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Vote on a request to approve an MOA creating and defining operations of the Western Intake Partnership and approve Dan LaMontagne, County Manager, to sign the MOA on behalf of the County.
Abstract
Action Requested: Vote on a request to approve an MOA creating and defining operations of the Western Intake Partnership and approve Dan LaMontagne, County Manager, to sign the MOA on behalf of the County.
Introduction & Background: Chatham County along with the Town of Pittsboro, City of Durham and Orange Water and Sewer Authority who were all founding members of the Jordan Lake Partnership (JLP) have been working cooperatively since 2012 as the Western Intake Partnership (WIP) to plan for the construction of facilities on the western side of Jordan Lake to obtain access to our respective Jordan Lake Allocations.
The Jordan Lake Partnership Western Intake Feasibility Study (known as the Hazen Study) assisted the WIP in determining that the most favorable alternative to meet the water supply needs of the individual members as well as the group as a whole is a Regional Water Treatment Facility ("RWTF") on the west side of Jordan Lake. The Hazen Study estimated that once the RWTF project is initiated, it will take approximately 8 years for the work from preliminary engineering to construction to be completed - all assuming no major delays. Since environmental review and environmental permitting might take 10 years or more; if this effort were to begin now the Hazen Study schedule projects that the RWTF and the associated system connections could be online around mid-2035. The Jordan Lake Western Intake Partners Economic Feasibility Study (known as the Raftelis Study) assessed the collective benefits of the treatment plant and the individual impacts to each Partner and suggested an optimal timeline for undertaking the RWTF Project. This work included, 1) Develop a plan to begin construction by 2025 so the RWTF can be online by 2031, and 2) Adopt a collabor...
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