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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to enter into Contract No. SCP-WS-709 " Unplanned full lead service line replacement at various locations throughout the City of Detroit" with Lakeshore Global Corporation (Contractor), at a cost not to exceed $1,178,000.00 for a duration of Six (6) Months, and also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of September 19, 2018
Item No. 18-0214
Proposed Contract No. SCP-WS-709
Project Length: Six (6) Months (tentative start date October 1, 2018)
Amount: $1,178,000.00
TO: The Honorable Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Proposed DWSD Contract No. SCP-WS-709 "Unplanned full lead service line replacement at various locations throughout the City of Detroit"
Contractor: Lakeshore Global Corporation
Designer: DWSD
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Palencia Mobley, Deputy Director/Chief Engineer, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to enter into Contract No. SCP-WS-709 " Unplanned full lead service line replacement at various locations throughout the City of Detroit " with Lakeshore Global Corporation (Contractor), at a cost not to exceed $1,178,000.00 for a duration of Six (6) Months, and also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
In June of 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) enacted new rules relating to lead services in drinking water systems. This new set of rules will require water systems to identify, inventory, and remove all lead water services, regardless of where they are located, over the next thirty years or so.
DWSD anticipated potential lead rule changes and has developed...
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