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Ridgewood Water seeks SCADA, modeling and PFAS construction funds; council presses HVAC designer on humidity issue
Summary
Ridgewood Water presented five agenda items on May 7 including a SCADA software upgrade, field‑service support hours, second‑year hydraulic modeling, HVAC modifications to address humidity at Water Headquarters and a change order for PFAS treatment construction administration.
Rich Kalbi, director of Ridgewood Water, presented five items on the council agenda and answered questions from council members about scope, budgets and vendor performance.
Kalbi said the utility recommended a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) software upgrade from Emerson Process Management Power and Water Solutions not to exceed $34,399.89, funded from the water utility capital budget. He also presented a separate award to Emerson for a bank of field‑service hours not to exceed $18,717.78 to assist with start‑up of several new wells; that item was to be funded out of operating budgets.
A third item continued a professional services contract with Circular Water…
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