Project ID Number is 396

A. General Information Suggestion State:
Entity/Sponsor: City of Fairhope Organization Website: http://www.cofairhope.com
Contact Name: Karin  Wilson Title: Mayor
Contact Address: 161 North Section Street
Fairhope, AL   36532
Phone Number: 251-928-2136   Email: sherrylea@fairhopeal.gov
Suggestion State: Reviewed Suggestion Date: 9/13/2017
B. Project Classification - Primary Infrastructure
C. Project Classification - Secondary
 Ecological/Environmental (Including Water Quality) |  Economic |  Tourism Promotion |  Seafood Promotion
D. Project Information
Project Name: Sewer System Upgrades Pahse I
Project Location: City of Fairhope
Project State(s):
AL
County(s):
Baldwin
Watershed/Basin: Mobile Bay Watershed Latitude: 30.5249 Longitude:   87.5474
E. Project Description The City of Fairhope, Alabama’s fastest growing city, experienced a 26% population growth in the last five years alone. Currently, the City’s sanitary sewer system functions adequately during normal and dry-weather conditions. But during heavy rain events, common to the area, sanitary sewer overflows (SSO’s) occur, dumping untreated sewage into critical waterways. As the system continues to be strained by additional growth, these overflows will increase in the number of locations and amount of sewage discharged from the system, thus impairing water quality and causing public health and environmental hazards. The system includes one Wastewater Treatment Plant, 175 miles of gravity collection and force main pipes, over 70 pumping stations, and over 2,000 manholes. Recent Engineering studies have pinpointed the most urgent and critical rehabilitation needs within the entire system. There are four major pumping stations that represent key drainage basins that are undersized and loaded beyond their design capacity. Most of the major gravity lines that further convey flow from these stations have also outlived their useful lives. The system has approximately 60 miles of old clay pipe that has not been inspected or rehabilitated. These disintegrated lines are allowing ground and storm water to enter the system, as well as allowing sewage to discharge from the system without proper treatment. The project proposed in Phase I will solve the most urgent problems that exist within the system. Major rehabilitation measures will involve the complete replacement of the 4 main pump stations (North Section Street, South Section Street, Thompson Hall and Doghouse Pumping Stations), and rehabilitation of the major gravity outfall lines and old clay collection lines, utilizing cost-effective engineering solutions that have the least impact on the environment. The project will include the purchase of all equipment necessary for the City to develop its own assessment team for system mapping, videoing, line inspection and cleaning, and point repairs. The system’s Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) equipment will be upgraded to ensure system reliability and portable generators will be purchased to provide continuous facility operations during power outages. Phase I activities can be implemented immediately for the prevention of SSO’s during future rain events.
F. Water Quality Projects and Ecological Benefits
G. Resiliency Considerations (Ecological; Social-Ecological; Social; Socio-Economic and/or Community Resilience)
H. Project Status
Property/Resource Acquisition:
Current Landowner or Holder of the Easement: 		N/A Recent Appraisal? No
Project Planning/Design: In Progress Project Permitting
No Permits
Project will take   12  Months to Begin and an additional  36  Months to Complete
Can be implemented in phases? No
No Phases
Is this project included under a regional or statewide plan/initiative? No
If so, list:
Project Feasibility and Likelihood of Success:
Leveraging/Complementary Projects:
I. Project Cost
Estimated Cost: $10,000,000.00 Maintenance/Operational Cost: $0.00
Nature of Cost: N/A Sources for Funding Costs: N/A
Level of Confidence: High New business startup or expansion? No
Basis/Method of Estimation: Engineering Estimates
Matching Funds Available:
No Matching Funds
Project Partners:
No Project Partners Entered.
J. Project Impact on Community
Community Need: Project will improve water quality for Mobile Bay Avoided Costs: No future costs associated with Sanitary Sewer Overflow events
Indirect Benefits: Improved water quality and reliable sanitary sewer facilities will increase quality of life of residents and attract tourists, increase economic development, provide safe water recreational activities, etc. Environmental Benefits: Protection of fish and wildlife, protection of recreational assets, reduce public health threats
Environmental Impacts: Improved water quality for Mobile Bay, protection of fish and wildlife Project Monitoring and Performance: Improved water quality in Mobile Bay, no future Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's)
K. Resource Benefit(s):
Benefit(s): Marine Mammals  |  Shellfish  |  Water Column  |  Birds  |  Sediment/Benthos  |  Reptiles/Amphibians  |  Shoreline  |  Fish  |  Vegetation  |  Recreational Use and Infrastructure  |  Air 
Benefit State- or
Federally-listed Species? 		No If so, list: