Fort Lupton WCPlan 2007

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 07-17
• Applicant: City of Fort Lupton
• Project Name: City of Fort Lupton Water Conservation Plan
• Title: City of Fort Lupton Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 8/1/2007
• County: Weld
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

The City will need to evaluate the ideal size of storage to construct considering the
ultimate location and financial capabilities at the time. There is expected to be an
economies-of-scale savings in constructing a larger reservoir. The City can also cost
share with the Town of Hudson.

TreatmentPmntExoansion

One of the City's goals is to increase the WTP efficiency. More specifically, the existing
WTP does not recover 7.50/0 to 80/0 of the raw water entering the plant. By definition,
efficiency used herein is the amount of water delivered to customers following treatment
divided by the amount of raw water coming into the plant. In simpler terms, 92 to 92.5
out of every 100 gallons delivered to the WTP gets delivered to customers. This
inefficiency impacts all phases of the City's water and wastewater utilities from raw
water supply through wastewater treatment. We recommend the City strive to increase
this efficiency to 980/0.

The impact of increasing the efficiency of the WTP is significant in virtually every aspect
of the City's water and wastewater utilities. To fully realize these benefits, the City must
have a filter unit dedicated to recovering the water currently being sent to the WWTP.
This will require the City to construct a separate backwash recovery system.

To determine when the next WTP expansion is required, we have assumed the City has
four and a half filter units available, with a total net production capability of 3.87 MGD
(five filters at 0.86 MGD less 0.43 MGD to the Town of Hudson). Accordingly, at a 30/0
population growth rate as assumed throughout this study, the City will need additional
filtration capacity within the next ten years. We have recommended the City install two
additional two filter units before 2016. The piping for this project was planned for in the
last plant expansion.

Table 5.2 - WTP Expansion, Opinion of Probable Construction Costs

Item Quantity Unit Unit Cost Item Cost
Mob/Demob and general contract requirements 1 LS $50,000 $50,000
Earthwork, grading and misc. sitework 1 LS $100,000 $100,000
Valve and piping modifications (existing filters) 1 LS $50,000 $50,000
Process piping and valves for new filters 1 LS $200,000 $200,000
90M 1 OC units 2 LS $300,000 $600,000
Electrical, controls and instrumentation 1 LS $150,000 $150,000
Plant SCADA / PLC control system upgrades 1 LS $40,000 $40,000
Telemetry system improvements 1 LS $15,000 $15,000
Backwash recovery system 1 LS $750,000 $750,000
Subtotal $1,955,000
Design and Construction Contingencies (200/0) $391,000
Contractors Overhead and Profit (150/0) $293,250
Construction Cost Subtotal $2,639,250
Engineering - Design Phase Services (80/0) $211 ,140
Engineering - Construction Phase Services (40/0) $105,570
Total $2,955,960

Clear Water Solutions, Inc.
City of Fort Lupton
2007 Water Conservation Plan

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