Geosyntec_Attachment_K_-_Experience_and_Capacity_Response.pdf

Request for Proposal

Solicitation No. BPM005664

Advanced Water Purification Technical Support

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality - Procurement Office

1110 W. Washington St.

Phoenix, AZ 85007

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Attachment K – Experience and Capacity Response

THE STATE MAY DETERMINE YOUR PROPOSAL NON-RESPONSIVE IF YOU DO NOT FULLY RESPOND.

The Offeror shall provide a narrative response to each section that demonstrates their understanding of the Scope of Work requirements and describes the company’s overall experience and capacity in providing the Services stated in this Solicitation.

Offeror shall provide a response either after each section or in a separate document entitled: “Attachment K - Experience and Capacity Response.” If a separate document is used, please clearly designate each section and double-check to ensure that each question has been answered. If any information provided is considered CONFIDENTIAL by Offeror, the information must be specifically included in the Confidential Information Designation Attachment and related documentation to be assessed for confidential treatment under A.A.C. R2-7- 103.

1.0 Company Profile. The Offeror must include a narrative description of its organization. The narrative must include the following:

1.1 Brief overview of business operations, with an emphasis on experience in regards to the Scope of Work;

Prime Contractor Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (Geosyntec) is a consulting and engineering firm that works with private and public sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. With a combined staff exceeding 2,000 engineers, scientists, and related technical and project support personnel, we serve our clients from more than 100 offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia.

Since our founding in 1983, we have built top-tier strategies to meet our clients' needs in the following practices:

• Water and Wastewater Planning, Permitting, and Design

• Industrial Pretreatment Permitting and Compliance

• Water and Natural Resources

• Civil Site Engineering and Design

• Contaminated Site Assessment and Cleanup

• Environmental Planning and Management

• Transactional Due Diligence and Consultation

• Geotechnical and Geological Analysis, Modeling, and Engineering

• Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control

• Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance

We are internationally known as technical leaders with broad and deep experience, as well as for our close and responsive working relationships with our clients. This includes more than nine years of experience working as an extension of ADEQ’s team and providing technical excellence and unprecedented project solutions for multiple departments and programs within ADEQ. In each of our practices, we work to develop best-in-class capabilities. We have nearly 200 practitioners in water and wastewater across the United States and Canada covering 11 offices. These practitioners have experience providing water-related services to multiple sectors including municipal/governmental, food and beverage, mining, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, fuels, and power. Our project services include regulatory

Quality - Procurement Office applicability reviews and program development, treatability studies, treatment evaluations, permitting, design, construction support services, and compliance support.

Subcontractor and Geosyntec teaming partner Carollo Engineers

Throughout their 90-year history, Carollo Engineers (Carollo) has applied sound, proven engineering principles to advance the application of water technologies and engineering excellence. Unlike many of their competitors, Carollo’s work is exclusively focused in the areas of water, wastewater, and reuse, resulting in an in-depth understanding of key planning, supply, treatment, and conveyance issues that few, if any, can match. Carollo has provided planning, design, and construction management services for water and wastewater utilities serving populations ranging from less than 5,000 to more than 2 million. From their Arizona offices, they provide full-service engineering, including utility infrastructure (pipelines and pump stations), treatment process specialists, civil, environmental, structural, SCADA, electrical, and instrumentation and control engineering.

Carollo is known for their “think differently” philosophy that results in better answers, such as increased capacity, improved water quality, lower capital and operational costs, and ease of operation. Many of Carollo’s clients choose them because of their proven ability to creatively identify a range of alternatives and cost-effectively implement the best solutions.

Together, the Geosyntec-Carollo team brings an in-depth, experience-based understanding of regional water supply issues, unparalleled experience implementing indirect potable reuse and advanced water purification (AWP) in Arizona and throughout the country, a team of the top experts in the fields of advanced water treatment and reuse, and extensive experience working closely with ADEQ, including our support in the development of ADEQ’s AWP Roadmap. As such, we understand the critical nature and high profile of the AWP program for Arizona’s water supply and are committed to helping ADEQ develop the implementation details for this program, guided by principles for AWP that ADEQ established early in the program’s conceptualization.

