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Water utility plans pump rehab, pays emergency cleanup after peroxide tank ruptured
Summary
Water utility staff reported a planned pump rehabilitation program (near‑term estimate ~$400,000) with Go Forth Williams, a Nozomi OT monitoring renewal for $41,412, and an emergency cleanup of a ruptured 50% hydrogen peroxide tank at Clarksdale plant that cost roughly $237,000 and was handled by Clean Harbors.
Water utility staff (Gordon) presented multiple items affecting treatment and distribution reliability.
Gordon recommended renewing the Nozomi Network Solutions OT monitoring license at $41,412 to monitor OT/SCADA networks against cyber threats. He also described an independent contractor agreement with Blue Water Engineering for soil and erosion control monitoring on the Sawdust Road waterline for an estimated $15,000 paid from the bond project fund.
On asset maintenance, staff proposed a pump maintenance and rehabilitation program with Go Forth Williams. The agreement lists roughly $3.2–$3.3 million of work over multiple years, but staff estimated near‑term rehabilitation spending of about $400,000 so pumps approaching 20–25 years of service don't fail during peak summer demand. "We're gonna spend about $400,000 rehabbing pumps, to keep those from failing there," Gordon said.
Staff also reported an emergency rupture of a hydrogen peroxide tank at the Clarksdale Water Treatment Plant that required cleanup by Clean Harbors. Transcript figures were fragmented; staff said the cleanup cost approximately $237,000 and noted the tank seam split and filled containment, requiring pumping and disposal. The committee approved the emergency cleanup payment from contingency funding and moved these items on consent.
