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Managing for Success in Toledo's $500 million Toledo Waterways Initiative

Managing for Success in Toledo's $500 million Toledo Waterways Initiative. George Robinson , M.B.A. – City of Toledo, Commissioner of TWI Bob Harbron , P.E. – Black & Veatch, TWI Program Director Cary Duchene , P.E. – Black & Veatch, TWI Deputy Program Director

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Managing for Success in Toledo's $500 million Toledo Waterways Initiative

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  1. Managing for Success in Toledo's$500 million Toledo Waterways Initiative George Robinson, M.B.A. – City of Toledo, Commissioner of TWI Bob Harbron, P.E. – Black & Veatch, TWI Program Director Cary Duchene, P.E. – Black & Veatch, TWI Deputy Program Director Larry Zimmerman, P.E. – Black & Veatch, PM/CM Director

  2. Bob Harbron, P.E.Black & Veatch – TWI Program Director Program Introduction

  3. Toledo Waterways Initiative • TWI…Toledo’s Wet Weather Program • Eliminate WWTP Bypasses • Eliminate Known SSOs • Reduce and Control CSOs B&V - 3

  4. Toledo Waterways Initiative • Learning Objectives • Illustrate Successful Program Management in Toledo • Connect PrM for Delivery of Design and Construction to meet Aggressive Schedules and Innovative Facilities • Present Integrated Client and PrM Services • Share Innovative Contracting Methods – Integrated PrM • Illustrate Cost Savings B&V - 4

  5. Toledo Waterways Initiative • Presentation Outline • Toledo Background and History • Program Management Approach • Owner’s Perspective and Successes • WWTP Improvements • Collection System Improvements • Innovation • Unique Challenges B&V - 5

  6. George Robinson, M.B.A.City of Toledo – Commissioner of TWI The Owner’s Perspective

  7. Toledo, Ohio - History • Founded 1833 in Michigan • Re-Founded in 1837 in Ohio (after the Toledo War) • Major Shipping Hub • Water, Air, Rail, Road • Erie Canal • Home of Jeep • Glass Industry • Tony Paco’s B&V - 7

  8. Toledo, Ohio - Demographics • City of Toledo Population: 315,000 • Metro Area: 650,000 B&V - 8

  9. Toledo – Wastewater System Characteristics • Wastewater Service Area – 100 square miles • Combined Sewer Area – 18 square miles • Permitted CSOs - 33 • Bay View WaterReclamation Plant • Service Area Population: 400,000 • Original Construction 1922 • Annual Average Flow 70 MGD • 195 MGD Secondary Treatment • 205 MGD Wet Weather Facility B&V - 9

  10. Lake Erie Ottawa River BAY VIEW WWTP Swan Creek Maumee River Toledo Wastewater Service Area B&V - 10

  11. Receiving Streams / Water Bodies • Ottawa River – into Maumee Bay / Lake Erie • Heavy recreational boating near outlet near outlet • Swan Creek – into Maumee River • Urban setting, some canoeing, targeted for restoration • Maumee River – into Maumee Bay / Lake Erie • Major shipping and recreational boating B&V - 11

  12. WWTP Combined Sewer Area B&V - 12

  13. Lawsuit and Consent Decree • 1991 – 2001: Litigation and Negotiation • Effluent and Bypass Violations • 2001 COT Negotiates Settlement • Comprehensive Wet Weather Consent Decree • 2002: City Referendum to Approve CD on Ballot • Required By City Charter • 60% Voter Approval B&V - 13

  14. Lawsuit and Consent Decree • 2002 - Comprehensive Wet Weather Consent Decree • Eliminate Known SSOs by 2006 • New Wet-Weather Treatment Facility at Bay View WWTP by 2007 • Develop CSO Long Term Control Plan by 2006 • Implement the LTCP by 2016 • Estimated $450M B&V - 14

  15. Integrated Program Management • Program Direction • Public Relations and Education • Regulatory Coordination • Contract Administration • Program Funding Assistance • Financial Accounting • Cost Management • Program Scheduling B&V - 15

  16. Integrated Program Management • Program Conceptual Development • Technology Selection • LTCP • Preliminary Design • Final Design • Construction Management (not-at-risk) • Construction Inspection • Post Monitoring & Certifications B&V - 16

  17. BLACK & VEATCH Team Integrated Program Management and Engineering Program Oversight Engineer BLACK & VEATCH General & Administrative Services Engineering Services Integrated Program Management B&V - 17

  18. Why Integrated Program Management? • COT – Strong Mayor Government • TWI is a Long Program…15-20 years • Consistent PrM Team through Changes in Administration • COT Contracting Flexibility • Contract with ONE Firm • But Allow Flexibility to Add / Delete Resource Firms • Single Source Responsibility for Program Performance • No Finger Pointing • PrM Responsible for Consent Decree Fines B&V - 18

  19. Program Manager Selection • Selection by Blue Ribbon Panel • Panel Representation: Local Business Leaders, University of Toledo, Ohio State University and City Administration. • Recommended Black & Veatch • Largest Professional Services Contract in COT History • City Expectations of the PM Firm: • National Engineering Expertise and Resources • Longstanding Corporate Stability • Wastewater and CSO Control Experience • Local Participation – 90% Local • Minority Business Mentorship • Reasonable Price B&V - 19

  20. Success: Public Relations • Community Advisory Committee • Neighborhood Advisory Committees • LTCP Alternative Meetings • Public Survey • Brochures • TWI Website: www.toledowaterwaysinitiative.com B&V - 20

  21. CITIZEN’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE Public Relations – No One Went Unheard B&V - 21

  22. EXHIBIT A – CONSENT DECREE MILESTONES – OVERALL PROGRAM SCHEDULE Success: CD Milestones • Met consent decree schedule • Eliminated targeted SSOs and reduced backups • Ended bypasses of partially treated sewage at Bay View WWTP B&V - 22

  23. Success: Program Funding (Thru 2007) B&V - 23

  24. Cary Duchene, P.E.Black & Veatch – TWI Deputy Program Director Technical and Management Aspects

  25. Technical Program • Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements • Eliminate Bypasses • Sanitary Sewer System Improvement • Eliminate Known SSOs • Combined Sewer System • Reduce and Control CSOs B&V - 25

  26. Wet-Weather Treatment Facility • Eliminate Plant Bypasses • Major WWTP Wet-Weather Facility • Grit Removal and Screening - 232 MGD • Ballasted-Flocculation - 232 MGD • Largest DensaDeg BF Facility in North America • Equalization Basin – 25 MG • Chlorine Contact Basin – 205 MGD • Constructed Concurrently in 18 Months B&V - 26

  27. Reaeration & Chlorination Main WWTP DensaDeg – 6 units/232 mgd EQ Basin – 25 MG Vortex Grit Removal Screening (1 sewer) Wet-Weather Treatment Facility B&V - 27

  28. Wet-Weather Treatment Facility • Architecture • Result of Public Meeting Process B&V - 28

  29. Wet-Weather Treatment Performance B&V - 29

  30. SSO Elimination • Point Place and River Road Areas – Early Action • Projects Complete • Pump Stations/Conveyance • Storage 3 MG • 13 Projects: $35M B&V - 30

  31. Long Term Control Plan Development • Draft Submitted - December 2005 • 25 Projects • Based on 4 Overflows in Average Year • 1-3 Overflows in Average Year Sensitive Areas • $256M Total Project Cost (2005 Dollars) • LTCP Approval 2010 • 3-4 Overflows/AVG Year – Swan Creek • 3 Overflows/AVG Year – Maumee River • 0 (2 per 5 years) Overflows/AVG Year – Ottawa R. • EPA Added 10-year Pathogen Study for BF • Time Extension (3 Additional Years) • 2 Project Consolidated • Cost is up to $317M (2005 Dollars) B&V - 31

