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Transportation and Environment Committee
Annual CIP Status Report
(January – December 2022)
Presenter:
David Ohlson – Division Manager, ESD CIP
2 Program History
▪ The San José and Santa Clara City Councils adopted the Plant Master Plan (PMP) in November 2013 and December 2013,
respectively.
▪ The PMP identified more than 100 capital improvement projects totaling over $2.1 billion to be implemented at the RWF over the next 30 years.
▪ A validation process was completed in early 2014 to update and prioritize the recommended PMP projects and additional gap projects into 33 projects to be initiated over 10 years. ▪ Beginning in fiscal year 2014-2015, the validation process was used to inform the five-year CIP and ten-year funding strategy, which are approved by the San José City Council.
2 ▪ Dewatered Biosolids Management Strategy
– Scope of services: schedule delivery of empty and clean containers, loading biosolids and covering containers, transporting biosolids, and prepare reports for billing and regulatory
– Five proposals were received, Council approved three agreements with Denali Water Solutions, LLC (35%), Synagro West, LLC (57%), and Lystek International Limited (8%) in December 2022 through June 2029 – New Dewatering Facility to begin operation in FY 2025-2026 ▪ Aeration Tanks Approach
– 2024 Nutrient Watershed Permit to impose Total Inorganic Nitrogen limits by 2029
– Phase 1 to optimize SND/inDENSE™ operation
– Incremental approach to upgrade
3 Significant Program Activities
Program Snapshot: All Projects
4 Six Projects in Feasibility/Development
Scoping
▪ Yard Piping Improvements – Phase 3
▪ Contractor deploying remote operated
vehicle to perform condition assessment
in the 108-inch Filter Influent pipe in the
Yard Piping Improvements – Phase 3
project 5
Project Alternatives
▪ Additional Digester Facility Upgrade
▪ Aeration Basin Modifications – Phase 1
▪ Final Effluent Pump Station – Phase 1
▪ New Headworks Access Road
▪ Plantwide Security System Upgrades
Five Projects in Design and Bid/Award
6 Preliminary Design
▪ Flood Protection
▪ Main Guard Shack Replacement
Detailed Design
▪ Facility-wide Water Systems
Improvements
▪ HVAC Improvements
Bid & Award
▪ Yard Piping Improvements –
Phase 2
▪ Corrosion and cracking of the 96” raw sewage
pipe that will be rehabilitated by the Yard Piping
Improvements – Phase 2 project
▪ Preferred alternative for the new RWF entrance
for the Main Guard Shack Replacement project
Nine Projects in Construction
7 ▪ Advanced Facility Control and Meter Replacement – Phase 2 ($7.0m) ▪ Blower Improvements ($29.5m)
▪ Digested Sludge Dewatering Facility ($131.2m)
▪ Filter Rehabilitation ($33.3m)
▪ Fire Life Safety Upgrades ($2.8m)
▪ Headworks ($126.9m)
▪ Nitrification Clarifiers Rehabilitation – Phase 1 ($26.2m) ▪ Outfall Channel and Instrumentation Improvements ($4.3m) ▪ Storm Drain System Improvements ($6.3m)
Nine Projects
In
Construction
Total Base Construction Value: $368M
8 Headworks
Project
Construction Value: $126.9M | Estimated Beneficial Use: Summer 2023 9 Headworks
▪ Flow circulates in a loop through new Headworks, Emergency Overflow Basin and EBOS
10 Headworks
11 ▪ Setting raw sewage pump #3
▪ New Milpitas Structure addition
Filter
Rehabilitation
Construction Value: $33.3M | Estimated Beneficial Use: Summer 2024 12 Filter Rehabilitation
13 ▪ New gravel in the white sacks being added to the Filter Building as new media Filter Rehabilitation
14 ▪ Old filter media
removal
▪ Demolition of Surface Wash
line containing lead paint in
Gallery A
▪ New air scour
blowers in service
▪ Switchgear being laid onto pad
Expected Activities through December 2023
15 ▪ Reach Substantial Completion on six projects
▪ Amend owner’s advisor agreement for Dewatering
▪ Advertise construction contract for Facility-wide Water Systems Improvements, HVAC Improvements, and New
Headworks Access Road projects
▪ Obtain Council approval to award the construction
contract for Facility-wide Water Systems Improvements
and Yard Piping Improvements – Phase 2
▪ Advertise Request for Proposals to procure owner’s
advisor services for the Additional Digester Facility
Upgrade project