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CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2021-119: A RESOLUTION OF THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO SUBMIT A BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (BOR) GRANT APPLICATION FOR WATERSMART: APPLIED SCIENCE GRANT TO THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.
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BACKGROUND: Lake Thunderbird is a Federal lake managed by the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District (COMCD). In 2012, COMCD applied for and received a grant from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) for the Title XVI (2012) Project, 'Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District, Lake Thunderbird Water Reuse Feasibility Study', which identified the need for augmentation of potable water supply in Lake Thunderbird with highly treated municipal reuse water.
In 2014, the Norman City Council acting as the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) adopted the 2014 Norman Strategic Water Supply Plan (SWSP). The goal of the SWSP is to provide a long term sustainable water supply for the City of Norman that has the potential to meet water demands for the next 50 years. After much research, numerous public meetings and community input, "indirect potable water" reuse was chosen as a viable long term water supply, by discharging highly treated reuse water through tributaries to Lake Thunderbird.
The NUA and Garver LLC (Garver) were selected December 20, 2019, as recipients for the BOR Water Reclamation and Reuse Research under the Title XVI Program for Fiscal Year 2019 Funding Opportunity Announcement No. BOR-DO-19-F009. The BOR grant provides $700,109 towards the NUA pilot project and will reimburse a portion of the NUA funds expended. The pilot project is underway and sampling and analyses are to begin in May 2021 and will continue over the next 12-18 months.
Currently, the BOR is accepting applications through their WaterSMART Applied Science Grant program. Staff is working with Garver to submit an application to further model Lake Thunderbird water augmentation an...
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