Transportation and Environment Committee (t&e)
March 4, 2024

M a r c h 4, 2024
Transportation and Environment Committee
(D) 4. Annual CIP Status Report
January – December 2023
Presenters: Kerrie Romanow, Director, ESD
Mariana Chavez-Vazquez, RWF General Manager, ESD
Kapil Verma, Deputy Director, ESD CIP
David Ohlson, Principal Engineer, ESD CIP
Program History
▪ Plant Master Plan adopted in 2013
– More than 100 capital improvement projects totaling
over $2.1 billion to be implemented at the RWF over
30 years
▪ Accomplishments
– 26 projects completed; $800 million committed
– Numerous awards and recognition
▪ FY 2024-2028 Adopted CIP - $816 million for construction ▪ FY 2023-2024 - $213 million allocated
2 Program at a Glance
3 Five Projects in Feasibility/Development
Contractor working in the West Primary Clarifier
as part of the Aeration Basin Modifications –
Phase 1 Project
4 Project Alternatives
▪ Additional Digester Facility Upgrade
▪ Aeration Basin Modifications – Phase 1
▪ Final Effluent Pump Station – Phase 1
▪ Yard Piping Improvements – Phase 3
Conceptual Design
▪ Plantwide Security System Upgrades
Five Projects in Design and Bid/Award
5 Preliminary Design
▪ Flood Protection
Detailed Design
▪ HVAC Improvements
▪ New Headworks Access Road
▪ RWF Main Entrance Improvements
Bid & Award
▪ Facility-Wide Water
Systems Improvements
Existing water systems to be modernized through
Facility-Wide Water System Improvements
Preferred alternative for the new RWF main entrance
Ten Projects in Construction
6 ▪ Advanced Facility Control and Meter Replacement – Phase 2 ($7.0m) - Completed ▪ Blower Improvements ($29.5m)
▪ Digested Sludge Dewatering Facility ($131.2m)
▪ Filter Rehabilitation ($33.3m)
▪ Fire Life Safety Upgrades ($2.8m)
▪ Headworks ($126.9m) - Completed
▪ Nitrification Clarifiers Rehabilitation – Phase 1 ($26.2m) ▪ Outfall Channel and Instrumentation Improvements ($4.3m) ▪ Storm Drain System Improvements ($6.3m)
▪ Yard Piping Improvements – Phase 2 ($16.9m)
Ten Projects In
Construction
Total Base Construction Value: $437m
7 Headworks
Project
Construction Value: $126.9m
Achieved Beneficial Use: December 2023
8 Headworks
July 2020 – October 2023 Construction Progress 9
Headworks
October 12, 2023 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
10 Digested
Sludge
Dewatering
Facility
Construction Value: $131.2m
Estimated Beneficial Use: Fall 2025
11 Digested Sludge Dewatering Facility
12 Newly-laid underground pipes
Digested Sludge Dewatering Facility
13 Storm Drain Trench
Excavation and Precast
Manhole
Tank Construction
Dewatering Building
First Deck Section
Placement
Wall Forms
Expected Activities through December 2024
14 ▪ Reach Substantial Completion on seven projects –
– Blower Improvements, Filter Rehabilitation, Fire Life Safety Upgrades, Nitrification Clarifiers Rehabilitation Phase 1, Outfall Channel and Instrumentation Improvements, Storm Drain
Improvements, and Yard Piping Improvements Phase 2
▪ Advertise construction contracts for New Headworks
Access Road and RWF Main Entrance Improvements
projects
▪ Obtain Council approval to award construction contracts for Facility Wide Water Systems Improvements, New
Headworks Access Road, and RWF Main Entrance
Improvements