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2. Review - Wastewater Treatment Plant Draft Preliminary Engineering ReportCity of Kalispell Public Works Department � c Box 199 7m isp lle 59903-1997 -°Telephone (406) i58-7720. Fax (406)78mi831 REPORT TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: James C. Hansz, P.E., Director of Public Works / City SUBJECT: Wastewater Treatment Plant Preliminary Engineers MEETING DATE: 28 July 2003 The consultant team of HDR Engineers/Morrison Maierle/Stantec have worked for several months to draft a preliminary engineering report for expansion of the City's wastewater treatment plant. There have been numerous technical working sessions with staff and the consultant team that have dealt with every aspect of the potential expansion. The need to expand the facility was identified in the recently competed Facility Plan. The overall plan for expansion will eventually involve virtually every unit process in the facility but not all at the same time. Therefore, expansion will be approached in a phased manner to reduce cost impacts and to ensure that extra capacity is brought on line when needed but not before it is needed. The first phase of expansion will likely begin about mid -decade when plant inflows are expected to exceed the capacity of the first process element identified as a bottleneck. The draft report is nearing completion and the consultant team will present a report of their progress and to advise the Council on the next steps to be taken in this long term effort.