City of Oak Ridge

Amount Appropriated?

$5.0M

FFID tracks stages 1–2 — stages 3–5 vary by agency, assistance type, and earmark structure.

Project Description

The City of Oak Ridge (City) is seeking $6.5 million in programmatic funding to support the construction of a new water transmission main associated with the construction of the City\u2019s new 16 million gallon per day (MGD) water treatment plant (WTP). The facility will replace an outdated 28 MGD plant that was constructed in the early 1940s by the federal government. Funding can be obligated within federal FY2023, as the design for the new water treatment plant, including the transmission line, is shovel ready for bidding and construction. The existing plant was transferred to the City in 2000, and over the past several years has deteriorated significantly despite the City\u2019s investment of more than $7 million in repairs since assuming ownership. The City commissioned a detailed cost-benefit analysis in 2016, and concluded that construction of a new, right-sized energy-efficient facility outweighed escalating compliance costs associated with rehabilitation of the outmoded facility.\n\nThe $6.5 million request will support a significant component of the project, the new water transmission main linking the WTP to the City\u2019s water distribution system. The transmission pipeline consists of approximately 2,500 linear feet of 36-inch and 11,500 linear feet of 30-inch restrained joint ductile iron water pipeline and will connect the new WTP to the City\u2019s existing water storage tanks. This portion of the overall $55 Million WTP project is estimated to cost $10M to construct.