Our April Meeting speaker was Vick Kyotani, Program Manager of one of the largest design and construction projects in the region: the Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades being implemented by the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD).
Vick gave a nice overview of the program including the makeup of the team, the projects that are planned and others that are possibilities, and the schedule and spending plan for implementation. In summary, the project is a $1.5 Billion upgrade made necessary by new wastewater discharge permit requirements that mandate significantly enhanced treatment prior to discharge to the Sacramento River. SRCSD is contesting some of the mandated permit requirements in court but most are being programmed and planned now.
Upgrade projects at the plant and the expected date of RFP releases were reported by Vick to be as follows:
| SRCSD—AWTP Planned Projects | Scheduled Design RFP Release |
| Flow Equalization Basins | May 6, 2013 |
| Granular Media Filtration | May 2013 |
| Building Relocations (Bufferlands, Harvest Crew, CMID, PMO, and Heavy Maintenance) | May 2013 |
| Primary Effluent Pumping Station | July 2013 |
| Main Electrical Switchgear Expansion | July 2013 |
| RAS Pumping Stations | August 2013 |
| Site Management (Utilities, Staging, On-Site Roads) | September 2013 |
| Landfill Removal | September 2013 |
| Filter Influent Pumping Station | February 2014 |
| Disinfection (by UV or Chlorine, not determined yet) | August 2014 |
| CO Tanks Conversion | December 2014 |
| Control Systems Integrator | RFP release not scheduled yet |
