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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute A Contract With Cardinal Contractors, Inc. For Construction Services Related To Deep Injection Wells No. 3 And No. 4 Pump Station In The Amount Of $112,299,970.00; Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute An Authorization To Proceed For Work Order Number B&C 22-02 With Brown And Caldwell For Additional Services To Provide Construction Administration Services For This Project For An Amount Not To Exceed $5,179,402.00.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The City of Hollywood has historically disposed of treated effluent from its Southern Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant ("SRWWTP") using a combination of water reclamation and reuse as well as disposal via discharge to deep injection wells and an outfall to the Atlantic Ocean. Section 403.086(10), Florida Statutes, sets forth the Legislature's findings relating to the discharge of domestic wastewater through ocean outfall, and established scheduled milestones whereby the City of Hollywood must modify use of its ocean outfall for the discharge of secondarily treated effluent. Under the statute, by December 31, 2025, and the City must achieve cumulative reductions in phosphorus and nitrogen nutrients discharged, eliminate the discharge of secondary effluent to the ocean with limited exceptions that allow the discharge of peak wet weather flows.
The Deep Injection Wells No. 3 and No. 4 Pump Station project is required to facilitate a diversion of effluent from the existing ocean outfall to a network of four deep injection wells, of which two are in the final stages of construction. This project is a key step in virtually eliminating continued routine use of the outfall for disposal of effluent.
On November 26, 2019, the Department of Public Util...
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