The City is interested in obtaining the professional services of one or more consulting firms to provide support for the development of the Downtown Water and Sewer Replacement Plans. The scope and time frame for the surveying, preparation, and design of the constructions plan will be such that the project can meet the funding requirements of being under a contract with a contractor for the work by December 31, 2024 and project completion by December 31, 2026. The City of Burlington is located on the I-40-85 corridor between the Piedmont Triad and the Triangle and has a population of approximately 53,000 residents. The population of Alamance County is approximately 162,000 residents. Burlington provides utility service to many of the surrounding communities in addition to direct customers within its corporate and extraterritorial boundaries: the Village of Alamance (water and sewer); the Towns of Elon (water and sewer), Gibsonville (water and sewer), Haw River (water and sewer), Green Level (sewer), and Swepsonville (sewer); and the Cities of Greensboro (water) and Graham (sewer). The city operates two water treatment plants and two wastewater treatment plants with over 470 miles of distribution piping and 440 miles of collection piping. The City of Burlington also owns and operates three surface impoundments that hold over 11 billion gallons of water for treatment and sales to citizens and several other local communities and a certified water and wastewater analytical laboratory. The City of Burlington administers an Industrial Pretreatment Program for its industrial users. Also, included in management of the sanitary sewer system is a Fats, Oils, and Greases (FOG) Program to prevent and limit FOG from entering the sanitary sewer system. The City of Burlington also owns and operates a composting facility; however, the primary means of solids disposal is through contracted liquid land application of biosolids. The City also operates as a NPDES Phase II stormwater community and has its own Stormwater Management Division as a part of the Water Resources Department The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.
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