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City hires Burns & McDonnell for chloride-discharge review at water treatment plant
Summary
Arkansas City authorized a letter agreement with Burns & McDonnell for up to $25,000 to investigate elevated chloride levels at the wastewater plant and to produce engineer findings KDHE will accept.
The Arkansas City Commission on Jan. 7 approved a letter agreement with Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. for professional engineering services to investigate elevated chloride discharges related to the water treatment plant; the agreement is not to exceed $25,000.
An environmental-services staff member told the commission that KDHE alerted the city to higher chloride levels and that an engineer's analysis will help identify the source and propose solutions acceptable to KDHE. Staff said part of the issue may relate to source water or well conditions, and that Burns & McDonnell's engineering opinion will be helpful in securing related grant work (the green sand filter grant) and in demonstrating regulatory compliance.
Staff said the work was budgeted. A motion to approve the letter agreement passed by voice vote.
