The City of Atlanta owns two major surface water treatment plants (WTP's),
the 64 million gallon per day (MGD) Chattahoochee facility and the 200 MGD
Hemphill facility. A private operations firm operates each facility. As part of
the City's ongoing water system improvements program, each of these facilities was
slated for substantial upgrades over the next 5-years. The first project was the upgrades to the City's Chattahoochee WTP residuals handling
facility, which was completed in September 2002. The second project was the filtration
system and chemical feed system improvements at both the Chattahoochee and Hemphill
WTP's, which will be completed in March 2004. To date the first project has been a
success, which included being completed 5-months ahead of schedule and at cost. More
importantly, the success of this initial project provided the City with opportunity to
proceed with their future major water system capital projects utilizing the same format.
This paper provides the reader with the City's selected procurement method, the steps
taken in the development of this program, and approaches to risk allocation. The City of
Atlanta's recent completion of the residuals management and filter backwash facilities at
the Chattahoochee WTP illustrates many examples of procurement principles, as well as
the success of this project, and will serve as a case study example.
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