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Project Title:	Calvin Water Treatment Plant Expansion
Project Number:	WX21059074	AWMPC:	GRADD
Funding Status:	Not Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.16.2016
Project Status:	Constructed	Primary County:	Daviess
Project Schedule:	Constructed	Planning Unit:	Daviess
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201701050009	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0300336 Owensboro Municipal Utilities	ADD WMC Contact:	Dana Garrett
Legal Applicant:	Owensboro Municipal Utilities
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission

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Impacts
ComponentsSustainable
Infrastructure
Audit

Project Title:
Calvin Water Treatment Plant Expansion

Project Description:
OMU currently operates (2) two water treatment plants (WTP). The Fourth Street or "A" WTP is an18 million gallons per day (MGD) facility, originally constructed in 1905. The "A" WTP is at the end of it's useful life and is structurally failing. The second WTP is the 10 MGD Cavin facility that was constructed in 1992 and remains in relatively good condition. Recent studies have shown that the most cost effective solution is to expand the Cavin WTP from a 10 million gallon per day (MGD) softening plant to a 30 MGD conventional treatment facility. This will allow OMU to decommission the "A" WTP and produce all their water at the Cavin WTP. The project will also include the construction of 13,900 linear feet of 36-inch treated DI water main extending from the Cavin WTP west to the intersection of E. Parish Avenue and Wing Ave. and a new 8-inch PVC main that will transport sludge from the Cavin WTP to the existing lagoons located at WTP "A" located at US 60 By-Pass. All facilities expanded to 30 MGD to replace structurally failing treatment plant. Processes include aeration, clarification, softening, recarbonation, filtration, disinfection, solids handling, pumping, chemical feed and storage. Prelim Plan approved by DOW – plans and specs have not been submitted OMU has a Capital Improvements Plan – no asset management plan

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:
WTP "A", originally constructed in 1905, and improved in 1939,1953, and 1977 has reached the end of it's useful life, is experiencing structural failure, and needs to be replaced. The loss of 18 MGD of treatment capacity for the OMU system will require an expansion of the newer Cavin WTP to meet existing and future demands.

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 a new conventional filter building at the Fourth Street or "A" WTP. This alternative was not the most economically feasible based on the cost to upgrade all facilities at the "A" WTP for extended useful life. Regional options were not considered as OMU is the regional provider  that sells wholesale water to West Daviess County Water District, Southeast Daviess County Water District, and East Daviess County  Water Association.

Alternate B:

Expand the Cavin WTP from 10 to 20 MGD and reduce the Fourth Street or "A" WTP  from 18 to 8 MGD by decommissioning filters 4-7. This was the most costly of all the alternatives considered.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission
Entity Name:	Owensboro Municipal Utilities
PSC Group ID:	8805200
Office EMail:
Web URL:	https://omu.org/
Office Phone:	270-926-3200	Fax:

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	2070 Tamarack Rd	2070 Tamarack Rd
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Owensboro , KY 42301	Owensboro , KY 42301

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Austin McLimore	Director of Transmission & Distribution	mclimoreca@omu.org	270-926-3200
Authorized Official:	Tim Lyons	General Manager	lyonstt@omu.org	270-926-3200

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	01.29.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Russ Evans
Title:	Director of Production
Organization:	OMU
EMail:	evansrs@omu.org
Phone:	270-691-4114 Fax:
Address Line 1:	2070 Tamarack Rd
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Owensboro , KY 42301

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Russ Evans
Title:	Director of Production
Organization:	OMU
EMail:	evansrs@omu.org
Phone:	270-691-4114 Fax:
Address Line 1:	2070 Tamarack Rd
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Owensboro , KY 42301

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:	$50,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:	$50,000
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$1,416,141
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$354,035
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$561,600
Engineering Fees - Other:	$100,000
Construction:	$40,230,260
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$4,023,026
Total Project Cost:	$46,785,062

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Treatment:	$35,993,760
Transmission and Distribution:	$4,236,500
Lead Remediation:
Source:
Storage:
Purchase of Systems:
Restructuring:
Land Acquisition:
Non-Categorized :
Total Construction Cost:	$40,230,260