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We propose to use a collaborative and structured approach to prepare and deliver the program elements the RFP describes. Each task will be led by one of our subject matter experts, supported by a team with experience in the topic area and backed by additional groups of technical specialists that can serve as additional resources for our team and ADEQ. As the figure above illustrates, we anticipate that development of the Enhanced Source Control program and BADCT guidance will be critical path activities that will start early and run concurrently. Both of these tasks will inform the technical, managerial, and financial (TMF) and O&M plan elements of the work, which will be staggered from Enhanced Source Control program and BADCT guidance so as to benefit from the technical development and stakeholder input that occurs in those tasks. Our work will close out with the development of the operator certification program and exam materials, which depend on input from the other tasks.

While stakeholder engagement is not specifically requested in the RFP, we acknowledge that there are numerous stakeholders for this new program within and outside of ADEQ. Because of this and as illustrated in the figure below, our proposed approach to the project anticipates and incorporates key task delivery milestones which ADEQ can use for the purposes of stakeholder engagement if desired, including the following:

• High level, early input at the beginning of each major task using document outlines and initiation meetings with

ADEQ

• Collaborative development of subtopic areas through draft chapters and sections and working meetings with ADEQ’s core team

• Reviews of the final, compiled deliverables for each task

Advanced Water Purification Technical Support

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality - Procurement Office

1110 W. Washington St.

Phoenix, AZ 85007

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Early input and timely feedback will be critical to meeting the project schedule. If ADEQ would like additional support with stakeholder engagement, this service can be negotiated and incorporated into the scope of services as needed.

1.2 Location in which the Offeror is incorporated;

Geosyntec is incorporated in Florida.

1.3 Address of “Main Office” (e.g. Corporate Headquarters and any satellite offices responsible for performance of proposed tasks;

Geosyntec Corporate Headquarters:

900 Broken Sound Parkway NW Suite 200, Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Offices performing the work:

11811 N Tatum Blvd, Ste P-186, Phoenix, Arizona 85028 44 Union Blvd, Ste 620, Lakewood, Colorado 80228 520 Pike Street, Suite 2600, Seattle, Washington 98101 125 Community Drive, Suite 202, Augusta, Maine 04330

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Phoenix, AZ 85007

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1.4 Offeror's organizational chart relevant to the Contract, specifically identifying the key point of contact for all questions related to the submitted Offer;

Jason Kerstiens is the point of contact for the Geosyntec Team; please feel free to contact him at 303-910-4991 or jkerstiens@geosyntec.com. Our team’s organizational chart is presented below.

1.5 Full disclosure of any potential conflict of interest between the Offeror and any State employee who functions or has responsibilities in the review or approval of the undertaking or carrying out of the Contract;

We have no known conflicts of interest with the State of Arizona or any employee of the State.

1.6 A Statement of whether, in the last five (5) years, the Offeror has filed (or had filed against it) any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, or undergone the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or assignee for the benefit of creditors, and if so, an explanation providing relevant details and current status;

Geosyntec has had no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings in the last five years, and has not undergone the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or assignee for the benefit of creditors.

1.7 A Statement of whether there are any pending Securities Exchange Commission investigations involving the Offeror, and if such are pending or in progress, an explanation providing relevant details and an attached opinion

PROJECT MANAGER

Jason Kerstiens, PECA, CO, 1

ASST. PROJECT MANAGER

Lisa Andrews, PEMN, ME, PMP1

PROJECT DIRECTOR

Kirk Craig, PEAZ, CO,1

AWP TECHNICAL ADVISORS

Kirk Craig, PEAZ, CO, (ADEQ Liaison, AWP)1

Brian Petty, PECA, WA, (AWP Technologies)1

Jason Flowers, PhD, PEAZ, WA,(Wastewater)1

Andrew Salveson, PECA, NM, HI, TX, (ESC, AWP)2

George Maseeh, PEAZ, (AWP)2

TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS

Kevin Dufresne, P.Eng.ON, BC, (MF/UF Membranes)1

Dustin Whynman, PECA, ID, (NF/RO Membranes)2

Harold Wright, PEBC, ON, NB,(UV/AOP)2

Viking Edeback, PEAZ, (GAC)2

Danny Murphy, MIEAust (O3/BAF)2

O&M TEMPLATE

LEAD:

Jason Flowers, PhD, PEAZ, WA, 1

SUPPORT:

Rudrakshi Gawali, EITAZ, 1

Ben Armel, GR.5 Water Treatment OperatorCA, 2

TMF TEMPLATE

LEAD:

Jason Kerstiens, PECA, CO, 1

SUPPORT:

Tasha Simons1

Aurora Kuras, EITCO, 1

Eric McLeskey, PEAZ, TX, 2

ENHANCED SOURCE CONTROL (ESC)

LEAD:

