Incorporating the Triple Bottom Line (Sustainability) Into a WWTP Improvement/Relocation Carl Fischer, PE, BCEE cfischer@baxterwoodman.com Brent Perz, PE bperz@baxterwoodman.com
Outline/Agenda Project Stakeholder Involvement Sustainable Elements: Triple Bottom Line Social Environmental Economical
Project: New WWTP for Itasca, IL Population: 8,300 Jobs: 32,000 ADF: 2.0 mgd WWTP Capacity: 2.6 mgd 4.0 mgd Salt Creek: Impaired TMDLs O Hare Western Access ITASCA O HARE CHICAGO
VILLAGE OF ITASCA PROSPECT AVE THORNDALE AVE NEW ITASCA WWTP
VILLAGE OF ITASCA NEW WWTP OLD WWTP
Planning 2002-03 New WWTP on New Site 2004 Initial Meeting with EAGs 2006-2007 Facility Plan
Design & Bidding Design May 2008 Mar 2009 Start Design Submit Plans, Specs, & Permit App Bidding Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Advertise Open Bids o Low Bid: $34 Million o Williams Brothers, East Peoria
Construction 11/02/09 - Groundbreaking 11/03/09 - Notice of Award 11/24/09 - Notice to Proceed 11/30/11 - Substantial Completion 03/28/12 - Final Completion 11/02/12 - Ribbon Cutting
Stakeholder Involvement 2004 Initial Meeting with EAGs 2006 thru 2007 Technical Advisory Group (TAG) 3 Meetings
Initial Meeting with EAGs April 30, 2004 1 st Expansion of WWTP on Impaired Water EAGs Objectives Formulate Plan EAGs Environmental Law and Policy Center Prairie Rivers Network Sierra Club
Initial Meeting with EAGs EAGs Attitude Genuinely interested Helpful & Cooperative Reasonable & Rational Why the Change?
TAG Formation Invitations State Agencies (including IEPA & IDNR) County Depts Forest Preserve District Neighboring Communities Developers EAGs
TAG Members The Conservation Foundation Sierra Club (also representing ELPC) Prairie Rivers Network Salt Creek Watershed Network Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation Dist. DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup Itasca Spring Brook Nature Center City of Wood Dale IDNR Village of Itasca Baxter & Woodman, Inc. Kabbes Engineering, Inc.
1 st TAG Meeting November 29, 2006 Presentation Condition of Salt Creek Gov t Data EAG s Data Plan for New WWTP Develop List of Alternatives For Itasca s Consideration
2 nd TAG Meeting February 22, 2007 Draft Anti-Deg Report Analysis of Alternatives Changes to Plan TAG Suggestions Additional Recommendations Clarifications 16 Official TAG Recommendations
3 rd & Final TAG Meeting October 5, 2007 Concurred with TAG Recs Stream Enhancements in lieu of Irrigation Letter of Support Nov 12, 2007
Sustainable Elements: Triple Bottom Line Sustainability: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. - U.N. Resolution 42/187 Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development adopted 11 December 1987
Sustainable Elements: Triple Bottom Line Environmental Sustainable Social Economic
Social Elements Involvement of Environmental Advocacy Groups and creating a Technical Advisory Group First permitted expansion of capacity to an impaired waterway in Illinois after 2002 Anti-Deg. EAGs sent letter of support to IEPA
Social Elements Moving the Existing WWTP out of a residential area Eliminate noise and odor to residential area
Social Elements Retaining natural visual buffers and providing landscaping Decorative fencing to create an entry into the Village Integrated WWTP with Public Work Campus
Environmental Elements Stormwater BMPs Native Plantings and Retention Natural plantings reduced mowing Effluent Reuse Supply NPW to Itasca Country Club (Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary) Evaluated Effluent Wetland and Offline Storage Constructed pilot wetland with WWTP effluent Decided that offline storage provided a higher environmental benefit
Environmental Elements Biological Nutrient Removal in Sequencing Batch Reactors ATAD Process and Rotary Press Class A sludge Reduced Quantity
Environmental Elements Trenchless Technologies Influent Force Main, Irrigation Force Main, and Outfall Sewer Truck Wash Eliminated runoff going into stormwater system
Economical Elements 2009 ARRA IEPA Loan $20 Million Build America Bonds $19 Million payback $ 5 Million forgiven 4.0%± over 20 years $15 Million payback 0% over 20 years Common Campus PW & WWTP staff share facilities
Economical Elements Providing Class A sludge o Minimize disposal cost o Potential for sale/distribution SBR: Energy efficient BNR o No separate clarifiers and RAS o Intermittent aeration/mixing Solar & Wind o Not cost-effective Energy Efficient Lighting
Insert CFF Slides Carl Fischer, PE, BCEE cfischer@baxterwoodman.com Brent Perz, PE bperz@baxterwoodman.com Baxter & Woodman, Inc. 8678 Ridgefield Rd., Crystal Lake, IL 60012 815/459-1260