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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1354 |
| Eastside Wastewater Flow Diversion Project |
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| Requester: |
Robert A. Payton, City Manager |
Organization: |
City of Miramar |
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| Project Title: |
Eastside Wastewater Flow Diversion Project |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2003 2:39:41 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Margolis |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Will improve the water quality which will protect the South Florida Aquifer. |
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| Recipient: |
Robert A. Payton, City Manager |
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Contact: |
Brij Garg, P.E. Director of Public Works and Utilities |
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6700 Miramar Parkway |
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Contact Phone: |
(954) 538-6801 |
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Miramar 33023 |
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| Counties: |
Broward |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The City of Miramar ("Miramar") currently sends approximately 4 MGD of wastewater from the east side of Miramar to the City of Hollywood's Southern Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (the "Hollywood Plant"). Under the Large User Agreement with Hollywood, Miramar is required to send all wastewater flow east of Palm Avenue, up to 5.5 MGD, to the Hollywood Plant. Miramar is one of seven large users, including the City of Hollywood ("Hollywood"), that sends wastewater flow to the Hollywood Plant. The Hollywood Plant treatment capacity is currently rated at 42 MGD. With flow from all large users, the Hollywood Plant is at or near capacity. As a result, Hollywood has taken certain steps to expand the capacity of their plant. However, the expansion of the Hollywood Plant can be limited through a diversion of Miramar's wastewater flow currently going to the Hollywood Plant westward to the Miramar Wastewater Treatment Plant (the "Miramar Plant"). The Miramar Plant is a new, state of the art facility that currently treats approximately 2 MGD and is rated at over 7 MGD.
The Eastside Flow Diversion Project location can be found on Attachment "A". The project primarily consists of the construction of approximately 33,000 linear feet of 24 inch force main allowing for the diversion of flow curently going to the Hollywood Plant westward to the Miramar Plant. The total estimated cost for design and construction of the project is approximately $6.4 million. A detailed cost breakdown is included in Attachment "B". The design is substantially complete and it is anticipated that the project will be bid and construction started in 2003. A detailed project schedule is included in Attachment "C".
Miramar's staff and outside consultants have reviewed this Project and have concluded that diversion of Miramar's flow from the Hollywood Plant and the resultant utilization of excess capacity at Miramar's state of the art facility is a more cost effective and environmentally friendly approach compared to the continued expansion of the Hollywood Plant.
The Eastside Flow Diversion Project is more environmentally friendly than the continued expansion of the Hollywood Plant for several reasons. First, the Hollywood Plant's primary method of effluent disposal is though a 60 inch ocean outfall and very little of their effluent is reclaimed for irrigation purposes. Due to the high salinity in the wastewater effluent, the Hollywood Plant is effectively limited to 4 MGD of the total effluent that can be used as reclaimed water. Alternatively, Miramar disposes of their effluent through deep well injection which is thought to be more environmentally friendly than the use of an ocean outfall. Further, because of Miramar's commitment to the use of reclaimed water for irrigation purposes, a majority of the effluent from the Miramar Plant is disposed of through the reclaimed water network. Therefore, very little wastewater effluent is disposed of through the deep wells.
Second, as mentioned previously, Miramar is committed to the use of reclaimed water and therefore has required all new developments to construct reclaimed water lines. As a result, Miramar has an extensive network of reclaimed water lines that are not fully utilized. This Project will allow Miramar to be able to provide the necessary volume of reclaimed water once their extensive network is interconnected. Without the Eastside Flow Diversion Project, the amount of wastewater treated at the Miramar Plant will not produce the volume of reclaimed water to meet projected demands.
Finally, Miramar is commited to retrofitting older neighborhoods currently using septic tanks with central sewer systems. All neighborhoods targeted for central sewer retrofits and septic tank abandonment are east of Palm Avenue. Therefore, any flow generated by these retrofits under the current arrangement will be sent to the Hollywood Plant. It is feared that the additional flow from these older neighborhoods may cause Miramar to exceed their reserved capacity of 5.5 MGD in the Hollywood Plant. The diversion of the eastside flow will give Miramar the flexibility to the additional flow. Therefore, the Eastside Flow Diversion Project will allow Miramar to proceed with the elimination of septic tanks in the City. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Utilization of Miramar Plant existing capacity and avoiding Hollywood Plant expansion. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$3,200,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$6,399,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$2,785,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$415,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
City of Miramar- Capital improvements Programs |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
City Commission, City of Miramar |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
07/03/2002 |