Total Sustainability Costs:	$500,000

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:	$46,785,062
Total Committed Funding:
Funding Gap:	Not Funded

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F18-007	2018	$8,000,000	Declined	08-11-2017
Total Committed

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	04.14.2017
Estimated Bid Date:	08.03.2017
Estimated Construction Start Date:	10.05.2017
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	11.01.2019

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0300336

Owensboro Municipal Utilities

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:		60,473	60,473
Households:		26,964	26,964
MHI:		$52,897	*$52,897
MHI MOE:		$3,192	$3,192
MOE as Percent:		6%	6%
**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:

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:
To Underserved Households:	24,950
To Total Households:	24,950
**Cost Per Household:	$1,875

*	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

Daviess

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 013	DJ Johnson
Senate 08	Gary Boswell
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0511000503	Panther Creek
0514020112	Caney Creek-Ohio River

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Daviess

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 007	Suzanne Miles
House 013	DJ Johnson
Senate 08	Gary Boswell
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

DW Specific Impacts:

	This project relates to a public health emergency.
	This project will assist a non-compliant system to achieve compliance.
	This project will assist a compliant system to meet future requirements.
	This project will provide assistance not compliance related.
	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 SDWA Notices of Violation within the previous state fiscal year (July through June).
	Primary system has had an action level exceedance (lead concentrations exceed an action level of 15 ppb in more than 10% of customer taps sampled) within the last compliance period.
	Primary system has received a lead trigger level exceedance (lead concentrations exceed a trigger level of 10 ppb in more than 10% of customer taps sampled) within the last compliance period.

Project Readiness LSL (Lead Inventory and Lead Service Line Replacement):

Lead Service Line Inventory:

A description of goals to be achieved and products to be created (e.g., electronic or GIS database; customer communication tools) when creating a lead service line inventory procedure, including a proposed timeline for achieving each goal.

Lead Service Line Replacement:

	A strategy for informing customers before a LSLR and a template for an agreement with the private property owner to replace the LSL.
	A process for documenting all property owners declining replacement of privately owned portion of LSL.
	A procedure for customers to flush service lines and premise plumbing of particulate lead.
	A proposed plan for conducting LSL replacement utilizing all requested funding.
	A funding strategy for conducting LSLRs utilizing all requested funding.

Project Inventory (Mapped Features):

Point Features:

DOW PermitID	Count	Feature Type	Purpose	Status	Existing Capacity	Proposed Capacity	Units
KY0300336	1	WATER TREATMENT PLANT	ELIMINATE PLANT	ELIMINATE	18.00		MGD
KY0300336	1	WATER TREATMENT PLANT	PLANT EXPANSION	WTP - EXPANSION	10.00	30.00	MGD

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0300336	WATER LINE: FINISHED	TRANSMISSION	EXTENSION	8.00	PVC	9,902
KY0300336	WATER LINE: FINISHED	TRANSMISSION	EXTENSION	36.00	DUCTILE IRON	13,767
					Total Length	23,669

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Design

Construction

Management

Audits on Record
Associated With Applicant

Audit Year	Entity Name	Entity Relationship
2023	Owensboro, City of	Parent
2022	Owensboro, City of	Parent
2021	Owensboro, City of	Parent
2020	Owensboro, City of	Parent
2023	Owensboro Municipal Utilities	Child
2022	Owensboro Municipal Utilities	Child
2021	Owensboro Municipal Utilities	Child
2020	Owensboro Municipal Utilities	Child

Regionalization Components:

Public Water Systems Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of public water system(s) through merger or acquisition.

Water Treatment Plants Eliminated:

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

	Treatment plant elimination results from interconnection with another system.
	Treatment plant elimination is primarily to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances or other emerging contaminants.

Plants Eliminated By This Project:

DOW Permit ID	Facility Type	System Name	Design Capacity (MGD)	PFAS Detected
KY0300336	WTP	Owensboro Municipal Utilities	18.000	No

Supplementation of Raw Water Supply:

This project includes supplementing the existing raw water supply.

