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SUBMISSION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WATER LINE PERMIT WL000014190524 DATED JULY 17, 2019, AND RECLAIMED WATER LINE PERMIT SLR000014190525 DATED JULY 17, 2019, FOR A 24-INCH WATER TRANSMISSION LINE FROM TIMBERDELL ROAD AND CHAUTAUQUA AVENUE TO JENKINS AVENUE AND CONSTITUTION STREET, LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF IMHOFF ROAD AND WEST OF AND ALONG JENKINS AVENUE.
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BACKGROUND: On January 24, 2017, the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) approved Contract K-1617-93 authorizing Poe and Associates to proceed with survey, design, and construction management services for the Segment D water line project as recommended by the 2003 Water Master Plan to install a water transmission main from Lindsey Street and Chautauqua Avenue to Highway 9 and Jenkins Avenue. The initial phase was previously installed along Chautauqua Avenue from Lindsey Street to Timberdell Road.
This project will install approximately 4,800 feet of 24-inch water line along the south side of Timberdell Road and then along the east side of Jenkins Ave within Reaves Park to the south side of Constitution Avenue. The existing 12-inch ductile iron pipe within Reaves Park will be abandoned and services will be transferred over to the new main. The future installation along Jenkins Avenue down to Highway 9 will be done by a future construction project.
Additionally, the recommended portfolio for the 2060 Strategic Water Supply Plan recommended a future non-potable irrigation system from the Water Reclamation Facility to irrigate Reaves Park to reduce the demand on the water system. An alternate to install the recommended 16-inch non-potable water line parallel to the proposed 24-inch potable water line will be bid as part of this project.
DISCUSSION: As part of the project requirements and per State regulations, a construction permit from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) is required. The plans and specifications for t...
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