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METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
2009 BUDGET
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS (continued)
06-843-3E
07-027-3S
07-028-3S
07-030-3D
07-162-2S
07-163-3M
07-168-3P
07-220-3P
07-221-3P
Switchgear Replacement at Devon & Webster Instream Aeration Stations and O'Hare CUP Reservoir
& Emergency Generator Installation at LASMA and Bartlett Pumping Station
Replace switchgear at Devon and Webster Instream Aeration Stations and O'Hare CUP Reservoir.
Install emergency generators at Bartlett Pumping Station and LASMA.
North Side Sludge Pipeline Replacement - Section 1, NSA
Construction of 24 inch diameter 19,600 feet long ductile iron pipe line with cathodic protection
system or high density polyethylene pipeline with 16 air relief, vacuum relief/blow off/cleanout
structures and all other collateral work.
Harms Road 2 Rehabilitation, NSA
Rehabilitation of 9,070 foot long 4'-6" x 5' semi-elliptic sewer and 14 manhole structures in
Northbrook and rehabilitation/replacement of control structure in Seegers Road, Des Plaines.
North Branch of the Chicago River and North Shore Channel Restoration, NSA
Project includes two-phase approach to implement the most economical remediation measure to stop
the toe erosion and to stabilize the bank slopes at the North Branch of the Chicago River (NBCR)
and North Shore Channel (NSC).
Westdale Gardens Pumping Station & Force Main, Northwest 8A Extension A, SSA
Project consists of a 6-inch diameter, 5700 ft. long force main to be installed by open cut and/or
directional drilling method and a pumping station-wet well system for the Westdale Gardens
Subdivision.
R & D Building HVAC Improvements, SWRP
Install a new air handling unit, absorption chiller, heat exchangers, pumps and Strobic fans. Replace
four existing cooling towers, three chilled water pumps and two condenser water pumps. Work
includes associated controls and rebalancing of the systems. The new air-handling unit will be 100
percent outside air type unit, dual fan system, with carbon filters, 30 percent pre-filters & 85 percent
final filters. Remove existing air handling units S-144, S-146 & S-148 and four existing Carrier
supplemental ceiling mounted heaters. Install new diffusers and registers in rooms currently served
by AHU-3, S-144, S-146 & S-148. Remove seventeen existing "mushroom" type exhausts fans and
install a new exhaust ductwork system and four new Strobic exhaust fans on the roof of the R & D
Building to exhaust rooms currently served by AHU-3, S-144, S-146 & S-148. Relocate existing
Strobic fans EF-879/881. Install a new roof mounted supply ductwork system for the new Air
Handling Unit to interface with the existing ductwork inside the building. Replace fume hoods used
for ovens with canopy hoods in LW-103. Clean ductwork associated with new air handling unit.
Scum Concentration, Post Centrifuge Building, Preliminary Tank and Elevator Improvements,
SWRP, Racine Avenue Pumping Station
Under this project, drain valves with associated piping and operating stems located in the scum pits
in the Scum Concentration Building will be replaced. Twelve sludge/polymer transfer tanks and all
suction piping on the polymer feed pumps Nos. 1-12 at the Post Digestion Building will be removed
and replaced. Ten sludge boxes for the preliminary tanks will be removed and replaced. Hydraulic
passenger elevators at SWRP and Racine Pumping Station will be rehabilitated.
Primary Settling Tanks and Grit Removal Facilities, CWRP
The improvements at the Calumet WRP include construction of eight aerated grit tanks, associated
grit dewatering facilities, 16 circular primary settling tanks, associated influent and effluent conduits,
and other related facilities.
Calumet TARP Pump Station Mechanically Cleaned Bar Screens, Calumet WRP
To furnish, deliver and install devices to mechanically clean existing TARP bar screens.
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