Issue No. 165 Summer 2016

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A Quarterly

Publication of:

2835 Lebanon Pike

P. O. Box 140350

Nashville, Tennessee 37214

Phone: 615-883-3243

529 Old Hickory Boulevard,

Ste. A

Jackson, Tennessee 38305

Phone: 731-668-1953

908 West Broadway Avenue

Maryville, Tennessee 37801

Phone: 865-984-9638

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visit our website

www.jrwauford.com

Ashley Richards, Editor E: ashleyp@jrwauford.com © Copyright 2016 J. R. Wauford & Company, Consulting Engineers, Inc.

2835 Lebanon Pike

Nashville, Tennessee 37214

Phone: 615-883-3243

Fax: 615-391-3710

Project Updates

Conferences

The annual meeting of the TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL

LEAGUE (TML) was held June 11-14 at the Gatlinburg

Convention Center. We enjoyed visiting with our

clients and friends at the Ice Cream Parlor.

The annual WATER PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE (the

joint meeting of the KY-TN AWWA and WEA) was

held at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville,

Tennessee, July 17-20. Our Ice Cream Social was

another great success and we certainly were pleased

to see so many of our clients at this event.

Pictured right are some of the guests enjoying the

topping station.

Adamsville, Tennessee

A review for Lagoon Treatment Capacity is being pre-

pared for submission.

Chapel Hill, Tennessee

A Sewer Master Plan and Corrective Action Plan have

been completed and submitted to the Owner and ap-

propriate regulatory agencies.

A report for a 2016 Community Development Block

Grant Sewer Rehabilitation project was submitted to

ECD and announcements are expected Fall 2016.

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Cleveland Utilities

Cleveland, Tennessee

The Automatic Read Water Meter System Phase 2 project is complete

and closed out.

Design of improvements to the Peak Wastewater Diversion Pumping

Station is underway.

Columbia, Tennessee

The Capacity Assessment Plan, Sewer System Evaluation Survey Work

Plan, Fats, Oils and Grease Control Program, Sanitary Sewer Overflow

Response Plan, Pump Station Operation and Preventive Maintenance Pro-

gram, Continuing Sewer System Assessment Program, Infrastructure Re-

habilitation Program, and Information Management Systems are complete

and approved by EPA as part of the Administrative Order of Consent.

The Capacity Assessment Report is complete and being submitted to EPA.

Cleary Construction was the low bidder on the Carters Creek Pumping

Station Renovation project in the amount of $651,000. Construction is

expected to begin late summer due to timing of pump delivery.

Crossville, Tennessee

Construction for the Holiday Drive and Lantana Estates Water Line Re-

placement Project, which consists of the replacement of 19,000 L.F. of 6-

inch asbestos cement water line, is underway with a completion date of

November 12, 2016. At this time, approximately 4,000 L.F. of 18,215 L.F.

of 6-inch pipe has been installed.

Dayton, Tennessee

A pre-construction conference was held July 13 for the Sewer System

Rehabilitation project, in the Kayser Roth area, in the amount of

$449,596, and has a completion date of April 2017. Dynamic Construc-

tion will be the Contractor on the job.

Modifications to an engineering report for improvements to the WWTP

are underway to allow project phasing.

Work on the Hwy 27 North White Oak Road sewer lines is complete.

Fentress County Utility District

Fentress County, Tennessee

The new 200,000 gallon Clarkrange

Elevated Tank project, with the low

bidder Phoenix Fabricators and

Erectors at $610,717, is under con-

struction. The steel erection crew

is on site and completion is ex-

pected late October 2016.

Fentress County Utility District

Fentress County, Tennessee (Cont’d)

The Highway 127/62 utility relocation project through TDOT has a let-

ting date of March 2017.

An engineering report for an ARC grant application has been submitted

for a 12-inch water transmission line from FCUD’s Clarkrange Tank to

the Industrial Park.

Halls, Tennessee

The NPDES Permit renewal application is complete and was accepted.

The draft for review is pending.

Henderson Water Utility

Henderson, Kentucky

The $10.5 million North Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion is near-ing completion with all new unit processes in operation. Only punch list

items remain.

Pictured above is 36.0 MGD Headworks Facility

Henderson, Kentucky

200,000 gallon elevated

tank pictured right

Fentress County

Utility District Pictured above 36.0 MGD Trojan Signa

U.V. Disinfection Facility

Henderson, Kentucky

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Henderson Water Utility

Henderson, Kentucky (Cont’d)

Design is underway for replacement of the Atkinson Park and Myrene

Drive Sewage Pumping Stations including new 18-inch and 12-inch force

mains. The Geotechnical Report is complete and the Owner is acquiring

easements for the force mains.

Design of the South Water Treatment Plant Renovation is nearing com-

pletion. This project includes a new 4.0 MGD GE Water and Process

Technologies Membrane Filtration System, Flash Mix Structure, Solids

Contact Clarifier, and GAC Contactors.

Design of the North Wastewater Treatment Plant Final Clarifiers No. 1

& No. 2 Rehabilitation project is complete and plans and specifications

have been submitted to KDOW.

Construction of the 1.0 MG Vine Street Water Storage Tank Renovation

has been awarded to Preferred Sandblasting of Shelbyville, Tennessee at a

total contract amount of $845,700. Work is progressing on schedule and

construction of the new air conditioned equipment room is complete.

Hohenwald, Tennessee

The ARC/SRF project for Lewis County and Hohenwald that extends a 6

-inch water line approximately 28,000 L.F. along Summertown Hwy. is

ongoing with the Contractor having installed line WL-1. Work is under-

way on added line work and the booster pumping station. This

$557,194.47 project has a completion date of October 2016.

A semi-annual report in reference to the pretreatment program is in

progress.

The Appalachian Regional Commission recently announced award for the Water System Rehabilitation in the amount of $500,000.

Report for a 2016 Community Development Block Grant focusing on

Water Rehabilitation was submitted to ECD and announcements are

expected Fall 2016.

Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority

(HWEA), Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Construction on Phase 7 Priority No. 2 Sewer Rehabilitation Project is

complete.

Plans and specifications for Priority No. 3 Phase 7 are complete and have

been submitted to the Owner.

The U.S. Highway 41A water line project, which consists of approximate-

ly 15,300 L.F. of 20-inch water line to increase flow and pressure at the

Interstate 24 interchange, in the amount of $1,659,958, is in service and

the project is closed out.

Design is underway for sewer extension to Farm Credit Services and to

accommodate future growth.

Humboldt, Tennessee

An evaluation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Rate Study have

been submitted and are under review by Humboldt Utilities.

The 2015 CDBG Project for the Lagoon Aeration System and Sewer

Rehabilitation project is ongoing. The Contractor, SDT Contractors, has completed the point repairs and is working on installing the new aeration

system with a completion date of December 2016. This project cost is

$503,724.50.

Humboldt Utilities was awarded a Site Development Grant for a water-

line to the Industrial Park.

Jackson Energy Authority (JEA)

Jackson, Tennessee

Bids were opened for SRF funded improvements at the Miller Avenue

Wastewater Treatment Plant on July 25-bids are under review.

A $13.3M Disaster Community Development Block Grant was

awarded for five separate projects including Miller Avenue WWTP

work, sewer line replacement and rehabilitation, sewage pumping sta-

tion renovation, and dual South Fork Forked Deer River utility cross-

ings.

Lewisburg, Tennessee

The Cornersville WWTP Sludge Holding Tank with a bid of $119,000

is complete and closed out.

Plans and specifications for the State Route 50/431 Utility Relocation

have been submitted to TDOT. The project has been postponed until

December 2016.

Design of methanol and coagulant feed and storage facilities to en-

hance nutrient removal is complete and has been submitted to SRF.

Plans and specifications for the Snell Branch Sewage Pumping Station

are complete and have been submitted to SRF.

A report for inclusion in a 2016 CDBG Sewer Rehab project was sub-

mitted to ECD and announcements are expected Fall 2016. Plans and specifications for backwash and water supply improvements

to the Water Treatment Plant are complete and submitted to the

State and Owner.

Livingston, Tennessee

A WWTP Nutrient Optimization Plan was submitted to TDEC, late

summer 2015, which resulted in a revised NPDES Permit. Further

monitoring has been performed to confirm optimized plant operation.

A draft instream monitoring program and bio assessment program

that will have to be implemented August 1, 2016 to August 1, 2017 to

comply with NPDES Permit requirements is being completed. A nutri-

ent optimization total nitrogen and total phosphorous NPDES Permit

effluent limitation proposal is currently in process and will be submit-

ted August 2016.

J&M Grading Division, LLC was the low bidder for the TDOT SR 52

Utility Relocation project. Contractor is currently working intermit-

tently.

A report for the Monroe Booster Pumping Station Upgrade has been

submitted to the Owner for review.

A Drought Management Plan has been completed and approved by the

State pending City adoption.

