Lake Huron Water Supply Study

Karegnondi Water Authority

o City of Flint
o Genesee County
o Lapeer County
o Sanilac County

Appendix 11
Service to Sanilac County

February 21, 2009

Revised May 5, 2009

540 S. Saginaw Street Suite 200 P.O. Box 3748 Flint, MI 48502
Lake Huron Water Supply Study Appendix 11 – Service to Sanilac County

11.1 General
The Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) is studying the development of a new Lake Huron water
supply for Genesee, Lapeer, and Sanilac counties. This memorandum summarizes the concept
studied for supplying water to Sanilac County.

11.2 Service Area

The proposed water supply can provide service to Sanilac County from any location along the
proposed pipeline route. Most villages and cities within the county presently supply water to
residences and businesses in their communities. All townships (except Forester) along the Lake
Huron shoreline provide water service to properties along Lake Huron. No particular community(ies)
or area(s) have been identified as customers of the proposed new water supply.

For this study, it is assumed that water is supplied to Worth Township. The assumption that the new
Lake Huron water supply provides service to a specific community will allow for the study to identify
and address specific conditions and facilities necessary to provide service to Sanilac County
communities.

Worth Township is adjacent to the proposed new water supply and presently provides water service
along and adjacent to State Highway M-25 and Lake Huron. Water is supplied by the Lexington –
Worth Townships Utilities Authority (LWTUA). The authority purchases finished water from the
Village of Lexington.

11.3 Demands
For this study, it has been assumed that Worth Township has an average day demand (ADD) of
50,000 gallons per day (0.05 mgd) and a maximum day demand (MDD) of 100,000 gallons per day
(0.10 mgd. Although the costs and facilities considered will be based on supplying a community with
an ADD of 0.05 mgd, the alternative considered can be easily adjusted for specific conditions where
and when specific needs are defined.

11.4 Alternative Studied for Supply to Worth Township

The concept studied for a new Lake Huron water supply provides for the KWA to deliver raw to
individual KWA customers. KWA customers are responsible for treatment and local storage and
distribution.

This study assumes that a 0.1 mgd treatment plant is constructed adjacent to the KWA intake and
Lake Huron Pumping Station (LHPS) for the purpose of treating water for delivery to Worth
Township. Treatment is planned to be by direct filtration utilizing continuous flow membranes. This
process has been utilized by other Michigan communities for treating high quality water from the
Great Lakes. Design criteria will be established based upon the performance of established facilities.

Raw water from the storage tanks planned at the KWA’s LHPS will be pumped to the Worth
Township WTP. Treatment redundancy will be provided by duplicate process trains.

Backwash waste will be returned to the KWA shorewell, combined with the raw water supply which
will ultimately receive treatment at one of the water treatment plants of the KWA customers.

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It has been assumed that the treatment facilities are fenced and that other suitable security provisions
are provided.

Treated water will be pumped into the LWTUA distribution system for delivery to Worth Township
water customers.

Figure 11-1 is a schematic of the alternative considered for supplying Worth Township with water.

A detailed analysis of the LWTUA distribution analysis has not been completed to evaluate if
modifications are necessary to the existing distribution system to accommodate the new water supply.

11.5 Assumed Water Treatment Design Criteria

Design criteria for the alternative studied are summarized as follows:

Pretreatment:
o Screening (in-line strainers)
o Metering

Filtration
o Three low pressure membrane modules (hollow fiber PVDF)
o Maximum capacity: 100,000 gpd
o Flux (3 units in operation): 30 gfd
o Flux (2 units in operation): 44 gfd
o Automatic backwash provisions
o In-place chemical cleaning provisions
o Automatic PLC controller

Disinfection
o Liquid chlorine feed

High Service Pumping

Process Water & Residuals

o Filter backwash will be pumped into the KWA raw water transmission main and combined with
raw water for treatment at downstream WTP’s.

Expansion
o Although not included, the building and appurtenances can be enlarged and configured to
accommodate the future addition of membrane modules to increase treatment capacity.

Land Requirements
o Five acres

11.6 Opinion of Costs

Projected construction costs are shown in Table 11-1. Costs based on an ENR Construction Cost
Index of 8688.

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Table 11-1 Engineer’s Opinion of Probable Construction Cost

Equipment $400,000
Building $185,000
Mechanical / Electrical (incl. Generator) $180,000
Sitework $135,000
Water Main $48,000
Contractor's OH&P (20%) $180,000
$1,128,000

In addition to the costs presented in Table 11-1, additional pumping may be required. Depending
upon the location of a treatment facility along the proposed pipeline route, pipeline pressures may be
too low to supply water for treatment. For the Worth Township site, the addition of two pumps (one
for backup) are planned to draw water from a reservoir at the KWA’s Lake Huron Pumping Station.
A budget of $200,000 has been included for the additional pumping facilities.

Table 11-2 shows projected operating expenses and depreciation for the treatment facility for 2014.

Table 11-2 Annual Operating Expenses (2014)

Maintenance $12,000
Labor $89,000
Testing $4,000
Chemicals $1,000
Power $5,000
Subtotal O&M Expenses $111,000

Depreciation
WTP $32,000
Transmission Pipelines $640
Subtotal Depreciation $32,640
Total Expenses $143,640

11.7 Construction Schedule

Construction of the proposed water treatment plant can be completed in about a year.

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