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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Bio Chem Lab, Inc for additional water quality testing for water received from the Stillhouse Surface Water Treatment Plant in the amount of $27,245.
SUMMARY
DATE: June 15, 2021
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Jeffrey Reynolds, Executive Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Authorize the execution of an agreement with Bio Chem Lab, Inc for additional water quality testing in the amount of $27,245
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On November 25, 2020, the City executed an agreement for Bio Chem Lab, Inc to provide analysis of Water and Wastewater samples in the amount of $47,500. The funding was allocated in the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Water and Sewer Division Budget.
In April 2021, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) notified City staff of additional testing requirements due to the City receiving a new source of water from Bell County WCID's new Stillhouse Surface Water Treatment Plant. Three quotes were received for the additional testing and Bio Chem Lab submitted the lowest quote in the amount of $27,245. The resultant total lab testing with Bio Chem Lab, Inc. will be $54,820 in FY21 and $18,952 in FY22 in addition to the standard Water and Wastewater analysis samples costs in FY22.
This new Agreement represents additional testing requirements from the TCEQ for Lead, Copper, and Water Quality Parameter Sampling (WQPS). The approval to use a new source of water requires additional analysis of Lead, Copper, and WQPS when the new water source begins to combine with the current water source. This additional analysis is to ensure that the system maintains minimal levels of corrosion. The additional testing is required of the City’s newly combined water source for two consecutive six-month periods after which the testing will return to the normal three-year testing cycle as determined by the TCEQ Lead and Copper Program Coordinator.
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