGD peak daily flow (PDF). Effluent from WWTP No. 1 discharges to North Elkhorn Creek. This project involves upgrade and expansion of existing facilities as well as construction of proposed facilities that will expand WWTP No. 1 hydraulic capacity from 4.5 MGD ADF to 9.0 MGD ADF. PDF will also be expanded. The system is anticipating inclusion of an additional 2,200+ customers as a result of the project.

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:
WWTP No. 1 requires upgrade and expansion of existing facilities as well as construction of proposed facilities. While minor upgrades have been completed on an almost annual basis since 1998, the last major upgrade and expansion at WWTP No. 1 was completed in 1993. The existing facilities and technology used for treating sanitary waste are long past their expected service life. The population of Scott County is expected to grow from approximately 59,000 (current) to 97,745 in 2040. In 2018, GMWSS served an average of 13,500 sewer customers. Just over 11,000 of those sewer customers are served by WWTP No. 1. The average number of GMWSS sewer customers is expected to grow to 22,200 (approximately 55,500 people) by 2040. GMWSS must continue to provide wastewater capacity for anticipated and desired growth and development. WWTP No. 1 is currently operating near/at capacity. During peak flow conditions, WWTP No. 1 experiences bypasses at the influent manhole, influent pump station, mechanical screen channels, and the grit removal system. This project will also alleviate sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), bottlenecks, and capacity issues within the sanitary sewer collection and conveyance system that discharges to WWTP No. 1. GMWSS maintains an interconnect between WWTP No. 1 and WWTP No. 2. This project would alleviate capacity related issues at WWTP No. 2 and extend its service life. At minimum, the ability to discharge flow from No. 2 to No. 1 during peak flow conditions would prevent capacity related SSOs at No. 2 until it is upgraded and expanded. This project also enables GMWSS to explore the feasibility of replacement WWTP No. 3. Elimination of WWTP No. 3 is a long-term GMWSS goal. Upgrade and expansion of WWTP No. 1 is required to accept additional sanitary sewer flow from the new service area created by the construction of the South Sewer Extension (KIA/SRF Project No. SX21209012).

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.

Construct an outer ring to the existing oxidation ditch at WWTP No. 1 and other ancillary facilities.

Alternate B:

Re-direct one or more of the pump stations that discharge to WWTP No. 1 from WWTP No. 1 to WWTP
No. 2 and upgrade and expand WWTP No. 1 to accept the additional flow.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission
Entity Name:	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service
PSC Group ID:
Office EMail:	cazevedo@gmwss.com
Web URL:	http://www.gmwss.com
Office Phone:	502-863-7816	Fax:	502-863-3575

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 640	1000 W Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Georgetown , KY 40324	Georgetown , KY 40324

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Chase Azevedo	General Manager	cazevedo@gmwss.com	502-863-7816
Authorized Official:	Burney Jenkins	Mayor	burney.jenkins@georgetownky.gov	502-863-9800

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	03.07.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Chase Azevedo
Title:	General Manager
Organization:	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service
EMail:	cazevedo@gmwss.com
Phone:	502-863-7816 Fax:
Address Line 1:	1000 W Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Georgetown , KY 40324

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Chase Azevedo
Title:	General Manager
Organization:	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service
EMail:	cazevedo@gmwss.com
Phone:	502-863-7816 Fax:
Address Line 1:	1000 W Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Georgetown , KY 40324

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:
Legal Expenses:
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$200,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$2,400,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$650,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$650,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$32,500,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:
Total Project Cost:	$36,400,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$32,500,000
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:
Total Construction Cost:	$32,500,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$30,000

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:	$36,400,000
Total Committed Funding:
Funding Gap:	Not Funded

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A20-055	2020	$2,600,000	Expired	05-07-2019
Total Committed

Funding Source Notes

System is submitting for a Planning and Design Loan for 2020 SRF.

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:
Estimated Bid Date:	08.01.2020
Estimated Construction Start Date:	11.01.2020
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	01.01.2023

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

	KY0020150	GMWSS STP #1
	KY0082007	GMWSS STP #2
	KY0050512	GMWSS STP #3 - Stamping Ground

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:
Jobs Retained:

MHI Basis:

Demographic Impacts (GIS Census Overlay)
Serviceable Demographic	Project Area	Included Systems	Included Utilities
Population:		34,636	39,015
Households:		14,029	15,725
MHI:		$74,513	*$74,114
MHI MOE:		$3,695	$3,969
MOE as Percent:		5%	5%
**NSRL:		0	0

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:	2,167
New Commercial Customers:	52
New Institutional Customers:	4
New Industrial Customers:	8

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:
To Underserved Households:	11,076
To Total Households:	11,076
**Cost Per Household:	$3,286

*	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

Scott

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 062	Phillip Pratt
Senate 17	Damon Thayer
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0510020508	North Elkhorn Creek

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

Scott

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 062	Phillip Pratt
House 088	Cherlynn Stevenson
Senate 17	Damon Thayer
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	9.000
For included system(s):	8.690
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
KY0020150	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - PUMP EFFICIENCY	STP - UPGRADE	4.50		MGD
KY0020150	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - SCADA	STP - UPGRADE	4.50		MGD
KY0020150	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - VFD DEVICE	STP - UPGRADE	4.50		MGD
KY0020150	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	WWTP - REGIONALIZATION & CONSOLIDATION	STP - EXPANSION	4.50	9.00	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
2023	Georgetown, City of	Parent
2022	Georgetown, City of	Parent
2021	Georgetown, City of	Parent
2020	Georgetown, City of	Parent
2023	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service	Child
2022	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service	Child
2021	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service	Child
2020	Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service	Child

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.

Current design capacity (MGD):	4.500
Current treatment volume (MGD):	11.280
Proposed design capacity (MGD):	9.000

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).*	$10,000
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.*	$10,000
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.*	$10,000
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.

Pumps will be upgraded at the headworks facility at the plant. Newer pumps always have higher efficiency ratings vs. the older pumps currently in use. Current plant SCADA system and VFDs will be upgraded with this project.

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:	07.01.2020 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	42

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

0.41%

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.
Download Supporting Document

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

Download Supporting Document

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

GMWSS has completed a Capacity Study and planning level Alternatives Analysis for upgrade and expansion of WWTP No. 1.  See Attached Cover and Table of Contents.  The study is in draft format as recommendations are currently under review by GMWSS.  The entire study can be submitted upon request.  Recommendations from the study will be used as part of the basis of design for the WWTP No. 1 Upgrade and Expansion design and construction.

GMWSS is currently preparing to advertise an RFP/RFQ for a short term (3-5 year) capital projects plan/needs assessment and rate study (January 2019).  GMWSS is also working internally on a rate model.  The results of the capital projects plan, rate study, and internal rate model will guide budget planning for FY-20 and FY-21.  A full system facilities master plan (water treatment, water distribution, wastewater collection, and wastewater treatment) will be included in the FY-20 Budget.  Upon completion of the full system facilities master plan, another rate study will be compl

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.07.2018
Profile Last Modified:	05.13.2021
General Info Last Modified:	05.13.2021
Narrative Last Modified:	12.07.2018
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.07.2018
Budget Info Last Modified:	12.07.2018
Impacts Info Last Modified:	12.13.2018
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.07.2018
GIS Last Modified:	01.17.2019

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