Elizabeth Toot-Levy1

SUPPORT:

Eva Steinle-Darling, PhD, PETX, 2

Loren Gormley1

BADCT FOR AWTF

LEAD:

Eva Steinle-Darling, PhD, PETX, 2

SUPPORT:

Corin Marron, PEAZ, TX 2

Jason Flowers, PhD, PEAZ, WA, 1

Aurora Kuras, EITCO, 1

Rudrakshi Gawali, EITAZ, 1

OPERATOR CERTIFICATION

LEAD:

Andrew Salveson, PECA, NM, HI, TX, 2

SUPPORT:

Ben Armel, GR.5 Water Treatment

OperatorCA, 2

Jason Flowers, PhD, PE AZ, WA, 1

TEAM LEGEND

Geosyntec

Carollo

Note: Leads will be selected for Third Party Review Services and AWP Program Development Services pending additional scope of work definition.

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Geosyntec has no pending SEC investigations.

1.8 A Statement documenting all open or pending litigation initiated by Offeror or where Offeror is a defendant or party in any litigation that may have a material impact on Offeror’s ability to deliver the contracted Services;

While there is litigation pending (summarized below), it does not have a material impact on Geosyntec’s ability to deliver the services contracted.

Pending Litigation - Waterfront Toronto/Savron: Savron is a division of Geosyntec Consultants. After months of exchanging letters, Savron’s client, QM asked Savron to stop work and demanded Savron refund amounts received.

When Savron rejected QM’s demand, QM filed a lawsuit on January 4, 2022, alleging negligence and negligent misrepresentation. Savron has filed a responsive pleading and counterclaim. The parties have agreed to exchange documents in an effort to resolve the matter.

1.9 A Statement documenting all open or pending litigation initiated by Offeror or where Offeror is a defendant or party in any litigation with a public sector client;

Geosyntec has no open or pending litigation initiated by our company or where our company is a defendant or party in any litigation with a public sector client.

1.10 Full disclosure of any public sector contracts terminated for cause or convenience in the past five (5) years;

None.

1.11 Full disclosure of any criminal or civil offense;

None.

1.12 Offeror shall provide evidence of any Arizona required business license to provide these Services; AND

Geosyntec’s Arizona Business License (Transaction Privilege Tax License) is provided on the following page.

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1.13 Offeror shall provide copies of any professional or industry certifications that represent the Services detailed in this Solicitation.

The Geosyntec Team’s professional licenses have been included on the following pages.

Proposal for Advanced Water Purification Technical Support

Professional Certifications

Kirk Craig, PE | Arizona

Kirk Craig, PE | Colorado

Jason Kerstiens, PE | California

Jason Kerstiens, PE | Colorado

Lisa Andrews, PE | Minnesota

Lisa Andrews, PE | Maine

Brian Petty, PE | California

Brian Petty, PE | Washington

Jason Flowers, PE | Arizona

Jason Flowers, PE | Washington

Kevin Dufresne, P.Eng. | Ontario

Kevin Dufresne, P.Eng. | British Columbia

Andrew Salveson, PE | California

Andrew Salveson, PE | New Mexico

Andrew Salveson, PE | Hawaii

Andrew Salveson, PE | Texas

Eva Steinle-Darling, PE | Texas

George Maseeh, PE | Arizona

Dustin Whynman, PE | California

Dustin Whynman, PE | Idaho

Harold Wright, P.Eng. | British Columbia

Harold Wright, P.Eng. | New Brunswick

Harold Wright, P.Eng. | Ontario

Viking Edeback, PE | Arizona

Eric McLeskey, PE | Arizona

Eric McLeskey, PE | Texas

Corin Marron, PE | Arizona

Corin Marron, PE | Texas

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2.0 Company Experience

2.1 Provide examples of how your organization has developed:

1.1. TMF templates

It is out team’s understanding that, under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of 1996, the TMF capacity of public water systems became a key demonstration requirement for a PWS to provide regulators with evidence of the ability to meet current and future demands while protecting public health and the environment, ability to maintain compliance with drinking water laws and regulations, and ability to maintain long-term sustainability of the system. Technical capacity demonstrations focus on source water adequacy, infrastructure, operator certifications, compliance performance history, and staffing levels. Managerial capacity demonstrations address management and ownership structure, accountability, and organizational and communication elements, including customer communications/service. Financial capacity demonstrations require evidence and statements from responsible financial leadership representing ownership of a PWS regarding revenue sufficiency for meeting cost of service requirements, credit worthiness, and fiscal controls. Similar financial capability demonstration criteria were also incorporated by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) into the Assured and Adequate Water Supply regulations. The Geosyntec-Carollo team has assisted water utilities statewide with establishing and renewing/modifying Designations of Assured Water Supply, including financial capability demonstrations, and is currently assisting four municipal water utilities in central and southern Arizona through this process.

