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Vancouver signs new company to treat wastewater

Current operator took on the job in 1978

By , Columbian City Government Reporter
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Starting next year, a new company will operate and maintain Vancouver’s two wastewater treatment plants and industrial food-waste pretreatment lagoon under a 10-year contract the City Council approved Monday.

The contract with Colorado-based engineering consulting firm CH2M (Operations Management International Inc.) will save the city about $1.6 million per year. The total operation and maintenance costs for the wastewater plants are projected to be $8.1 million next year, compared with $9.7 million in 2014. The first several years’ savings will pay for two proposed capital improvement projects at the treatment facilities, according to city documents.

Veolia Water has operated the city’s Marine Park and Westside water reclamation facilities since 1978, on a contract last renewed in 2011.

In 2013, the city council decided that an open competition for wastewater treatment would ensure the city was getting the best-quality services at the most competitive price, and after nearly two years, the city’s proposal evaluation committee recommended hiring CH2M.

The new 10-year contract includes an option for two five-year extensions. It also anticipates two major projects over the next three to four years at a cost of $7 million to $10 million: improving the Westside influent headworks and upgrading/replacing the existing control system for the treatment facilities and pump stations.

The contract costs are covered in the 2015-2016 Sewer Utility Operating Budget.

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