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Installing panel boxes in the hydrocyclone building
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Monthly report—May 2004
Beneficial occupancy of UV
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The BAF system is working well to reduce ammonia levels in the
Metro effluent is successfully
meeting effluent compliance levels for ammonia
required under the ACJ as of May 1, 2004.
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Another project milestone was achieved this month
with the granting of beneficial occupancy for the new
ultraviolet disinfection system which is disinfecting
100% of the BAF effluent. This system replaces the
previous chlorine contact tank operation for
disinfection of the treatment plant effluent prior to
discharge to the Lake.
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All nonstructural concrete for the four settling
tank in-fills in the phosphorus removal facilities
(HRFS) are complete. The HRFS tanks are currently
undergoing final concrete finish work with formal tank
testing to begin in the near future.
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The concrete masonry block work is now 95%
complete on the Plant Operations Center, and the brick
veneer and glass block work on the Center's entryway
and the Chemical building were completed this month.
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Demolition began of existing buildings at the
site of the new Midland Regional Treatment Facility
by successful low bidder, Empire
Dismantlement Corporation. Two two-family houses were
demolished on West Castle Street on May 19 and May 20.
More demolition is planned for June.
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Bids were opened on May 19 for the construction
contract for the Phase II Midland Regional Treatment
Facility and conveyances. Five bids for general
contractor were received and are under review.
Post-bid is meeting scheduled for June 10.
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Planning finalized for Onondaga Lake
Partnership's third annual Lake Day to be held
Saturday, June 5, 2004 at Onondaga Lake Park near new
Griffin Visitors' Center.
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Removing concrete foundations for a roadway east of the Metro construction site
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(ACJ Completion date for ammonia full-scale—11/3/03—Revision requested)
(ACJ Completion date for phosphorus removal Stage II—4/1/05—on schedule)
Summary of structural work on major component facilities
BAF structure (ammonia removal). All structural concrete work is complete.
HRFS facility (phosphorus removal). All structural concrete work is complete.
UV Disinfection facility. All structural concrete work is complete.
Secondary Effluent Pump Station.
All structural concrete work is
substantially complete. Contractor is now working on
the preliminary punch list previously issued.
Operations-Chemical Building.
Structural concrete work is complete. The masonry
block work is 95% complete. The brick veneer and glass
block work on the Operations Center, which faces
Hiawatha Boulevard, and the Chemical Building were
completed this month.
Summary of mechanical work
BAF facility. The BAF facility continued to accept
100% of the Metro secondary effluent flow. Punch list
items only remain.
HRFS facility.
Insulation work continues on piping with 90% complete at this time.
Secondary Effluent Pump Station.
Mechanical work in this structure is substantially complete.
UV structure.
The County took beneficial occupancy of this equipment this month and is now fully operating this facility.
Operations-Chemical Building.
Extensive progress has been made this month on all
three floors of the Operations Center. All rough-in
electrical work is complete on the third floor and
continues on the second floor. All HVAC components are
complete on the first and second floors. HVAC work is
now concentrating on the second floor in the
mechanical room installing the air handling equipment
and heating system. All drain and vent lines from the
roof through to the first floor are complete, and
plumbing work is complete on the second and third
floors and 70% complete on the first floor.
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Forming corners in settling tank 4 of the phosphorus removal facility
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Architectural work this month
BAF facility.
Architectural work continued this month on this
structure with installation of the BAF louvers and
architectural alucabond panels. The brick veneer piers
are now complete.
Other structures.
Remaining work includes completion of louvers,
exterior wall panels, and flashing on the UV
structure; completion of roofing on the HRFS
structure; and installation of exterior panels on the
Operations-Chemical Building. During May the
maintenance bay, office parts room, sprinkler room, and
hallways in the Operations Building were painted, as
were the ceiling and MNU walls in the Chemical
Building.
Other information
The contractor completed storm drainage work this month.
The contractor continued to work on excavations for the roads and parking lots. By end of May, 80% of the area to the west of the BAF was complete and 90% of the area east of the UV and Sewer Maintenance Building was complete.
Many meetings continue to be held on various aspects
of the construction and punch list items with
appropriate contractors, consultants, and County
personnel. This month meetings included some on the
repair of a sluice gate on the 84-inch HRFS bypass pipe.
Landscaping plan being revised to accommodate site conditions.
This is the largest and most costly single project
in the Amended Consent Judgment program
and will have the greatest positive effect on the water quality of Onondaga Lake
by removing more ammonia and phosphorus
from the Metro effluent discharge.
(ACJ project milestone—January 1, 2012—project completed)
Pipe installation and restoration work completed:
Under this $2.1 million project, 2864 feet of mainline
sewer was installed in the streets along with 1760.5
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.
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.
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 stormwater to Onondaga Creek when it rains.
The overflows now only release stormwater. All
wastewater goes to Metro for treatment.
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At Metro, working on new roadways in front of the UV facility
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(ACJ completion date—Phase II RTF—5/01/04 & Phase III Conveyance—5/01/07 Milestone revisions requested)
Demolition begins
Site preparation work and mobilization began in early
May for the contractor. Asbestos removal was conducted
as needed prior to the start of demolition. On May 19,
a two-family house at 422-424 West Castle Street was demolished
by the contractor and on May 20, a two-family house
at 476-478 West Castle Street was demolished. Demolition of
remaining the five structures is scheduled for
completion during July.
Bids opened for Phase II of Midland construction
The County opened bids on May 19 for the
construction of Phase II of the Midland project which
involves construction of a regional treatment and
storage facility and conveyances to carry stormwater
and combined sewage overflows to the facility. Five
bids were received and are currently under review.
Other meetings held
Meetings were held this month between County staff,
program managers (CDM/C&S), and design engineers (EEA)
regarding construction schedule, coordination,
sequencing, and staff assignments. In addition,
meetings were held to discuss bids received.
Discussions were held with the Syracuse Housing
Authority regarding final draft agreement
concerning tenant relocation and building maintenance
during construction.
Additionally, discussions continue between County and
City officials on the Midland and Clinton projects.
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This overflow point indicated by this sign on Onondaga Creek near Tallman Street will be eliminated with the current sewer separation project.
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A notice of intent to award the bid for the next sewer
separation project was sent out on May 13, 2004 to
C.O. Falter—the low bidder on the project. The
project is designed to eliminate CSOs 038 and 040 in
the Tallman-Midland area and 046A and 046B near
Onondaga Avenue on the City's west side. A
preconstruction meeting was held on May 18.
Currently the contractor is working to achieve an
approvable MWBE plan which is delaying finalization of
the contract and start of construction on the project.
A public information session was held on Thursday, June
3 at the Southwest Community Center with two members
of the public attending. Project information was
hand-delivered to area residents and mailed to absentee
property owners.
The total construction of the project is estimated to cost
$4.9 million with 70%-30% reimbursement from the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. Construction is estimated to take
200 calendar days from the notice to proceed. The
project will install new sewers and convert existing
combined sewers to stormwater only, thus eliminating
the release of combined sewage and stormwater from
four overflow points along Onondaga Creek.
(ACJ dates—Commence construction of conveyances and RTF—May 1, 2003—Milestone revision requested.)
Activities this month.
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Distribution of the facility plan is on hold pending the
outcome of negotiations with City.
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Final draft environmental information document
and draft environmental impact statement/SEQR forms
prepared. Release pending outcome of negotiations with
City.
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County and City officials meeting for discussions
on project regarding technologies and sites. No
resolution reached to date.
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 Clinton CSO Abatement Facility Plan (March 2002 draft)
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, County staff and design consultants, Brown & Caldwell, worked on the following items:
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Review by the County of 60% draft of
environmental information document and SEQR-related
information for the project prepared by
subconsultant, EcoLogic.
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Archeological consultant to conduct Phase 1B
archeological field investigation on multiple sites
and prepare report for SHPO this summer.
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Work to identify areas to be slated for
archeological investigations within potential sites
and confirm property owners to be notified.
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Developed cost analysis for middle basin FCFs as
compared to sewer separation.
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Meetings with County staff to agree on further
monitoring efforts in middle basin to confirm flows
and analyze potential for CSO elimination or
consolidation. Contract amended to include additional
monitoring.
The draft Harbor Brook CSO Abatement Facilities Plan was released in March 2002. The draft
plan outlines and evaluates alternative technologies
including the in-water system for abating and treating
the eighteen CSOs that release to Harbor Brook. This
draft plan also identifies potential sites for CSO
abatement facilities.
