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Project Title:	Nicholasville WWTP Expansion Planning & Design
Project Number:	SX21113028	AWMPC:	BGADD
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.13.2018
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Jessamine
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Unit 6
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201909091178	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0100404 Nicholasville Sewer Department	ADD WMC Contact:	Karyn Leverenz
Legal Applicant:	City of Nicholasville
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

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Project Title:
Nicholasville WWTP Expansion Planning & Design

Project Description:
This project is submitting for a Planning and Design Loan from 2020 SRF. The proposed project consists of a new Facility Plan as discussed at an October 23, 2018 meeting between the City of Nicholasville and the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) and a subsequent letter from Lori Dials with DOW to the City of Nicholasville dated October 17, 2018. As discussed at the October 23, 2018 meeting with DOW, the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), which has a design capacity of 4.1 MGD with a peak flow of 23.16 MGD, had an average daily flow of 4.3 MGD for the past 12 months. Therefore, provisions to increase WWTP capacity will need to be established in the New Facility Plan. The proposed WWTP Upgrade project will consist of the addition of a second oxidation ditch with a design capacity of 3.0 MGD. A new oxidation ditch splitter box will be constructed to direct flow to existing ditch No.1, proposed ditch No.2, or both. The project will also include the construction of a new 100' diameter Clarifier No. 4 which will be required due to the additional design capacity of the WWTP, along with a clarifier splitter box to allow flow to be diverted to any one of the four Clarifiers or a combination of the four. A second Aerobic Digester will also be constructed to accommodate for the additional sludge produced. A new chemical feed system and building will be constructed. Additionally, the grit removal equipment, Ultra Violet disinfection equipment, WWTP Drain Pumping Station, Sludge Processing conveyor system, Clarifiers No.1 & 2 equipment and drives that were installed in 1996 when the WWTP was originally constructed, will be removed and replaced with new. The existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System will also be upgraded to include the new oxidation ditch and clarifier as well as the new equipment installed. The existing emergency generator and automatic transfer switch at influent pump station No.1 will be replaced with a larger generator and switch capable of operating all five (5) pumps in the station rather than only four (4). The project will also include necessary site work, yard piping, and mechanical & electrical improvements.

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:
As stated in the project description, the average daily flow at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) for the past 12 months exceeds the Design Flow of the WWTP. Therefore, the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) is requiring the City of Nicholasville to put together a plan to increase the Capacity of their WWTP. The City of Nicholasville must increase the treatment capacity of its WWTP to adequately serve its existing customers and provide for the substantial Industrial, Commercial, and Residential growth it is experiencing.

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.

Construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) sized adequately to treat the current and projected future flows.

Alternate B:

Construct pumping facilities necessary to pump a portion of their sewage from the northern section of their service area to the City of Lexington WWTP for treatment and disposal.  This would require an agreement with the City of Lexington to accept and treat their wastewater. This Alternative may also require a substantial amount of improvements to the City of Lexington's sewage collection, pumping, and treatment facilities.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of Nicholasville
PSC Group ID:	8805100
Office EMail:	kathy.walker@nicholasville.org
Web URL:
Office Phone:	859-885-1121	Fax:	859-881-0571

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 450 517 N Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Nicholasville , KY 40356

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Kathy Walker	City Clerk	kathy.walker@nicholasville.org	859-885-1121
Authorized Official:	Alex Carter	Mayor	alex.carter@nicholasville.org	859-885-1121

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	04.19.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Robert A Amato
Title:	Director of Public Utilities
Organization:	City of Nicholasville
EMail:	bob.amato@nicholasville.org
Phone:	859-885-9473 Fax:
Address Line 1:	601 N Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Nicholasville , KY 40340

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Robert A Amato
Title:	Director of Public Utilities
Organization:	City of Nicholasville
EMail:	bob.amato@nicholasville.org
Phone:	859-885-9473 Fax:
Address Line 1:	601 N Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Nicholasville , KY 40340

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 18277
PE Name:	Raymond C. Bascom
Firm Name:	Haworth-Meyer-Boleyn Professional Engineers, LLC.
Address Type:	Work
Address Line 1:	Hmb Professional Enigneers Inc
Address Line 2:	3 Hmb Cir
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Frankfort , KY 40601
License Status:	Expired	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	06.30.1994	Expiration Date:	06.30.2023