Supplementation of Potable Water Supply:

This project includes supplementing the existing potable water supply.

Emergency Only Water Supply:

This project provides emergency only water supply.

Water Source Protection:

	This project will preventatively address PFAS or other emerging contaminants of the source water.
	This project will address current PFAS or other emerging contaminants of the source water.
	This project includes the rehabilitation of a dam or reservoir used primarily for drinking water.
	This project includes land acquisition for water source protection.

Water Treatment Components:

This project includes water treatment components.

Treatment Activities:

This project includes a new water treatment plant.

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

Current design capacity (MGD):	10.000
Proposed design capacity (MGD):	30.000

This project includes rehabilitation of an existing water treatment plant.

This project includes upgrades to an existing water treatment plant.

This project includes emergency power generators for treatment activities.

This project includes redundant treatment processes.

This project includes replacement of existing raw water lines.

Treatment - Upgrades/Modifications:

This project includes infrastructure options to meet Cryptosporidium removal/inactivation requirements.

This project includes infrastructure options to meet CT inactivation requirements.

This project includes treatment modifications to meet the Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule at the water treatment plant.

Explanation of how disinfection treatment modifications will be achieved:

Multi barrier processes will be implemented, utilizing ground water as a supply source, which will remove most precursors for DBP's.

This project will provide treatment modifications for VOCs, IOCs, SOC, or Radionuclides.

Explanation of how OC/Radionuclides treatment modifications will be achieved:

Aeration towers will be used to strip iron and manganese out of the ground water.

This project includes treatment modifications to address Secondary Contaminants.

Explanation of how Secondary Contaminants treatment modifications will be achieved:

Enhanced PH adjustment will be used to precipitate calcium hardness, iron and manganese, as well as enhance settling.

Treatment process modifications preventatively addresses PFAS and other emerging contaminants.

Treatment process modifications addresses current PFAS and other emerging contaminants.

Security:

This project includes security components for water treatment facilities.

Water Distribution and Storage Components:

This project includes water distribution and/or storage components.

Water Line Extensions:

This project includes water line extension(s).

Length of extensions:

23,669 LF

This projects extends service to unserved rural areas.

Redundancy Components:

This project includes emergency power generators for distribution and/or storage activities.

This project includes redundant distribution and/or storage processes.

Finished Water Quality:

This project includes infrastructure to address inadequate water turnover and disinfection byproducts (DBPs).

Service Line Inventory:

This project includes implementation of a service line inventory.

Water Line Replacement:

This project replaces problem water lines (breaks, leaks, or restrictive flows due to age), water lines consisting of lead and/or asbestos-cement (AC), and/or inadequately sized water lines.
In-place or in-situ repair medhods will be used in lieu of water line replacement.
This project replaces lead service lines.

Water Loss in the Last 12 Months:

The system has experienced the following water loss over the past 12 months:

Water loss volume (MG):	270.069
Water loss percent:	6%

Water Storage and Pressure Components:

This project includes the construction of new water tank(s).

This project includes the replacement of existing water tank(s).

This project includes the rehabilitation of existing water tank(s).

This project includes the construction of new pump station(s).

This project includes the rehabilitation of existing pump station(s).

Security:

This project includes security components for water distribution infrastructure.

