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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue An Authorization To Proceed For Work Order Number ARC 22-02 With Arcadis U.S., Inc. For Professional Engineering Services For The Implementation Of The 4-Log Virus Treatment Of Ground Water Design At The Water Treatment Plant, In A Lump Sum Amount Of $372,679.00.
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Infrastructure & Facilites
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The City of Hollywood's Water Treatment Plant ("WTP") is a 59.5 million gallons per day plant that provides high quality water to the residents of the City but also serves approximately 300 acres in the Town of Davie, 50 acres in the City of Dania Beach, and 100 acres in the Seminole Tribe of Florida reservation. The WTP also provides wholesale water to Broward County's Water and Wastewater Services Districts 3A and 3B/C. In addition to retail and wholesale water services, the City has an emergency connection with the City of Dania Beach, which withdraws water from the City's system to maintain its system pressure. The WTP treats water from the City's Biscayne Aquifer and Floridan Aquifer wellfields. It also purchases and treats raw ground water from Broward County's South Regional Brian Piccolo Park Wellfield.
According to the Ground Water Rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency, public water systems are not subject to a boil water order requirement in the event a fecal indicator is detected in the source water, if its treatment system has been demonstrated to reliably achieve 4-Log (99.99%) inactivation or removal of viruses. The Department of Public Utilities ("Department") staff have determined that the City should pursue 4-Log Virus Treatment certification for the WTP to improve water quality and reliability of our water system.
On September 20, 2017, the City Commission passed and adopted Resolution No. R-...
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