Project ID Number is 398

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 Phase II
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 cities, experienced a 26% population growth in the last five years alone. 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 City operates a single Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) with a permitted capacity of 4 million gallons per day (mgd). The discharge into Mobile Bay lies approximately 3,200 lf west of the shoreline. The facility was renovated in 2015 to increase its treatment capabilities. It is now a tertiary treatment facility with improved nutrient removal capabilities. However, using the Demand-per-Capita projected method, based on projected population growth, Engineers have determined that the average maximum month average daily flow will reach 4.2 mgd by the year 2026. Collection of wastewater along the growth corridors of the City must be conveyed to a treatment facility. Attempting to convey this wastewater to the existing facility would be cost prohibitive. There is a need to construct a new smaller WWTP to be located on the East side of US Highway 98 along growth corridors, near AL Highway 181. A site will be selected for treatment and discharge that meets the approval of ADEM through required NPDES permitting. There is also a need to extend the existing outfall line at the City’s main WWTP further out into Mobile Bay. The existing discharge lies only about half a mile off the shoreline. This creates dangerous public health and environmental hazards when a leakage occurs. Engineers recommend that this outfall line be extended further out into the Bay in order to protect the water quality. Finally, the City will aggressively rehabilitate the existing sanitary sewer collection system by utilizing Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) methods to reline the old clay pipes and manholes that are allowing inflow and infiltration of stormwater into the system. The project proposed in Phase II will solve the long-term problems that exist within the system.
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   24  Months to Begin and an additional  60  Months to Complete
Can be implemented in phases? No
No Phases
Is this project included under a regional or statewide plan/initiative? N/A
If so, list:
Project Feasibility and Likelihood of Success:
Leveraging/Complementary Projects:
I. Project Cost
Estimated Cost: $30,000,000.00 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  |  Terrestrial Wildlife   |  Sediment/Benthos  |  Reptiles/Amphibians  |  Shoreline  |  Fish  |  Vegetation  |  Recreational Use and Infrastructure  |  Air 
Benefit State- or
Federally-listed Species? 		No If so, list: