Lime Deposit Removal

The selected Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, engineering, equipment, pumps, piping, hoses, vehicles, temporary facilities, environmental controls, permits, testing, transportation, disposal services, utilities, and incidentals necessary to safely manage all residual streams generated by the WTP. The Contractor shall provide a comprehensive management program that includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Collection and handling of newly generated lime residuals from the City's WTP to prevent the residuals from going into Chaves Lake. 2. Temporary staging, conditioning, dewatering, thickening, drying, stockpile management, and moisture reduction of all collected residual materials utilizing mechanical dewatering, natural drying, direct hauling (dry is preferred), or other approved processing methods proposed by the Contractor. 3. Management of all process liquids, filtrate, decant water, drainage, and runoff generated during processing in accordance with all applicable federal, state, regional, and local environmental regulations. 4. Transportation of processed residuals to approved disposal including all hauling, manifests, weight tickets, waste profiles, chain-of-custody documentation, landfill approvals, and final disposal records. 5. Operation and maintenance of all temporary processing, staging, drying, and storage facilities necessary to perform the Work, including erosion control, stormwater management, housekeeping, dust suppression, odor control, spill prevention, and site security. 6. Procurement, permitting, operation, maintenance, and restoration of any off-site staging, dewatering, drying, or processing facility required to complete the Work. The City will not provide off-site property for these operations. 7. Continuous coordination with City Water Treatment Plant operations management team to ensure uninterrupted production of potable water. The Contractor shall schedule activities to minimize operational impacts and shall maintain all required access, emergency response capabilities, and plant functionality throughout the Contract. 8. Preparation and submission of all required work plans, environmental documentation, production reports, moisture verification records, hauling logs, disposal documentation, regulatory reports, and final project closeout documentation. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for determining the means and methods necessary to accomplish the Work. Acceptable processing methods may include: Material Hauling (Dry is preferred) Mechanical dewatering Natural drying Hybrid dewatering and drying systems Other approved technologies capable of meeting contract requirements The Contractor shall demonstrate that its proposed processing methodology is capable of safely managing accumulated lime residuals while maintaining regulatory compliance and minimizing transportation and disposal costs. The Contractor shall furnish sufficient personnel, equipment, standby equipment, hauling capacity, storage capacity, and operational resources to continuously manage all residuals generated by the WTP. Equipment breakdowns, weather conditions, staffing shortages, or disposal facility limitations shall not relieve the Contractor of its responsibility to maintain uninterrupted residual removal operations. The Work has to be set up so that the water treatment process is uninterrupted at all times.