11/24/2015 Resolutions 2015-324 RESOLUTION 2015-324
WHEREAS, the Grand Island Water System has 21 wells between channels of the
Platte River and three of the wells send water through a Uranium Removal System installed in 2012,
removing uranium that naturally occurs in the soil; and
WHEREAS,this system uses a proprietary media that absorbs the uranium and then it
is exchanged with new media once all the sites of the media are filled; and
WHEREAS, media exchanges are being required more frequently due to organic
compounds that also naturally occur in the wells which are coating the media,reducing the amount
of uranium that can be absorbed; and
WHEREAS, Engineering Staff along with HDR Engineering have determined that
wells and the piping from the wells to the Uranium Removal Plant need to undergo a cleaning
process to remove the organic compounds; and
WHEREAS,the wells we be set up to receive an annual cleaning with carbon dioxide
injected into the wells, and the pipe will have a one-time cleaning using a method called "ice
pigging", and there is only one company that provides this type of service.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND,NEBRASKA,the Utility Services Group of Atlanta,Georgia,as
the sole source contractor to perform this work be awarded the contract in the amount of$72,000.00.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, November 24, 2015.
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