CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Bid 25-001, 2025 Small Diameter Sanitary Main Line Rehabilitation - Country Lakes Phase 1, to Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $919,736.50 plus a 3% contingency
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DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities
SUBMITTED BY: Darrell Blenniss, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The Water Utilities' 2025 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) includes rehabilitating approximately 32 manholes, 14,502 linear feet of sanitary main/trunk sewers, and 204 sewer service laterals. The primary focus of these projects is to reduce groundwater and surface water leakage into the system.
The sanitary sewer main lining program is part of the Water Utilities' Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) permit that requires a capacity, management, operation, and maintenance (CMOM) plan and IEPA-required ten-year infiltration and inflow reduction program under Naperville's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
Sanitary sewer lining is a major component of the City's strategy to reduce system leaks associated with stormwater infiltration through pipe cracks and fissures, which reduces sanitary system capacity during wet weather events. Lining the sewer provides seamless, leak-free pipes and maintains structural integrity for approximately 50 years. Reducing leaks and preserving system capacity also helps reduce the number and severity of sanitary sewer backups.
DISCUSSION:
In February 2025, the Water Utilities issued Bid 25-001, 2025, Small Diameter Main Line Rehabilitation Country Lakes Phase 1. This bid will rehabilitate 14,502 linear feet of eight-inch through 18-inch diameter sanitary sewer pipelines located in the Fairway of Country Lakes and Pebblewood subdivisions. The contractor will use no-dig lining technology to reduce costs and disruption to the community.
Due to the large amount of groundwater infiltration located where the service connection meets the...
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