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Contract - Union County Water Risk/Resiliency Assessment & Emergency Response Plan Update - HDR Task Order 8683-01
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Shutak, Union County Water - Engineering, Director, 704-283-3651
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Accept the scope of services for the water system risk/resiliency assessment and emergency response plan updates as shown in the attached Task Order 8683-01 with HDR Engineering, Inc. of the Carolinas in the amount of $153,900.00 and 2) authorize the County Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement substantially consistent with this agenda item.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018 required drinking water systems serving populations greater than 3,300 people to develop risk/resiliency assessments (RRA) and emergency response plans (ERP), and the law also required that these plans be updated every five years. The initial RRA and ERP plans were prepared in 2020. The update to the RRA must be completed by March 31, 2025, and the update to the ERP must be completed by September 30, 2025.
The RRA update must address risks due to malevolent acts and natural hazards; resiliency of the system including source water, treatment, storage, and conveyance systems; cybersecurity; operations and maintenance of the system; financial infrastructure; and the use, storage, and handling of chemicals.
The ERP update must address strategies and resources to improve the resilience of the system including the physical and cybersecurity of the system; plans and procedures that can be implemented and identification of equipment that can be utilized in the event of a malevolent act or natural hazard that threatens the ability of the water system to deliver safe drinking water; actions, procedures, or equipment which can obviate or significantly lessen the impact of a malevolent act or natural hazard; and strategies that can be used to aid in the detection of malevolent acts or natur...
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