  32. Long Term Control Plan • Anticipated Results • Overflow Locations from 33 to 23 • Overflow Frequency from 30+/year to 0-4/year • Overflow volume from 625 MG/year to 144 MG/year • Reduces typical pollutant discharge by 86%-89% • Reduces bacterial discharge by 90% • Improve Water Quality for Future Generations • Positive Response from Toledo Citizens B&V - 32

  33. Long Term Control Plan • 23 Projects • 3 - SSES/Inflow Reduction • 3 - SSES/Sewer Separation • 1 - Sewer Separation (SSES Already Completed) • 9 – CSO Storage (Combined Sewage) • 4 - Optimize Existing Storage Tunnels • 2 - Regulator Modifications • 1 - WWTP Headworks Improvement B&V - 33

  34. WWTP Long Term Control Plan B&V - 34

  35. LTCP Implementation – SSES, Sewer Separation, I/I Reduction • Separate Select Combined Sewer Areas • Eliminate Select Regulators and Overflows • Reduce Inflow B&V - 35

  36. LTCP Implementation – CSO Storage • 9 Projects - 55 MG B&V - 36

  37. LTCP Implementation – Enhance Existing Storage • 4 Projects • Maximize Storage • Enhance Capture • Improve Operations B&V - 37

  38. LTCP Implementation – Regulator Modifications • 2 Projects – Regulators w/ Infrequent Overflows • Increase In-Line Storage • Increased Flow to Interceptor…Offset by Decreased Flow to Interceptor at Other Locations • All Remaining CSOs: Floatables Control • Baffling and Screening B&V - 38

  39. LTCP Implementation – WWTP Improvement • Grit Process is a Bottleneck • Grit Facilities – 168 MGD (total) • Primary/Secondary Capacity – 195 MGD (firm) • Equipment and Structures are Deteriorated • Same Process…New Facility • 195 MGD (Firm) / 240 MGD (Total) • Enhance Operational Flexibility • Reduce Usage of the Wet Weather Facility B&V - 39

  40. Pathogen Study • Compare Physical/Chemical to Biological Process • HRC + Disinfection (Physical/Chemical • Activated sludge + disinfection (Biological) • 10 Year Study…First of its Kind • Integrated Implementation • City of Toledo • Black & Veatch • Alloway Laboratories • Michigan State University B&V - 40

  41. Schedule and Milestones • 2009 LTCP Adds 121 NEW Consent Decree Milestone Dates!!! • The First 11 have been Met • Master Schedule To Track It All B&V - 41

  42. LTCP Implementation Progress B&V - 42

  43. Success – WWTP Performance B&V - 43

  44. Success: Cost Control (Thru 2007) • Toledo Waterways Initiative — • Big Projects, Big Savings….$20-60 M! • $2 M under on PrM fees • $18 M savings Wet Weather Facility Siting • $40 M savings on FC 13 & EQ Basin B&V - 44

  45. Questions? Contact Information George Robinson george.robinson@toledo.oh.gov (419) 936-2338 Bob Harbron HarbronRR@bv.com (419) 720-0900 Cary Duchene DucheneCR@bv.com (419) 720-0900 Larry Zimmerman ZimmermanLW@bv.com (301) 921-8247 B&V - 45

  46. Unique Challenges • Aggressive Schedule – An 18 month construction schedule for $60M in wet weather facilities per consent decree. Multiple projects…Same site. • 2-year Ballasted Flocculation Performance…24/7 for 2 Years – Conducting the study while waiting for and being able to respond to storm event at all hours of the day or night, including holidays. • Economic Recession and Furloughed City Staff – Maintaining a positive working relationship with an embattled client staff where many lost pay and benefits during a severe economic recession. • 90% Local – Putting a solid, capable and local team together with the right skill set to meet a 90% local hours contract requirement. • Water Quality…Not Flood Relief – Careful maneuvering of TWI, a program to improve receiving water quality, through several local flooding and basement backup events that have occurred. B&V - 46

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