Water Board Issues 2019 Meeting Schedule and Focuses on Maintenance Needs and Biosolids Contracts

 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting - October 4, 2018

The Board Approved;

• The replacement of power cables for UV Lamps at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant.  Current cables overheat and have degraded.  New cables will have a 10 year warranty and an enhanced inspection regime will be put in place to monitor the heat.  Purchase order not to exceed $154,000.
• A 10% contract reduction  down to $199,451,997 million for Metropolitan Bio solids Management LLC to design, build, own, finance, operate, and maintain a 150 dry tons per day Bio solids processing facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and to beneficially use the final product for a period of 20 years.
• A $90 million utilization and transportation contract reduction for air-dried bio solids from $2.7 to $2.6 million.
• The 2019 Board meeting schedule which will be posted on its website
• A Board resolution recognizing the “Imagine a Day Without Water Campaign”.    
• Recognized the US Minority Contractors Association and their 27th Annual Millennium builders Award Banquet.

​Observer - Nancy Mitzen                                        Meeting Length: 10:37 am-12:15 pm