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CONTRACT K-2021-23: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND CONNOR ENERGY HOLDINGS, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 TO PROVIDE DESIGN, BIDDING, AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR A 30 KILOWATT (Kw) NET-METERED ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATION.
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BACKGROUND: Until as recent as May 2020, the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) was formerly operating under an Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (OPDES) permit last issued in July 2010. The permit included a deadline of July 2013 for implementing effluent disinfection at the WRF. The Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) agreed on September 12, 2014 to a revised compliance schedule under Consent Order (CO) #13-077. The approved schedule and its current status was detailed below:
1. Submit Schedule for Supplemental Environmental Project - 11/30/14 (complete)
2. Complete disinfection improvements - 01/01/16 (complete)
3. Attain compliance with fecal coliform limits - 07/01/16 (complete)
4. Complete Phase 2 improvements - 01/01/17 (Operational February 2017)
5. Attain compliance with Ammonia and TSS limits - 07/01/17 (in compliance since 03/2017)
The completion of the Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) was a requirement of CO#13-077; the approved SEP was to utilize chlorinated effluent at the Compost Facility in lieu of potable drinking water. Project WW0058 was created to provide for effluent reuse at Yard Waste Composting Facility. The original schedule for the SEP improvements was delayed due to the construction of the WRF Phase 2 Improvements beginning in June 2014. Additionally, the completion of the new ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection Facility allowed use of UV disinfected effluent in lieu of effluent disinfected by chlorine. NUA staff requested a variance from DEQ reuse rules to accomplish this change on February 15, 2018. Staff met with DEQ to discuss the proposed variance on March 29, 2018 and the DEQ adv...
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