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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 National Metering Services, Inc. To Verify Water Service Line Materials In An Amount Up To $414,275.00.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The City of Hollywood Department of Public Utilities ("Department") provides retail water service to approximately 150,000 residents of the City as well as portions of the Town of Davie, the City of Dania Beach, and the Seminole Tribe of Florida reservation. The City also provides wholesale potable water service to Broward County through pipelines that serve the County's retail water customers located in its Districts 3A and 3B/C.
The City's water system consists of wellfields, a water treatment plant, and a distribution system. The Department's water system includes approximately 700 miles of water main pipe ranging in size from 2 to 36 inches in diameter. This entire system is regulated under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA"). The SDWA establishes protective drinking water standards for more than 90 contaminants, including lead and copper. Lead and copper primarily enter drinking water through plumbing materials. Exposure to lead and copper may cause health problems ranging from stomach distress to brain damage. The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") revised the existing Lead and Copper Rule ("LCRR") in 2021, to enhance monitoring, treatment, customer awareness, and lead service line replacement requirements.
Department staff have determined that service line material verification, using hand digging or vacuum digging, is necessary to develop the City's service line material inventory, as required by the EPA and the LCRR.
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