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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission Capital Improvements Program <br />i <br />Waste Activated Sludge Thickening (Gravity Belt Thickener Building/Equipment <br />Expansion) <br />'`~ ~ ~ FY OS-06 Capital Budget = $2,657,000 <br />j ; ~ Expected cash flow: * FY OS-06 $664,000; FY 06-07 $1,993,000. <br />The 2004 MWMC Facilities Plan includes a third gravity belt thickener, which requires expanding <br />the existing building. This provides additional capacity for waste activated sludge thickening and <br />should help delay construction of an additional digester. <br />Design work is proposed for 2005 and construction is planned for 2006 to 2007. <br />Biocycle Farm Phase 2 Improvements <br />FY 05-06 Capital Budget =$319,000 <br />Expected cash flow: * FY OS-06 $319,000. <br />Phase 2 of Biocycle Farm involves soil preparation and planting of an additional 130 acres to <br />increase biosolids removal biosolids from the existing lagoons. Consistent with the MWMC <br />Biosolids Management Plan, this Biocycle Farm expansion provides MWMC with more flexibility <br />and control of the overall biosolids management program. It also will enable MWMC to meet the <br />revised DEQ-approved time line for draining and relining the facultative sludge lagoons. <br />The soil preparation and planting work is planned for 2005 and 2006. <br />Biocycle Farm Hose Reels <br />FY 05-06 Capital Budget = $420,000 <br />Expected cash flow: * FY OS-O6 $420,000. <br />Additional hose reels need to be purchased to increase liquid biosolids application to the MWMC <br />Biocycle Farm. Anticipated pumping capacity reductions resulting from pump station <br />modifications require the addition of six new hose reels rather than the four originally proposed. <br />Federal grant funding, which is pending final approval, is anticipated to offset a significant portion <br />of the hose reel costs. <br />The hose reel equipment purchase is planned for 2005 to 2006. <br />Biosolids Management Facility (BMF) -Lagoon Lining Phase 1 & Dredge Movement System <br />Improvements <br />FY 05-06 Capital Budget = $1,858,000 <br />Expected cash flow: * FY OS-06..$619,000; FY 06-07 $1,239,000.- <br />i On-site field testing indicates that the BMF has lagoons that maybe leaking.` The lagoons have <br />served heir 20-year design life, and gradual deterioration is to be expected. MWMC has <br />committed o DEQ to reline..the four lagoons; :which will require removal of the existing biosolids <br />material. ;This project will includeupgrades to the existing dredge movement system for safety <br />` ' - :and operational efficiency. <br />Page 32 FY OS-O6 BUDGET AND CIP <br />