Phone:	502∙695∙9800 Fax: 502∙695∙9810
EMail:	rbascom@hmbpe.com

Engineering Firm Information
Permit Number:	8
Firm Name:	Haworth-Meyer-Boleyn Professional Engineers, LLC.
Phone:	502∙695∙9800 Fax: 502∙695∙9800
Web URL:
E-Mail:	mgreen@hmbpe.com
Address Line 1:	3 Hmb Circle
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Frankfort , KY 40601
Issue Date:	03.02.1993	Expir. Date:	12.31.2024
Permit Status	Current	Disciplinary Actions	No

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$20,000
Legal Expenses:	$10,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$230,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$650,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$160,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$525,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$12,750,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:	$130,000
Contingencies:	$1,275,000
Total Project Cost:	$15,750,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$12,750,000
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:	$12,750,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$275,000

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:	$15,750,000
Total Committed Funding:	$581,645
Funding Gap:	$15,168,355	(Partially Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A20-045	2020	$581,645	Committed	09-26-2019
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A21-006	2021	$8,000,000	Applied For	08-08-2020
Total Committed			$581,645

Funding Source Notes

This project is submitting for planning and design from 2020 SRF

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

03.30.2020

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	01.31.2020
Estimated Bid Date:	01.01.2021
Estimated Construction Start Date:	04.01.2021
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	06.01.2022

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0100404

Nicholasville 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.

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:		31,038	31,038
Households:		12,161	12,161
MHI:		$62,247	*$62,247
MHI MOE:		$6,245	$6,245
MOE as Percent:		10%	10%
**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:
New Commercial Customers:
New Institutional Customers:
New Industrial Customers:

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:
To Underserved Households:	11,140
To Total Households:	11,140
**Cost Per Household:	$1,414

*	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

Jessamine

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 055	Kim King
Senate 22	Donald Douglas
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0510020507	Clear Creek-Kentucky River

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

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

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

Jessamine

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 039	Matt Lockett
House 045	Killian Timoney
House 055	Kim King
Senate 22	Donald Douglas
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	3.000
For included system(s):	23.160
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
KY0100404	1	LIFTSTATION	ENERGY EFF - PUMP EFFICIENCY	STP - UPGRADE	4.10		MGD
KY0100404	1	SCADA	ENERGY EFF - SCADA	STP - UPGRADE			EA
KY0100404	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - PUMP EFFICIENCY	STP - UPGRADE	4.10		MGD
KY0100404	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - VFD DEVICE	STP - UPGRADE	4.10		MGD
KY0100404	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	WWTP - REGIONALIZATION & CONSOLIDATION	STP - EXPANSION	4.10	7.10	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	Nicholasville, City of	Parent
2022	Nicholasville, City of	Parent
2021	Nicholasville, City of	Parent
2020	Nicholasville, 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.

Current design capacity (MGD):	4.100
Current treatment volume (MGD):	13.440
Proposed design capacity (MGD):	7.100

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).*	$250,000
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.*
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.*	$25,000
Total Cost:		$275,000

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

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

Upgrade the existing SCADA System to include the proposed oxidation ditch, clarifier and aerobic digester and replacement of original equipment installed in 1996. All new drives and pumps will be equipped with VFD controllers. Project will include new and replaced premium efficiency motors on all pumps, drives and blowers. The new chemical building will include energy efficient lighting and heat unit.

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:	12.12.2019 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	49

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

0.50%

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.

Download Supporting Document

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

A Facility Plan is in place, this project will provide for a new and updated Facility Planning Document. The current rates provide for sewer system improvements, maintenance or replacement of existing equipment as necessary. The City will have future rate increases as necessary to provide for additional improvements.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.10.2018
Profile Last Modified:	05.01.2020
General Info Last Modified:	12.13.2018
Narrative Last Modified:	12.12.2018
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.10.2018
Budget Info Last Modified:	09.09.2019
Impacts Info Last Modified:	12.10.2018
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.10.2018
GIS Last Modified:	01.04.2019

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