Progress continues on the reactivation of Tempe’s Kyrene Water Reclamation Facility, with city council recently approving a $10.2 million construction contract for materials needed for the project
Tempe City Council awarded a construction manager-at-risk contract to PCL Construction during its Dec. 19 meeting as part of the reactivation of the Kyrene facility. Council voted to award the contract, passing in a 7-0 vote.
PCL was selected by a committee that reviewed potential firms, which identified PCL as the most qualified.
Public Works Administrative Manager Decima Sever wrote in a city staff report the reactivation will entail multiple phases and contracts for the facility’s design and construction.
She stated the Kyrene Water Reclamation Facility was built in 1991 and was later expanded and upgraded in 2006. However, the facility has been offline since 2010, with all of the city’s wastewater being treated at Phoenix’s 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant.
“Reactivation of the KWRF will enable Tempe to locally treat and utilize up to an average daily flow of 4.5 million gallons of reclaimed water to augment the city’s long term nonpotable water supplies,” Sever stated.
Once it has been reactivated, the facility will make reclaimed water available for groundwater recharge, cooling water at Salt River Project’s Kyrene Generating Station and irrigation at the Ken McDonald Golf Course.
Sever stated the contract with PCL includes the procurement of several items expected to take a long time to deliver. Items consist of:
Electrical equipment, including variable frequency drives and control panels;
Positive displacement blowers;
Coarse screen rebuild kits;
Fine screens;
Membrane bioreactor package with inclusions;
Ultraviolet disinfection equipment.
Sever also noted water reuse and recharge systems are being planned and constructed separately and are not included in PCL’s scope of work.
Additionally, the funds for this contract and any related expenses have been appropriated for fiscal year 2024-25 and future years, contingent upon city council approval of the annual budget.
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