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Broken Arrow hires HDR to lead PFAS compliance study; council approves $316,772 contract
Summary
The council approved a professional-services agreement with HDR Engineering to conduct a comprehensive PFAS compliance study covering drinking water, raw intake and wastewater streams ahead of EPA MCL requirements.
The City of Broken Arrow approved a professional-services agreement with HDR Engineering to perform a PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) compliance study for the city’s water and wastewater systems.
Timothy Robbins, utilities director, told council the contract — for $316,772 and about a one-year scope — will evaluate raw-water quality, treatment-process performance and wastewater-pretreatment exposures in light of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently issued maximum-contaminant-level (MCL) rules for PFAS compounds. Robbins said the study will help the city establish sampling plans, public reporting and options for treatment upgrades required under the EPA timelines.
“We are taking this in-depth and attacking it on all avenues,” Robbins said, describing planned upstream sampling, treatment analysis and engagement with industrial customers to identify potential pretreatment needs.
Staff said the study will support a schedule of quarterly/annual sampling and consumer-report disclosures required through 2027 and will inform decisions on full-treatment systems to be in place by 2029 under the forthcoming federal compliance schedule. Council approved the agreement following staff recommendation.
Robbins and staff said HDR already has familiarity with the city’s water-treatment facility and has been engaged on previous master planning and design work, which staff cited as a reason to recommend HDR for the PFAS work.
