Arkansas - Las Animas Water System Improvements_App 2

• Basin Roundtable: Arkansas
• Applicant: City of Las Animas
• Description: City of Las Animas Water System Improvements
• Account Source: Basin & Statewide
• Board Meeting Date: 3/19/2008
• Contract/PO #: 150424
• WSRA - Doc Type: Grant Application

Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form
Fonn Revised May 2007

As part of the overall plan of the project, the city will provide the required water resources to the CCA
Correctional Facility. This expansion of the local correctional facility will bring a much-needed economic
boost and additional revenue not only to the City of Las Animas, but also to the surrounding region. The
current estimate of the CCA's employees living inside Las Animas is approximately 37%. The remaining
employees are scattered to La Junta and extend past Lamar. Therefore, all the communities and counties
between these areas will see additional revenue from the correctional facility expansion. This aspect of the
project has great potential for aiding in diversifying the city's local economy and for bringing new, outside
revenue into the city in addition to the surrounding region.

5. Please summarize the proposed scope of work. Please refer to Part 2 of the Criteria and Guidance
document for detailed requirements. On the following page there is an example format for the Scope of
Work. You can use the example format or your own format, provided that comparable information is
included.

The scope of work should outline by task how the water activity will be accomplished. It is important that the
scope of work detail the specific steps, activities/procedures that will be followed to accomplish the water
activity and the specific products/deliverables that will be accomplished. The scope of work should include
but not be limited to: task description, key personnel, budget, schedule and deliverables and the final
report/project documentation upon completion of the water activity.

Summary
The scope of work to be accomplished within this application includes the following:

1. Installation of a third reverse osmosis train or provide secondary recovery on the waste stream
within the existing water treatment plant to meet all demands placed on the water system.
2. Provide raw water at the rate required to meet demand, which results in the need to bring one of
the non-operational wells back online coupled with the installation of a new transmission line to the
water treatment plant.
3. Install meters on the remaining city facilities that are not metered.
4. Provide the means to bypass the existing 2.0 million gallon underground water storage tank, repair
the tank and provide a means of being able to pump water from the tank to the distribution system
within a long duration power outage.
5. Undertake distribution system improvements to eliminate old, deteriorating, undersized water
mains and frequent pipeline failures.
6. Replace existing and install new fire hydrants throughout the city for fire protection and system
flushing.

Goals
The goals of this project include the following:

1. Eliminate the water gap in terms of raw and treated water supply.
2. Have the water collection facilities in place to produce enough water to meet demands placed on
the water treatment plant.
3. Utilize the city's water resources to the maximum extent possible by re-drilling a well not currently
used to benefit the city, county and state.
4. Have the necessary treatment capacity within the \NTP to produce enough water meeting system
demands.
5. Have the necessary treatment equipment in place to produce water meeting all water quality
standards and rules.
6. Reduce the amount of operation and maintenance required of the distribution system thereby
reducing costs for all users of the water system.
7. Provide the catalyst, water, for economic development and expansion for the city, county,
surrounding area and region.

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