A new trash skimmer boat made its maiden voyage and
began cleaning the Inner Harbor on April 22. The new
boat was built by Alpha Boats of Weedsport, NY who was
the successful bidder on the new 5-year contract with
the County to collect floatable debris in
the Inner Harbor at the mouth of Onondaga Creek. The
vessel is larger than the previous boat used for the
operation and was constructed specifically for this
use. The boat cleaned in the harbor once a week during
May and will operate twice a week during June, July,
and August.
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Onondaga County's consultants with EEA explain the benefits of the ammonia-phosphorus removal projects at Onondaga Lake Day 2004
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Plans were finalized this month for Lake Day to be
sponsored by the Onondaga Lake Partnership on
Saturday, June 5. County representative on the
Outreach Committee, Sue Miller, served as chair of this
year's event.
Onondaga Lake Partnership activities continue with County
representatives taking part in meetings and
discussions of the three committees plus the Executive
Committee as a Senior Partner member of the
Partnership.
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:
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Onondaga County personnel involved with the Ambient Monitoring Program talk about aquatic life at Onondaga Lake Day 2004
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Sampling conducted this month included:
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Routine biweekly tributary sampling conducted on May 18th.
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Special high-flow tributary sampling conducted on
May 25. Five high-flow events required to be sampled
each year. So far, three have been conducted to date
on March 3 and 8 and May 25.
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South Deep sampling conducted with limited
parameters on May 11 and as normally conducted on
May 25.
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The last river winter-monitoring for this season
was conducted on May 7 at four locations
including lake outlet, Seneca River at Plainville
Bridge, Seneca River at Route 48 bridge, and Seneca River
at Route 370 bridge.
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Conducted event two and three of eight for the
pelagic larval trawls on May 4 and May 19 related to the
fisheries sampling program.
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Electrofishing initiated week of May 23 but
postponed due to weather conditions to the week of
June 6.
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Kick-off meeting for the Spring 2004 zebra mussel
survey conducted on May 11 with Stantec Consultants and
QEA with County staff.
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First quarter data for year 2004 AMP sent to DEC
on May 14.
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Flow monitoring sensors installed on joint
venture project with USGS and the County to collect
flow data on the Lake outlet.
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Installing the geogrid for the new road in front of the UV facility
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Midland Avenue conveyances & RTF:
Contract with Empire Dismantlement Corp. to demolish 7 vacant structures in the area of Midland Ave & W. Castle Street.
Contract Amount: $376,625. Executed 5/1/04.
None to report.
Full Scale Ammonia/Phosphorus Removal.
Contract with The Pike Company amended to include increase in estimated unit quantities for transportation & disposal of non-hazardous industrial solid waste.
Contract Amendment Amount: $430,950. Executed 5/18/04.
Contract with the Pike Company amended to include additional costs for changes to beams & walls of influent channel, changes to influent chimney and providing waterstop and control joints.
Contract Amendment Amount: $95,685. Executed 5/18/04.
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At Metro, removing concrete footers for the new parking areas
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Action items of the County Legislature in the month of May:
No items.
Upcoming for June legislative session:
Resolution establishing a public hearing in connection
with development of a project at Metro relative to
biosolids handling improvements.
Upcoming for June committee:
Approving a project related to biosolids handling
improvements at an estimated cost of $15.1 million and
authorizing $15.1 million serial bonds.
State Bond Act funds.
Payments received this month from State Bond Act funds:
None to report.
Total received to date in State Bond Act funds: $54,939,741.
Federal EPA funds. Payments received this month from Federal EPA funds:
None to report.
Total received to date in Federal EPA funds: $46,464,451.
Federal Army Corps of Engineers funds.
Urban Best Management Practices (UBMP): Request in the
amount of $14,423.78 received on May 6.
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 May:
Full-scale ammonia/phosphorus removal: Final request for $953,741.87 received on 5/24/04.
Total reimbursement monies received to date through EFC Loans for the funded ACJ projects: $159,069,198 (short term), $19,650,766 (long term).
Metro photos by Joe Lorah
Lake Day and CSO photos by Bob Bellandi
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Susan Miller, Project Deputy Director
Onondaga County Dept of Water Environment Protection