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FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (2020-2024) Prepared For: Albany Water Board and Albany Municipal Water Finance Authority City of Albany, New York Water and Sewer System FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (2020-2024) Prepared for: Albany Water Board and Albany Municipal Water Finance Authority Albany, NY December 2019 , FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (2020-2024) CONTENTS Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1 Background ........................................................................................................................................ 1-1 2 Albany water system .......................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Service Areas ........................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Water System Supply Reservoirs ............................................................................................. 2-2 2.2.1 Condition of the Water Supply Reservoirs .................................................................... 2-2 2.2.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects .................................................................. 2-5 2.3 Supply Conduit ......................................................................................................................... 2-7 2.3.1 Condition of the Supply Conduit ................................................................................... 2-9 2.3.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects .................................................................. 2-9 2.4 Feura Bush Filtration Plant .....................................................................................................2-11 2.4.1 Condition of the Feura Bush Filtration Plant ...............................................................2-12 2.4.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................2-14 2.5 Loudonville Reservoir .............................................................................................................2-15 2.5.1 Condition of the Loudonville Reservoir .......................................................................2-16 2.5.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................2-19 2.6 Six Mile Water Works (Rensselaer Lake) ...............................................................................2-20 2.6.1 Condition of the Six Mile Waterworks .........................................................................2-21 2.6.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................2-21 2.7 Tivoli Lake Preserve ...............................................................................................................2-22 2.7.1 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................2-22 2.8 Water Pumping Stations and Elevated Tanks ........................................................................2-23 2.8.1 Condition of the Stations and Tanks ...........................................................................2-24 2.8.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................2-24 2.9 Finished Water Distribution ....................................................................................................2-25 2.9.1 Condition of the Finished Water Distribution ..............................................................2-25 2.9.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................2-26 2.10 Service Connections ...............................................................................................................2-28 arcadis.com g:\project\00942278.0000 - 2019 consulting services\2019 - cip\2019 albany cip_ final.docx ii FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (2020-2024) 2.10.1 Municipal Connections ................................................................................................2-28 2.11 Albany Water Department Office - (10 North Enterprise Drive) .............................................2-30 2.12 Miscellaneous Engineering .....................................................................................................2-31 2.13 Meters and Computers ...........................................................................................................2-31 3 Albany Sewer System ........................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Albany Pool CSO Long Term Control Plan .............................................................................. 3-2 3.2 Sewer System Areas ................................................................................................................ 3-3 3.2.1 Sewer Separation .......................................................................................................... 3-4 3.2.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects .................................................................. 3-6 3.2.3 Sewer Rehabilitation and Upgrades ............................................................................. 3-8 3.3 Sewer Pump Stations ............................................................................................................... 3-9 3.3.1 Condition of the Sewer Pump Stations ......................................................................... 3-9 3.3.2 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................3-12 3.4 Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) ......................................................................................3-14 3.4.1 Recently Completed and Planned Projects ................................................................3-15 3.5 ACWPD Facilities Serving the Sewer System ........................................................................3-16 3.5.1 Patroons Creek Trunk Sewer ......................................................................................3-16 3.5.2 North and South Plants ...............................................................................................3-16 4 Asset Management plan update (2019) ............................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Work Completed in 2019 and Planned for 2020 ...................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Items to Include in Future CIPs ................................................................................................ 4-2 TABLES Table 2-1. Recent Improvements at the Water Supply Reservoirs ............................................................ 2-6 Table 2-2. Recent Improvements to the Raw Water Supply Conduit ......................................................2-10 Table 2-3. Recent Improvements to the Feura Bush Water Treatment Facility .......................................2-14 Table 2-4. Recent Improvements to the Loudonville Reservoir ...............................................................2-19 Table 2-5. Recent Improvements to Six Mile Waterworks .......................................................................2-22 Table 2-6. Recent Improvements to the Stations and Tanks ...................................................................2-24 arcadis.com g:\project\00942278.0000 - 2019 consulting services\2019 - cip\2019 albany cip_ final.docx iii FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (2020-2024) Table 2-7. Water Mains in Use .................................................................................................................2-25 Table 2-8. Valves in Operations ...............................................................................................................2-26 Table 2-9. Recent Improvements to the Finished Water Distribution ......................................................2-28 Table 2-10. Recent Projects for Meters and Computers ..........................................................................2-31 Table 3-1. Recent Projects for Sewer Separation ...................................................................................... 3-7 Table 3-2. Recent Projects for Sewer Pump Stations ..............................................................................3-13 Table 3-3. CSO No. Location Outfall ........................................................................................................3-14 Table 3-4. Recent Projects for the Combined Sewer Overflows ..............................................................3-16 APPENDICES A. Five Year Capital Improvement Program (2020-2024) Summary of Costs B. Five Year Capital Improvement Program (2020-2024) Projects Funded Through Grants, Long Term Financing, and Reserve Funds C. Summary of Completed Engineering Reports (2019) D. Asset Management Status Update arcadis.com g:\project\00942278.0000 - 2019 consulting services\2019 - cip\2019 albany cip_ final.docx iv FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (2020-2024) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Albany Water Board (AWB) and Albany Municipal Finance Authority (Authority) project a Five-Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) annually for the water and wastewater system (System), which is comprised of water treatment, transmission, and distribution assets, as well as, wastewater collection and conveyance. The Authority is also required to complete an examination of the system every other fiscal
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