1.2. Emergency Operation and Response plans

In our experience, the purpose of an Emergency Operations and Response Plan (EORP) is to provide the utility system with a standardized protocol to prevent, minimize, and mitigate injury and damage resulting from emergencies or disasters of man-caused, natural, or dependency/proximity origin. The EORP will provide protocols for actions that would need to be considered for components that a significant effect on portions of the treatment and/or distribution system. The EORP would also describe how the utility operators should respond to potential threats or failure scenarios, as well as provide a framework for evaluating emergency response situations and procedures for activating an emergency response.

In addition to the EORP, it is imperative for utility systems to conduct a Risk and Resiliency Assessment (RRA). The RRA would be conducted based on national standard guidelines, including the J100 standard using the US EPA Vulnerability Self-Assessment Tool (VSAT) and AWWA G430 (Security Practices for Operation and Maintenance).

The goals of an EORP and RRA are to provide standardized guidelines and procedures to:

• Rapidly restore water service after an emergency

• Plan for enough water supply for fire suppression

• Minimize water system damage

• Minimize impact and loss to customers

• Minimize negative impacts on public health and employee safety

• Provide emergency public information concerning customer service

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Emergency response planning is directly connected to the critical control point (CCP) approach used to operate advanced treatment operations in that all operating decisions for the plant itself must go through the CCP process. The CCP Plan defines all the points in the system (treatment and otherwise) where an operator can apply measures to prevent, eliminate or manage risk. It defines how the CCPs are monitored, within what critical limits the monitored parameters must remain, and what the response actions (SOPs) are if they deviate from the critical limit envelope. The Geosyntec-Carollo Team has developed a CCP template for the only operating direct potable reuse (DPR) project in the US in Big Spring, Texas, and for the soon-to-be constructed DPR project in El Paso. The latter includes a tabular format that could be readily converted to a template for ADEQ.

Benefits of the Geosyntec-Carollo Team include the following:

• We have prepared EORPs and have conducted RRAs for several water utilities throughout the nation.

• We are familiar with the applicable standards for preparing EORPs and RRAs, including Section 2013 of

America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA), Section 1433(b) of the SDWA as amended by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-188, Title IV – Drinking Water Security and Safety).

• We are familiar with the national standard guidelines and tools for conducting these studies and assessments, including VSAT and AWWA G430.

• We can utilize existing EORP, as well as templates that we have developed for other utilities, to maximize efficiency in developing the updated EORP for ADEQ.

• We routinely conduct risk and resilience assessments and prepare Emergency Operations Plans, Hazardous Materials Management Plans and, for community water systems that serve more than 3,300 people, Emergency Response Plans (ERPs) for both new systems and individual water treatment facilities throughout Arizona and nationwide. ERPs are prepared per ADEQ criteria that administer specific US EPA requirements. The ERPs incorporate findings of risk and resilience assessments conducted under AWIA Section 2013(a) and meet the criteria outlined under AWIA Section 2013(b). Core ERP content includes resilience strategies, emergency plans and procedures, mitigation actions, and detection strategies.

1.3. Piloting and start up and shut down plans.

The objective of the Piloting, Start up, and Shut down Plan (PSSP) is to establish the basis of operations and to provide operational guidelines, frameworks, and procedures, including mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation/control, for piloting, starting up, and/or shutting down specific portion(s) or the entirety of a treatment plant. The PSSP also provides system-related operation, settings, monitoring, and reporting procedures for the safe and proper implementation of these activities. The following section summarizes our team’s understanding of and experience with PSSPs.