Bids are scheduled to be opened Tuesday, August 30, for a project

providing for the clean out of Polishing Pond No.2 at the Wastewater

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Madisonville, Kentucky

Design is complete for approximately 3,500 L.F. of sanitary sewer line

replacement in the Madison Square area and has been submitted to

the Owner for submission to KDOW.

We have submitted a water model to assist Madisonville in determin-ing the efficacy of proposed system improvements to the north high

pressure zone.

Maryville, Tennessee

Water Quality Modeling work is underway to determine the impacts

of a reconfigured effluent discharge concept. The intensive field sam-

pling is complete and calibrated model was accepted by TDEC. Cur-

rently, scenarios are being prepared for permitting negotiations.

Ohio County Water District

Ohio County, Kentucky

Plans and specifications are complete and submitted to the Owner

for 21,000 L.F. of 3-inch and 4-inch water line on Baizetown and

Cave Ridge Roads.

Horsley Construction was the low bidder for Phase I Water Im-

provements, which include 15,876 L.F. of 16-inch North Transmission

Line, in the amount of $965,089. Construction is expected to be

complete in May 2017.

A Beneficial Reuse of Special Waste Permit Application was submit-

ted to KDOW on behalf of the Owner and specifications are com-

plete and submitted related to the cleanout of the Water Treatment

Plant solids lagoon.

Paducah McCracken Joint Sewer Agency (JSA)

Paducah, Kentucky

Construction of the Cook Street Sewer Basin Storage Facilities is

complete and closed out.

A final report for the Harrison Street CSO Elimination has been sub-

mitted to the Owner.

Lastly, a study of the current anaerobic digestion process at the

WWTP is underway.

Pulaski, Tennessee

Construction on the Johnson Controls Pumping Station and Sludge

Pump Replacement project has begun with the Contractor having

completed demolition and installing pipe. Richland, LLC is the Con-

tractor on the $233,000 project with a completion date of Septem-

ber 2016.

A report for a 2016 CDBG Raw Water Intake Improvements project

was submitted to ECD and announcements are expected Fall 2016.

Technical assistance with the pretreatment program is ongoing.

Ripley, Tennessee

The Local Limits were re-evaluated and submitted to the State for

approval.

Savannah, Tennessee

Phase I of the TDOT State Route 128 road widening is under con-

struction. This project includes relocation of water, sewer, and

natural gas utilities. Barsto Construction is the Contractor and the

scheduled completion date is September 2016. Phase II of the TDOT State Route 128 road widening utility reloca-

tion plans have been submitted to TDOT for a scheduled letting of

December 2016.

A Drought Management Plan has been completed and approved by

the State pending City adoption.

Scotts Hill, Tennessee

A Community Development Block Grant for water plant improve-

ments was awarded to Quinn Construction in the amount of

$271,740. The project has a completion date of November 9, 2016.

Shelbyville Power, Water & Sewerage System

(PW&SS), Shelbyville, Tennessee

Revised permits have been submitted to permitted Industrial Users

for their review.

The main interceptor sewer rehabilitation project is complete and

closed out.

Smithville, Tennessee

W&O Construction was the low bidder for the renovation of the

2.16 MGD SBR Wastewater Treatment Plant, in the amount of

$2,794,000. Award approval from ECD is pending. A 365 day con-

struction timeline is expected.

Local Limits have been adopted by the Owner and submitted to the

State.

The $227,116 Main Street Gravity Sewer Replacement Project is

ongoing with sewers and manholes installed and in service. Paving

remains to be completed.

The Drought Management Plan was approved by the State.

Trenton Light and Water

Trenton, Tennessee

The Capacity Assessment Plan and Engineering Report for the

WWTP have been completed and submitted to TDEC. A pre-construction meeting for the 2015 Community Development

Block Grant, that will include improvements at the WWTP, was

held July 22. Quinn Construction is the Contractor on the project

with a low bid of $499,000.

The design of a new 1.6 MGD Sequencing Batch Reactor

Wastewater Treatment Plant is in process.

NPDES Permit Renewal Application is complete and has been sub-

mitted.

Union City, Tennessee

Utility line relocation plans for the I-69, Phase II & III as well as State

Route 5 have been completed and are awaiting TDOT’s letting. SDT Contractors submitted the low bid for the project to replace

an 8-inch waterline on Martin Luther King Drive in the amount of

$61,689. The project has a completion date of August 24, 2016.

Design of the State Route 21 Utility Relocation project is nearing

completion.

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