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Project Title:	Nicholasville – Jessamine South Elkhorn Water District Interconn
Project Number:	WX21113041	AWMPC:	BGADD
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.09.2011
Project Status:	Constructed	Primary County:	Jessamine
Project Schedule:	Constructed	Planning Unit:	Unit 6
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201211201172	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0570315 Nicholasville Utilities	ADD WMC Contact:	Karyn Leverenz
Legal Applicant:	City of Nicholasville
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

Narrative
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AdministrationBudget
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Impacts
ComponentsSustainable
Infrastructure
Audit

Project Title:
Nicholasville – Jessamine South Elkhorn Water District Interconn

Project Description:
This project consists of construction of a 12" watermain and booster pump station that will connect the potable water systems of the City of Nicholasville and the Jessamine-South Elkhorn Water District (JSEWD). The booster stations will be constructed in such a manner that pumped flows can move in both directions, thus allowing the City of Nicholasville to receive water from Kentucky American Water Company (KAWC) via JSEWD’s system and its connection with KAWC and conversely, City of Nicholasville to furnish water to JSEWD in the event of an emergency. The booster station will have high efficiency pumps, be equipped with dual telemetry control to each system, and provided with high security protection.

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:
Regionalization opportunity for two systems. Construction of this proposed interconnection will provide a direct connection to the Kentucky American Water Company system which will provide emergency source availability to the City of Nicholasville from KAWC or redundancy for non-emergency needs.

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.

Stay separate.

Alternate B:

Merge the two utilities.

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:	04.24.2024

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 31079
PE Name:	M. Clay Johnson
Firm Name:
Address Type:	Work
Address Line 1:	Ste 520
Address Line 2:	230 Lexington Green Cir
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Lexington , KY 40503
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	07.10.2015	Expiration Date:	06.30.2025

Phone:	Fax:
EMail:

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$15,000
Legal Expenses:	$10,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$47,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$28,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$18,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$6,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$507,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$32,000
Total Project Cost:	$663,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Treatment:
Transmission and Distribution:	$507,000
Lead Remediation:
Source:
Storage:
Purchase of Systems:
Restructuring:
Land Acquisition:
Non-Categorized :
Total Construction Cost:	$507,000

Total Sustainability Costs:

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:	$663,000
Total Committed Funding:	$553,000
Funding Gap:	$110,000	(Partially Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F13-026	2013	$709,184	Expired	03-06-2014
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F17-001	2017	$553,000	Committed	03-02-2017
Total Committed			$553,000

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	11.30.2016
Estimated Bid Date:	03.15.2017
Estimated Construction Start Date:	05.15.2017
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	12.31.2017

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

	KY0570315	Nicholasville Utilities
	KY0570249	Jessamine- South Elkhorn Water District

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:		33,281	33,281
Households:		13,278	13,278
MHI:		$64,611	*$64,611
MHI MOE:		$7,256	$7,256
MOE as Percent:		11%	11%
**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:
To Total Households:
**Cost Per Household:

*	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 045	Killian Timoney
Senate 22	Donald Douglas
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0510020507	Clear Creek-Kentucky River

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Fayette

Jessamine

Woodford

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 039	Matt Lockett
House 045	Killian Timoney
House 055	Kim King
House 056	Daniel Fister
House 073	Ryan Dotson
House 093	Adrielle Camuel
Senate 12	Amanda Mays Bledsoe
Senate 22	Donald Douglas
Senate 34	Jared Carpenter
Congressional 6	Andy Barr

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
KY0570249	1	INTERCONNECT METER	METER - FINISHED WATER INTERCONNECT	NEW			EA
KY0570249	1	PUMP STATION	PUMP - BOOST PRESSURE	NEW			GPM
KY0570249	1	SECURITY	SECURITY - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM	NEW			EA

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0570249	WATER LINE: FINISHED	DISTRIBUTION	EXTENSION - FINISHED WATER INTERCONNECT	12.00	PVC	2,062
					Total Length	2,062

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	Nicholasville, City of	Parent
2022	Nicholasville, City of	Parent
2021	Nicholasville, City of	Parent
2020	Nicholasville, City of	Parent

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).

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.

Potable Water Sources:

DOW Permit ID	System Name	PFAS Detected
KY0570315	Nicholasville Utilities	No

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.

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:

2,062 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.

Explanation of how redundant distribution and/or storage processes will be achieved:

The booster stations will be constructed in such a manner that pumped flows can move in both directions.

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):	324.563
Water loss percent:	18%

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).

Number of new pump stations:

This project includes new pump stations for filling water tanks.

This project includes new pump stations for boosting pressure.

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

Security:

This project includes security components for water distribution infrastructure.

Distribution infrastructure security is achieved as follows:

High security protection will consist of:
1.	8’ high security fence
2.	Security lighting
3.	Intrusion alarm
a.	Onsite bell & alarm light
b.	Telemetry notification
c.	Automatic call up to Operator

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.
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:

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

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

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:	08.01.2019 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	53

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

0.43%

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.

You must upload a supporting document for this item.

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

Nicholasville Combined Utility System has a Capital Improvment plan, appropriate rate structure, and specifically allocated funds for the replacment of aging and deteriorting infrastructure.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	07.28.2011
Profile Last Modified:	03.04.2020
General Info Last Modified:	03.04.2020
Narrative Last Modified:	11.09.2012
Admin Info Last Modified:	11.27.2017
Budget Info Last Modified:	12.12.2013
Impacts Info Last Modified:	07.28.2011
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	02.15.2012
GIS Last Modified:	01.20.2017

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Demographic Impacts Section:

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Deficiencies found in Sustainable Infrastructure Tab:

Asset Management Tab:

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− A document (PDF) describing the relevant allocated funds must be provided.