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Council to consider design contract for Dayton interconnect to provide emergency water backup
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Summary
City staff proposed a design agreement with Strand and Associates (quote $162,000, not-to-exceed $180,000) to redesign and connect to Dayton's 16-inch main on Needmore Road, build approximately 2,000 feet of main, and add a booster and metering station so Huber Heights would have a citywide emergency backup water supply.
Staff presented a request to authorize Strand and Associates to design a water interconnect between Huber Heights and the City of Dayton’s 16-inch main on Needmore Road to provide an emergency backup supply.
Russ Bergman (S14) said the design work was quoted at $162,000 and staff requested authorization not to exceed $180,000 to complete the design. The project would include about 2,000 feet of new main, a booster station to raise pressure and a metering station to monitor quantity used. Bergman said the Ohio EPA recommends backup interconnects when neighboring systems are available and that the city will need to re-negotiate an agreement with Dayton, updating an earlier arrangement from roughly five years ago.
Council asked whether the city would be charged for water if the interconnect were used; Bergman said fees would be set by agreement and a meter would track usage so charges apply only when water is supplied. He also said the city’s plant output available to sell would be limited (he estimated roughly 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 gallons per day as a rough capacity estimate) and that selling water would be a separate policy decision.
Staff requested the item be moved to Monday for formal action on the design agreement, with construction to be brought back for bid after design completion.
