For Utilities Commission Meeting [October 20, 2020]
TO: Honorable Chairperson and Commission
APPROVAL: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
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Recommend the City Council/Rialto Utility Authority: Approve the First Amendment to the Four-Party Implementation Agreement for the Construction and Operation/Maintenance of the Liquid Chlorinator, Approve the Cost-Share in the Amount of $217,663, and Direct Emhart/AECOM to proceed with construction contract award to ICS, the apparent lowest responsible bidder for the Liquid Chlorinator project.
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BACKGROUND:
On August 12, 2015, the City of Rialto (Rialto) entered in to a Four-Party Implementation Agreement with Emhart Industries (Emhart), County of San Bernardino (County) and the City of Colton (Colton), to implement the interim remedial action plan as required by the Consent Decree entered into on July 2, 2013. The remedial action required by the Work Consent Decree was selected and approved and overseen by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The County and Emhart agreed that the EPA Remedy would be combined with an existing groundwater extraction and treatment remedy that was designed and constructed by the County to capture and remove perchlorate and TCE in the Basin and required by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board). This project is referred to as the "Combined Remedy" project.
The Combined Remedy project includes:
1. Installing a new extraction well (EW-1), located at the northwest corner of Jerry Eaves Park,
2. Expanding the existing County groundwater treatment system installed at Rialto 3 to treat extracted water from EW-1 and Miro 3 wells,
3. Upgrading the chlorination station at the Combined Remedy site,
4. Constructing an inter-tie between Rialto and Colton to deliver Colton's water rights produced out of EW-1, and
5. Complete system improvements to the Colton's drinking water distribution system.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
Emhart and their c...
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