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Pilot Test Plans:

Collectively, the Geosyntec-Carollo Team has written dozens of pilot test plans for various drinking water and advanced treatment projects. For DPR, the test plans have several common elements, including:

• Introduction

• Pilot plant description (or design if no separate design has been provided)

• Definition of water quality goals

• Pilot safety plan

• Pilot operating plan, including draft CCP Plan

• Sampling and testing matrix that defines what parameters and samples should be measured where and how often

• Source water characterization test matrix may or may not be included within the Pilot Test Plan

These plans often include several templates for use in the field, including the following:

• Instrument calibration schedules

• Lists of analytical methods and the accredited laboratories who will perform each analysis

• Sample collection SOPs, including PPE and proper sample handling

• Sample logs and chain of custody forms

For piloting systems, the PSSP describes the pilot test condition, boundaries, and objectives. For the start-up section, the PSSP typically consists of three stages, including the following:

• Functionality Check, where the various components and equipment are tested and checked to be functional, regardless of their desired purpose within the system

• Accuracy Check, where the various components and equipment are checked to display/perform within the desired intended boundaries for the system

• Consistency/Reliability Check, where the various components and equipment are to be operated for a defined period of time and maintain continuous functionality and display/perform within the desired intended boundaries for the system for that defined duration

A detailed startup procedure within the PSSP establishes the roles and responsibilities for each party, including responsibilities to address any issues during the process.

Our team is prepared to support ADEQ with detailed guidance related to Pilot Test Plan development, review and assessment using various recently completed AWP pilot test plans as a starting point.

Full-Scale Start up and Shut Down Plans “Plan the Work; Work the Plan” is our team’s commissioning and startup approach, where the rubber hits the road. All the design and construction efforts have gotten a project to a point where it must be proven as operable.

This is a very complex process, even for a simple system. Our start-up

Pilot Test Plans may also include a description of other proposed testing. The Pure SoJo DPR demonstration Facility Test Plan included a “Performance Demonstration Plan” with a proposed performance-based indicator (PBI) framework for assessing CECs removal performance.

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With public health and rate payers’ dollars at stake, detail is essential to provide a reliable product. Most systems and processes are highly automated. Prior to any testing with fluids and pressures, the power and equipment controls must be confirmed. This crucial operational readiness phase is a great opportunity to engage the staff who will inherit the system, as they will learn the nuances of the project. After the controls are proven, each sub-system within a process must be integrated to confirm that all the subsystems work as one. After all components prove out, the system can then be tested with clean water to ensure its integrity and operational capability. Sampling may be necessary to prove that the process performs as intended. As an example, the final disinfection of the water must be proven at the delivery end point(s).

Due to the high sensitivity of advanced purification systems (such as reverse osmosis [RO]) to process mishaps, it is imperative that the PSSP be prepared by and implemented by parties with experience in starting up and/or shutting down these complex systems. For instance, in the case of a system startup, the sequence and timing to start chemical dosing systems can prevent pre-mature scaling of RO membranes. In the case of system shutdown, it is imperative to incorporate sequential shutdown to avoid unsafe conditions and also to drain various parts of the system to avoid corrosion (due to long term exposure to corrosive conditions) or bio-growth (due to long term stagnant water). If certain systems need to stay wet (or “pickled” as referenced for RO systems), we can develop within the PSSP a flushing plan and a pickling plan to maintain the operable conditions of those systems and be able to bring them back online with minimal/optimal effort.

Carollo has prepared and implemented PSSPs for treatment facility projects of all sizes for decades throughout Arizona and nationwide, including for the cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Glendale, Peoria, Chandler, Flagstaff, Yuma, and many others, and we can help ADEQ formulate scalable guidance for AWP facilities.

Example Start-Up Plan Workflow Template

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Geosyntec has experience in preparing PSSPs for multiple treatment systems, including simple pilot skids to complex multi-process drinking water systems. In fact, we are currently in the process of implementing the startup plans at two groundwater treatment systems which include advanced purification.

Benefits of the Geosyntec-Carollo Team include the following:

• Our team has prepared PSSPs for multiple plants throughout the country and Arizona, including water and wastewater treatment systems, conveyance pipelines, reservoirs, extraction wells, etc.

• We are intimately familiar with implementing PSSPs for treatment systems, and are currently in the process of starting up two groundwater treatment plants that include advanced purification systems.

• Due to our hands-on knowledge and experience with implementing PSSPs, we are aware of many of the challenges and issues that ADEQ and its operators should be aware of with piloting, starting up, or shutting down these complex systems and will bring that experience and knowledge to the advantage of the project.

2.2 What is your organization’s experience in designing IPR or DPR facilities?

Carollo is an industry-recognized leader in potable reuse through planning, pilot testing, design, and implementation of advanced water purification processes. Their professionals are passionate about delivering innovative solutions to global issues with water supply and across all facets of water management. Carollo’s clients range from a few thousand to a few million from all around the country. Their team has been leading applied research, planning, pilot testing, and design work for potable reuse in many different states.

