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Setting precast beams over HRFS hydrocyclone building
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Monthly report—November 2003
BAF construction nearly finished
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During November, contractors continued to make
progress on construction of the new ammonia/phosphorus
removal facilities at Metro with construction
substantially complete on the ammonia removal facility
(BAF).
The contractor hired by USFilter/Krüger to install the
filter media with their specialty equipment arrived
from France on November 3. To date, nine of the eighteen
BAF cells have been successfully filled with filter
media for the system. The polystyrene beads are
delivered daily in trucks from West Virginia and then
transferred into the cells. Completion to fill one
cell with the necessary volume of media takes about 2
days. Work on the remaining BAF cells is expected to
be completed during December.
In related work, construction activities continued on
the phosphorus removal facility (HRFS), the secondary
effluent pump station, the UV disinfection structure
and the Operations Building.
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By the end of November, about 99% of the total
structural concrete for the entire ammonia-phosphorus
removal-disinfection facilities complex had been
installed totaling 26,545 cubic yards.
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20,000 biodegradable leaf bags were distributed
during October and November to city residents through
libraries and community centers in the city under the
Urban Best Management Practices Program funded through
the Onondaga Lake Partnership and the County. This is
the second year of the program. Use of the free leaf
bags helps keep the leaves out of the sewers and
reduce sewer overflows.
 See additional photos of construction during November 2003.
(ACJ Completion date for Ammonia Full Scale—11/3/03—schedule revision requested)
(ACJ Completion date for Phosphorus Removal Stage II—4/1/05—on schedule)
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BAF structure (ammonia removal)
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All structural concrete work substantially complete
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HRFS facility (phosphorus removal)
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ditto
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UV disinfection facility
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ditto
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Secondary effluent pump station
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ditto
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Chemical/operation building
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Structural steel framework 95% complete
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See construction photos of BAF and HRFS for this month.
Photos of the chemical and operations building, chemical storage, secondary effluent pump station, drainage and water lines
See a slide show of workers placing the sand silo in the chemical building.
Summary of mechanical work this month
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Erecting scaffolding along the BAF building
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BAF facility.
Start up activities continued this month on the BAF
facilities.
Krüger BAF process personnel were on site during the
month to continue programming and check the logic
controllers and system. Krüger's specialty
subcontractor, Isobox Technologies from France, came
on site and began media installation on November 14th.
Coordination meetings were held with County Codes
Enforcement personnel, the Syracuse Fire Department,
all other prime contractors and personnel from the
County's existing Metro facility to finalize and
communicate a safety plan put in effect during the
installation of the polystyrene media.
Media installation was 50% complete by the end of
November with Isobox personnel working 7 days per week
to complete their portion of the work. Testing of the
BAF cells and the secondary effluent pump station is
planned for late December and early January.
Other mechanical work completed this month included:
start up of the BAF cell exhaust louvers that were
required to be operational during media installation,
completion of the installation of the steam and
condensate piping in the cross gallery and the heating
loop to the Operations Building and the UV facility.
Also the heat was turned on in the BAF and roof drains
and all the water piping are now done.
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Setting the motor for HRFS settling tank 1
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HRFS facility.
The mechanical work continued this month in the HRFS
portion of the facility with the installation of the
stainless steel piping and sand injection pumps in the
influent gallery. Contractor Edward Joy also
completed the heat loop and the installation of the
unit heaters in the galleries and heat was made
available for startup.
Secondary Effluent Pump Station.
The mechanical and electrical work in this section is
now substantially complete.
UV structure.
Ridley Electric continued work on installing conduits
and wiring and has energized the electrical panels in
the UV structure. Plumbing contractor, Burns Bros.,
has completed the roof drains and their work is now
substantially complete.
Architectural work this month
BAF facility.
The contractor continued installing the bridge crane
and support rails throughout the gallery this month.
Roofing is now substantially complete and
architectural work for the upper BAF effluent channel
is also substantially complete.
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Storm drain line connecting manholes 85 to 87
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Other structures.
The painting contractor has substantially completed
painting of the inside CMU walls in the UV structure
and stairs and grating are now being installed. The
roofing system for the UV structure was started this
month. Architectural work for the pump station is now
substantially complete and the contractor has
installed aluminum wall panels on three sides of the
building. Prime contractor Pike has finished the
painting and floor coating on the low lift pump
station.
Other information.
Work began in October on the installation of the storm
drainage system. Drainage work is now more than 50%
complete with drainage completely installed on the
north side of the HRFS and 50% of the west side of the
BAF. This work is scheduled to be completed by the
end of the year.
Meetings are held on various aspects of the
construction on a regular basis including biweekly
start up and construction progress meetings, weekly
coordination meetings with contract superintendents
and periodic meetings with equipment supplier,
USFilter/Krüger, involving County staff, engineering
and construction management consultants.
This is the largest and most costly single project in the Amended Consent Judgment program and will have the greatest positive impacts on the water quality of Onondaga Lake
(ACJ Project milestone—January 1, 2012—Project ahead of schedule)
Pipe installation and restoration work completed
The contractor has completed all necessary site
restoration work including street paving, sidewalks
and seeding and planting of grass buffer strip between
the street and sidewalk. A total of 2,864 feet of
mainline sewer in the roads was installed in the
project along with 1,760.5 feet of lateral sewers to
houses, 39 feet of new copper water service, 15 new
manholes and 12 new catch basins hoods.
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Delineating excavation on Bishop Avenue, July 2003
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Brighton Avenue was resurfaced and reopened in time for
the start of school buses at the end of August.
This sewer separation project involved about 8 blocks
on the City's south side and about 100 homes. Work
included installation of a new mainline sewer and
conversion of existing combined lines to use for
storm water only. Lead water services encountered
during sewer construction were replaced in the right
of way by the County to reduce extent of lead
services. With the project completed, two former
combined sewer overflows (053 and 054) no longer
release combined untreated sewage and storm water to
Onondaga Creek when it rains. The overflows now only
release storm water. All wastewater goes to Metro for
treatment.
(ACJ completion date—Phase II RTF—5/01/04 & Phase III Conveyance—5/01/07)
Further work progresses on Phase II during this month,
the following activities were undertaken by the
County's design consultant, EEA, to progress the
project:
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Continued to develop contract documents for Phase II building demolition needs
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Completed the interpretive report on the ground water pumping test and transmitted to the County
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Gave geotechnical reports to USGS and the consultants to the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority for their review and comment
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Developed initial draft of updated excavation and dewatering feasibility study
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Conducted further research into conveyance flushing systems and utility location.
In addition, information was compiled to assist in
progressing a standardization resolution for Phase II
odor control technology. The resolution was presented
to the appropriate committees of the County
Legislature during November.
Continued preparation of the draft Phase II
environmental assessment.
Draft 100% contract documents were forwarded to DEC
for review.
Other meetings held
A number of meetings were held to discuss the contract
documents with County staff, construction
managers—CDM/C&S—and the state DEC. On November 25th,
a meeting was held with construction managers, CDM/C&S
about site security and bid/payment structure for
Phase II.
Sewer Separation projects moving forward
Two projects designed under the design grant from the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been completed—the
Water Street Project (closing CSO #024 and converting the
discharge to storm water only) and the Brighton Avenue
Project (closing CSOs #053 and #054 and converting the
discharge to storm water only).
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Streets included in the next sewer separation effort, Midland at Lincoln
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The next CSOs slated for sewer separation are #038 and
040 in the Tallman-Midland area and #046A and #046B
near Onondaga Avenue.
Finalization of bid documents for next sewer
separation project continues Spectra Engineering
continued this month to review and update the design
of the sewer separation projects slated for CSOs 038,
040, 046A and possibly 046B. The work involves
reviewing and updating existing design documents
including any necessary field verifications, preparing
bid ready documents, meeting with other agencies
involved including NiMo, City Water and DPW and
handling construction inspection. A kick-off meeting
for the new contract was held November 6th.
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The Leaf Management Program distributed 20 thousand leaf bags and kept countless leaves from entering sewers.
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(ACJ dates—Commence construction of conveyances and RTF—May 1, 2003—milestone revision requested.)
The following work activities were accomplished this
month:
Continued to work with County and subcontractor, Hartgen Associates, to finalize revised plans for necessary Phase II/III archeological field Reconnaissance work for the facility site and conveyance routes.
Continued development of environmental information document and SEQR-related information.
Continued to progress conceptual design development for project and revised draft facilities plan.
Continued to work with sewer system modeling consultant, Brown and Caldwell, on modeling related to alternatives analysis and optimization studies.
The goal of the Clinton project is to address the
abatement of ten CSOs between Fayette and Adams
Streets to be served by a Clinton area facility
located near downtown Syracuse. The facility plan
evaluates alternative technologies to address the
overflows and alternative sites for a
storage/treatment facility.
(ACJ completion date for In-Water system—7/1/02—Not implementable—Milestone Revision requested)
This month, the County continued to work with the
project consultant, Brown and Caldwell to finalize
contract amendment for this project to include
necessary archeological investigations, preparation of
draft EID/SEQR documentation, and finalization of
facility plan.
Presentation given by LIPO director and deputy
director to combined classes at Fowler High School on
November 18th about Midland and Harbor Brook projects.
The draft was released in March 2002. The draft
plan outlines and evaluates alternative technologies
including the in-water system for abating and treating
the 18 CSOs which release into Harbor Brook. This
draft plan also identifies potential sites for CSO
abatement facilities.
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Mimi Capetto, director of the McChesney Recreation Center, stands by while patrons collect free leaf bags.
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Collection activities continued on a once a week basis
during November, and this was the final month of
collection for the 2003 season. The skimmer operation
was run by Central New York Aquatic Harvesting under
contract with the County during the '02 and '03
seasons.
Earlier this year, Alpha Boats was the successful
bidder on a 5-year contract which has been signed to
provide maintenance and collection services in the
harbor area beginning in 2004.
The County worked with others on the Lake Partnership
to assist with the annual progress meeting of the
Partnership for the public held on November 13 at the
State Fairgrounds Center of Progress building. Major
storm conditions reduced attendance at the meeting;
however, about ninety people still attended. The County
had a display of its Lake Improvement Projects and the
Urban Best Management Practices Program. County staff
were also part of the video presentation on the
activities of the Partnership during the past year.
The County Executive served on the panel and responded
to questions from the public.
The following day, County representatives attended
the after-action review meeting with other Partnership
members to discuss future priorities and activities.
A presentation was given for the Partnership to
members of the Syracuse Garden Club on November 17th
by Sue Miller for the Outreach Committee.
Meeting with DEC on Floatables Control projects
A meeting was held between County staff and regional
DEC personnel on November 19th to review the current
status of various floatables control projects
completed by the County under the Lake Improvement
Program. Operations and maintenance procedures,
operational histories and new reporting processes were
described and discussed.
The year 2002 was important in the Amended Consent Judgment program because
ten CSO-related projects met their major milestone
completion date of July 1, 2002 (ACJ, Appendix B pages
10-12). Some of these interim projects were completed
well ahead of the major milestone dates, and all but
two met the major milestone. The Kirkpatrick
Street Pump Station and the Harbor Brook In-water
System required milestone extensions. New York State is
reviewing the County's requests for the extensions.
The projects are listed below by date completed:
(ACJ Project milestone—January 1, 2012—Project completed 2003)
Pipe installation and restoration work was completed.
Under this $2.1 million project, 2,864 feet of
mainline sewer was installed in the streets along with
a total of 1,760.5 feet of lateral sewers to
eighty-four houses, thirty-nine new copper water
service lines in the right-of-way, fifteen new
manholes, and twelve new catch basins hoods. The
project was completed on time and under budget.
This sewer separation project involved about eight
blocks on the City's south side. Work included
installation of a new mainline sewer and conversion of
existing combined lines to use for stormwater only.
The County replaced lead water services encountered
during sewer construction to reduce lead services.
With the project completed, two former combined sewer
overflows (053 and 054) no longer release combined
untreated sewage and stormwater to Onondaga Creek when it
rains. The overflows now only release stormwater. All
wastewater from these areas goes to Metro for
treatment.
Under Appendix A of the ACJ, certain improvement
projects at Metro were designated as interim projects
and given a major milestone date for completion of
July 1, 2002. All six projects were completed by the
milestone date and most well ahead of schedule. The
projects are listed below by date completed:
Tributary, lake, river, fish sampling: no report this month.
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Prepared for upcoming meeting of the Biological Workgroup scheduled for December.
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Initiated contract amendment for the river model tasks relating to the responses to peer reviewer for period 1/1/03 to 12/31/05 with QEA.
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Contract fully executed with USGS for cooperative funding of the stream gauging stations' O&M costs for 14 stations and 1 lake station for the period 10/1/03 to 9/30/04.
None to report.
Clinton Street conveyances & RTF.
Contract with Environmental Engineering Associates
(EEA) amended for additional design work needed to
complete EID and Facility Plan.
Contract amendment amount: $75,884. Executed 11/10/03.
None to report.
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Amending the 2003 County budget in the amount of
$5850 to complete removal and disposal of CSO-derived
floatables from the Syracuse Inner Harbor for the
remainder of the 2003 season.
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Amending the 2003 County budget to accept funds from
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation for environmental
remediation on the ammonia/phosphorus project
($6,000,000).
Authorizing the standardization of the Calgon
Phoenix carbon adsorption odor control system for
systems requiring carbon adsorption elements.
State Bond Act funds: None to report.
Total received to date in State Bond Act funds:
$48,144,443.
Federal EPA funds: Payments received this month from Federal EPA
funds:
Full-scale ammonia/phosphorus removal—Request for
2,318,308 received on 11/26/03 for aggregate of
$38,805,821.
Total received to date in Federal EPA funds:
$40,241,684.
Federal Army Corps of Engineers funds: None to report.
Total received to date from U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers funds: $5,490,428.
The following reimbursement payments were
received from EFC during the month of November:
Full-scale ammonia/phosphorus removal—Request #18
for $2,169,764.07 received on 11/17/03 for aggregate
of $45,367,817.44.
Total reimbursement monies received to date through
EFC Loans for the funded ACJ projects: $134,778,016
(short-term), $8,790,518 (long term).
—Metro photos by Joe Lorah
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Susan Miller, Project Deputy Director
Onondaga County Dept of Water Environment Protection