2019-07-24 EMC Meeting Agenda and Director's Informational Report

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C. LONO KONA SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: • Construction crew continues installing pipe and manholes. Other crews continue the pre-hammering of the hard rock in the proposed trench excavation areas. • During trench excavation, another lava tube was discovered on 05/22/19. Consultation with the archaeologist took place, and DLNR was notified. • The project is scheduled to be substantially complete by 09/06/19. • USDA Rural Development has obligated loan and grant funds of $2,437,000 and $4,024,800 respectively to this project. DEM is working with USDA to finalize a subsequent loan of $3,699,000 and subsequent grant of $1,071,000. Low construction bid received was $8,531,814.43. D. KEALAKEHE AERATION UPGRADE AND SLUDGE REMOVAL: Final payment will be made once the tax clearance certification is received. E. KEALAKEHE WWTP EFFLUENT R-1 UPGRADE: • The Archaeological Inventory Survey that is required by SHPD is under way. • R-1 treatment construction documents are to be ready for bid the end of June 2019. • The long-range plans for R-1 quality effluent began in 2007 as a phased approach. Phase I work installed a reuse line between the Kohanaiki area and Kealakehe Parkway. • DOH has earmarked SRF monies in the amount of $54 million to fund both design and construction of the R-1 upgrade at the Kealakehe WWTP. F. NORTH KONA SEWER PUMP STATION • This new sewer pump station will be located on the mauka side of Queen Kaʻahamanu Highway. It is to receive wastewater from a por?on of the area below Ane Keohokalole Highway between Hina Lani Street and Kealakehe Parkway. The wastewater will be pumped to the Kealakehe WWTP via new forcemains. The new sewer pump station is scheduled to be complete July 2022. • The next step is to begin the Environmental Assessment (EA) process and the design phase. G. WASTEWATER EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECTS: Pua Sewage Pump Station (SPS) Upgrade: Design items for additional upgrades needed besides pump replacement at the Pua SPS is being worked into the contract. It includes a complete renovation to include the structural, electrical, and mechanical upgrades to the pump station. Cause for renovation is due to deterioration of the wet well from H2S; electrical component damage due to H2S corrosion and the overall age of the facility; and mechanical damage due to faulty discharge line valves due to hydraulic surging. Work is to include upgrading the HVAC; replacing/upgrading components of the electrical system; replacing corroded duct work; upgrading the wet well level control system; and 11