Carollo’s experience ranges from designing and operating small pilot-scale water purification facilities (20 liters per minute) to regional evaluations of water management and water supply. The technical challenges and community sensitivities of sourcing drinking water from nontraditional sources of supply. For example, Carollo is leading planning level work in San Francisco to find new water through DPR, facing a challenging public that has for years relied upon one of the most protected (and tasty) water supplies from the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Adding purified recycled water, no matter how high the quality, is a public outreach challenge.

Carollo is leading or assisting with the most challenging advanced treatment projects on the planet, including AWP/DPR planning for the City of Phoenix and in Big Spring and El Paso, Texas, 100 percent water reuse in Los Angeles, California, and advanced purification for water reuse for Mekorot in Israel, along with many other potable reuse projects in between.

2.3 What is your organization’s experience in designing Enhanced Source Control plans?

Geosyntec’s Clean Water Act team works with public and private sector clients to address projects and complex problems concerning water resources and the relationships between the natural environment, the industrial community and civil infrastructure. Our team excels in supporting municipalities to work collaboratively with the industrial community as a part of the National Pretreatment Program (NPP). This approach provides the ability to protect the community assets and the environment while providing industries the flexibility to operate in an environmentally conscientious, yet cost-effective manner. Geosyntec has the demonstrated ability to evaluate creative options for the development of industrial local limits that provide for industrial sustainability while protecting community assets. Our experience working with a wide variety of municipal clients to evaluate the impact of industrial dischargers on publicly owned treatment works can readily be expanded to encompass AWPs. The range of work includes the following:

• Identifying industrial dischargers that need to be included in the NPP by surveying and other mechanisms

• Reviewing general operating information and monitoring data provided by industrial dischargers

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• Developing and implementing sampling programs for industrial dischargers, wastewater treatment plants, and collection systems to provide data necessary for program implementation

• Evaluating pollutants of concern to determine the need for regulation

• Calculating maximum allowable headworks loadings, determining maximum allowable industrial loadings, and calculating concentration and mass-based local limits

• Development of overall program documentation to fulfill the implementation needs of the program, including rules and regulations, permitting programs, and enforcement response plans

The Geosyntec Team is currently supporting a major municipality in the Midwest with a complete overhaul of their industrial user permitting program, precipitated by the pending arrival of a new industrial discharger to the community. The industrial discharge will contain several pollutants not regulated by federal or local regulations, and it will not be without impacts. It is anticipated that the constituents will interfere with the biological component of wastewater treatment process. The potential discharger is currently conducting treatability studies to inform Geosyntec’s future development of site-specific discharge limitations for these constituents. A corresponding approach can be used to evaluate constituents concern for AWP programs.

The Carollo team has led the development of industry guidance related to enhanced source control program development. Proposed Key Staff Dr. Eva Steinle-Darling led WRF’s first evaluation relative to source control for DPR (WRF #4908; Steinle-Darling et al, 2020), looking at technology for real-time collection system monitoring and early warning systems for slug discharges. Subsequent more comprehensive analyses (WRF #4960 and #5048, both published in 2023) were co led and led, respectively, by proposed Key Staff Andrew Salveson. The outcome of these studies has defined the industrial source control framework that was incorporated into the Colorado DPR guidelines and presented during TAC meetings with ADEQ.

Carollo has been privileged to lead some of the most challenging treatment and infrastructure projects in our business, including industrial pretreatment, local limits, and source control projects. With the increasing focus on source control for potable reuse, we are now assisting municipal agencies in California, Oregon, Texas, and Florida to expand their traditional pretreatment programs to meet the objectives of enhanced source control programs for potable reuse.

2.4 Provide examples of projects your organization has conducted that relate to IPR or DPR.

The combined team of Geosyntec and Carollo have dozens of project experiences related to IPR, DPR, and water reuse for municipal and industrial facilities. The breadth of experience provides both a deep understanding of the traditional IPR and DPR while also experience treating complex wastes from industrial facilities that require advanced water treatment systems. The following example projects highlight our experience.

Carollo’s real-time collection system monitoring as part of Tampa’s enhanced source control plan development identified one industry, a battery recycler, responsible for 50% of the total dissolved solids load to the WWTP. Addressing this discharge at the industrial source was critical to the planned project.