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:	Bioretention
Item 2:	Trees
Item 3:	Green Roofs
Item 4:	Permeable Pavement
Item 5:	Cisterns
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:	Conducting water utility audits, leak detection studies, and water use efficiency baseline studies, which are reasonably expected to result in a capital project or in a reduction in demand to alleviate the need for additional capital investment.
Item 6:	Developing conservation plans/programs reasonable expected to result in a water conserving capital project or in a reduction in demand to alleviate the need for capital investment.
Item 7:	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 8:	Retrofit or replacement of existing landscape irrigation systems to more efficient landscape irrigation systems.
Item 9:	Water meter replacement with traditional water meters.*
Item 10:	Distribution pipe replacement or rehabilitation to reduce water loss and prevent water main breaks.*
Item 11:	Storage tank replacement/rehabilitation to reduce water loss.*
Item 12:	New water efficient landscape irrigation system, where there currently is not one.*
Item 13:	Implementation of incentive programs to conserve water such as rebates.
Item 14:	Installing WaterSense labeled products (https://www.epa.gov/watersense)
Item 15:	Projects that result from a water efficiency related assessments (such as water audits, leak detection studies, conservation plans, etc.) as long as the assessments adhered to the standard industry practices referenced above.
Item 16:	Distribution system leak detection equipment, portable or permanent.
Item 17:	Automatic flushing systems (portable or permanent).
Item 18:	Pressure reducing valves (PRVs).
Item 19:	Internal plant water reuse (such as backwash water recycling).
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, which are part of a public health project, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and micro-hydroelectric that provides power to a utility.	$500,000
Item 2:	Utility-owned or publicly-owned renewable energy projects.
Item 3:	Utility energy management planning, including energy assessments, energy audits, optimization studies, and sub-metering of individual processes to determine high energy use areas.
Item 4:	Energy efficient retrofits, upgrades, or new pumping systems and treatment processes (including variable frequency drives (VFDs).*
Item 5:	Pump refurbishment to optimize pump efficiency.*
Item 6:	Projects that result from an energy efficient related assessment.*
Item 7:	Projects that cost effectively eliminate pumps or pumping stations.*
Item 8:	Projects that achieve the remaining increments of energy efficiency in a system that is already very efficient.*
Item 9:	Upgrade of lighting to energy efficient sources.*
Item 10:	Automated and remote control systems (SCADA) that achieve substantial energy savings.*
Total Cost:		$500,000

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

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

A 1 acre solar farm will be developed to generate on site electricity to light the buildings and produce hot water. ___________________________________________________________________ ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPONENTS THAT SHOULD BE CHECKED (Per phone conversation w/J.Gross - 12.16.2016) Energy efficient retrofits, upgrades, or new pumping systems and treatment processes (including variable frequency drives (VFDs).* $2,000,000 All larger WTP pumps, including high service and backwash pumps, will have VFD's. Proposed improved energy efficient treatment processes will include chemical feed and lime feed systems. ______________________________________________________________________ ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPONENTS THAT SHOULD BE CHECKED (Per phone conversation w/J.Gross - 12.16.2016) Automated and remote control systems (SCADA) that achieve substantial energy savings.* $1,500,000 Installation of a new SCADA system that will enable the operators to eliminate electrical demand peaks and to more efficiently manage

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, or other planning framework where project life cycle costs are minimized, which enables communities to adopt more efficient and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
Item 2:	Plans to improve water quantity and quality associated with water system technical, financial, and managerial capacity.
Item 3:	Source water protection planning (delineation, monitoring, modeling).
Item 4:	Planning activities to prepare for adaptation to the long-term effects of climate change and/or extreme weather.
Item 5:	Utility sustainability plan consistent with EPA’s sustainability policy.
Item 6:	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 7:	Construction of US Building Council LEED certified buildings, or renovation of an existing building.
Item 8:	Projects that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of chemicals in water treatment.*
Item 9:	Treatment technologies or approaches that significantly reduce the volume of residuals, minimize the generation of residuals, or lower the amount of chemicals in the residuals.*
Item 10:	Trenchless or low impact construction technology.*
Item 11:	Using recycled materials or re-using materials on-site.*
Item 12:	Educational activities and demonstration projects for water or energy efficiency (such as rain gardens).*
Item 13:	Projects that achieve the goals/objectives of utility asset management plans*
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:	06.01.2019 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	55

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

0.47%

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:	12.14.2016
Profile Last Modified:	10.01.2021
General Info Last Modified:	10.01.2021
Narrative Last Modified:	02.09.2017
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.14.2016
Budget Info Last Modified:	12.14.2016
Impacts Info Last Modified:	12.14.2016
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.14.2016
GIS Last Modified:	12.14.2016

The profile is complete.