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ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION (AWP) ROADMAP DEVELOPMENT - ADEQ | Geosyntec Regulatory Guidance In 2018, the Arizona Administrative Code was modified to allow for DPR in the State of Arizona. ADEQ was tasked with developing regulations for the treatment of municipal wastewater into drinking water by December 31, 2024. Arizona has existing indirect potable reuse regulations in place. In addition, the Scottsdale Wastewater Treatment Plant is the first facility in the state approved for DPR even though the system is not currently operating as a DPR system. Geosyntec was hired by ADEQ to assist in the development of the Roadmap document that provided resource for stakeholders to navigate through ADEQ’s program. As part of the process, Geosyntec reviewed other states AWP’s regulations.

Geosyntec worked with ADEQ and the TAC to document the state’s selected regulatory requirements for AWP in the Roadmap. The Roadmap includes guidance for pathogen control, chemical control, wastewater treatment requirements, enhanced source control, operations and maintenance, and outreach.

PHOENIX ADVANCED PURIFIED WATER PLAN - City of Phoenix | Carollo Planning The City of Phoenix is proactively working to secure a safe, reliable, and long-term drinking water supply for their customers. In addition to long-term drought conditions in the area, reductions are expected to continue for water allocations from the Colorado River, which is a major source of water for the City. The City is now acting to further diversify their water portfolio and improve their ability to reliably meet water demands through the use of highly purified recycled water.

Carollo completed a feasibility study of several potential DPR alternatives for the City. The alternatives use an advanced water treatment (AWT) system to provide highly purified recycled water that can be added into the potable water distribution system. Carollo developed an Advanced Purified Water Alternatives Evaluation and Implementation Plan that includes planning-level cost opinions and an implementation plan for several viable DPR alternatives. The Plan identifies optimal AWT processes and locations and describes other potential infrastructure needed to convey and store source and/or purified water.

The proposed AWT train RO membranes generate a high-total dissolved solids waste stream requiring disposal.

Three concentrate management options were considered for implementation:

1. Evaporation ponds (EPs).

2. Multi-effect vapor recompression (MVRE) + EPs.

3. Lime softening (LS) + ultra filtration (UF) + RO + MVRE + EPs.

While EPs are the simplest method of concentrate management and disposal, they require extensive amounts of land, which made this option infeasible. Options 2 and 3 incorporate treatment processes that reduce the volume of concentrate prior to disposal, thus reducing the total acreage of the EPs. Option 3 was found to be more cost-effective than Option 2 and was selected for inclusion in the DPR alternatives.

Direct Potable Reuse Guidance in Arizona - WateReuse Arizona and AZ Water Association, AZ | Carollo Regulatory Guidance Carollo has supported the development of a regulatory path to DPR in Arizona through many phases. After participation in several stakeholder groups, Carollo actively participated in the development of the “Guidance Framework for Direct Potable Reuse in Arizona” (2018) published by the National Water Research Institute on behalf of WateReuse Arizona and Arizona Water Association. The report helps inform the State of Arizona as it develops regulations for DPR that are protective of public health and effectively manage the state’s water resources. The report provides specific recommendations on treatment technologies (including nonmembrane treatment trains), chemical and pathogen criteria (including log removal approaches), monitoring (including for treatment performance), and operations. The report is also one of the first publications to document how DPR program requirements can be addressed through policy and guidance rather than in regulations, which helps streamline the implementation of DPR by regulators and utilities. Subsequently, Quality - Procurement Office

Carollo also provided independent expert review of concrete regulatory recommendations developed by the ADEQ Reuse Rulemaking Work Group.

With ADEQ picking up regulatory efforts for DPR again in 2022, Carollo co-organized and provided multiple subject matter expert presentations during four technical workshops conducted to educate ADEQ staff in preparation for rulemaking efforts later that year. They have two members on the TAC for the DPR rulemaking effort in 2023 and are actively crafting regulatory language focused on protecting public health while maintaining implementable and flexible rule language.

AZ PURE WATER MOBILE DPR DEMO - Pima County Southwest Water Campus, AZ | Carollo DPR Mobile Demo Design, Testing, Outreach Arizona’s increasing demands on existing water supplies inspired Pima County to create the Southwest Water Campus facility to explore potable reuse options through multi-organization collaboration. Among these collaborative efforts was a one-of-its-kind mobile advanced water purification facility designed and constructed by a comprehensive team of water experts representing various organizations throughout the state. Carollo co-led the mobile treatment facility’s design with Jacobs and was also one of the key team members involved in permitting, monitoring plan preparation, and public outreach activities.

The advanced water purification facility used multiple barrier approach to treat secondary effluent from a municipal wastewater facility and produce purified water. The treatment train includes UF, RO, ultraviolet disinfection with advanced oxidation, granular activated carbon, and chlorine disinfection.

The Southwest Water Campus team partnered with Arizona’s craft beer industry for assistance in delivering the water reuse message. Over two dozen brewers participated in AZ Pure Water Brew challenge and used the purified water to brew the beer used in the beer-tasting competition. Partnering with commercial brewers allowed access to a much broader audience of Arizonans than water professionals would normally have.

The AZ Pure Water Brew Challenge was designed to engage the public in conversations and education about water reuse and ultimately build acceptance by Arizonans for recycled water as a safe, pure drinking water source. The project successfully delivered this message and got an overwhelming positive response.

SUPERFUND SITE GROUNDWATER ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION – Confidential Client, CA | Geosyntec AWP System Design The Main San Gabriel Basin has been the subject of environmental investigation since 1979 when volatile organic compounds were first detected in groundwater. As one of the responsible parties for Superfund operable unit, our Confidential client, along with the La Puente Valley County Water District, has constructed a potable end-use treatment system to mitigate groundwater impacts, including 1,2,3-trichloropropane, various chlorinated hydrocarbons, perchlorate, 1,4-dioxane, and nitrate. The extracted groundwater is conveyed via dedicated pipelines to a three million gallon per day treatment plant, designed on a two-acre property in the City of Industry, California. The Superfund operable unit treatment plant produces potable water for the community.

Since 2012, Geosyntec has worked closely with a Confidential client to develop and implement a project strategy that meets agency requirements while addressing stakeholder interests and concerns. As the supervising contractor and lead technical and design firm, Geosyntec is responsible for the following:

• Providing full scope design (civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and process) of the extraction and treatment system, which includes over 12,000 feet of pipeline for conveying untreated groundwater, treated drinking water, and wastewater discharge and a 2,000 gallon per minute, multi-stage treatment process including granular activated carbon, ion exchange, advanced oxidation (ultraviolet and hydrogen peroxide), and RO systems.

• Coordinating communications among contractors, stakeholders, legal representation, and client teams.

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• Preparing bid documents and procurement packages and assisting the Confidential client in corresponding and contracting with construction contractors and equipment manufacturers.

The facility is currently operating and providing quality potable water for the community.

POULTRY PROCESSING WATER REUSE SYSTEM – Confidential Client, Canada | Geosyntec Water reuse System Design Geosyntec was retained by a poultry processing client in Ontario to provide a description of the current capacity of the existing on-site wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and identify system upgrades to treat the wastewater to water quality to meet reuse requirements within the production facility. The facility treats wastewater generated from chicken processing through a pretreatment system using dissolved air flotation for removal of solids and oil and grease. Following pretreatment, the wastewater is conveyed to an extended aeration activated sludge plant for biological treatment and complete nitrification; chemical phosphorus removal; and final disinfection for water reuse in truck washing and non-food contact locations and direct discharge to a receiving water body. The facility planned to increase production over several years and requested Geosyntec assess the current and future wastewater loading to each unit process in the biological WWTP; identify the capacity of each unit process; and complete the conceptual design of the secondary WWTP to treat wastewater for reuse within the facility.

Geosyntec characterized the current wastewater loading to each unit process in the WWTP using information provided by the facility and literature information of wastewater quality not tracked by the client and generated a strategy to prioritize upgrades to expand the WWTP to manage future loading. Geosyntec identified the equipment in each unit process that currently limited or may limit the future treatment capacity of the system. The future loading to the WWTP was characterized and the design basis of future loading to the WWTP was provided. Geosyntec partnered with a food safety consulting firm to review treatment needs to achieve water quality based on potable water standards and designed upgrades to the existing secondary WWTP to meet the requirements. The upgrades included expanding the existing WWTP to include denitrification, additional phosphorus removal, and treating a portion of the final effluent using additional filtration, activated carbon, RO, and additional disinfection. The water reuse design included an investigation into the impact of upcycling of dissolved solids and brine management strategies for implementing the reuse process while still achieving the effluent requirements on discharged flows based on the existing permit.

Geosyntec successfully identified the limiting capacity of the existing WWTP, completed the process design of the existing WWTP to use a membrane bioreactor to complete denitrification and increase phosphorus removal, and designed the water reuse treatment train. Geosyntec is currently designing a separate sanitary WWTP to be installed on-site and a new sanitary wastewater collection system to accept and treat all sanitary wastewater generated on-site. Sanitary wastewater will be treated separately from process effluent to meet food safety requirements for water reuse anticipated from the regulating body at the facility.

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