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2 ORANGE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY OWASA0 A public, non-profit agency providing water, sewer and reclaimed mater services to the Carrboro - Chapel Hill community_ January 16, 2415 Chair Earl McKee Orange County Board of Commissioners PO Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Chair McKee: We are pleased to submit this report on our services and initiatives in 2414 for your February 3, 2415 meeting. I request a couple of minutes to make brief comments about our work and will be available to receive feedback and answer questions. Preliminary engineering study for sewers in Historic Ropers Road Area OWASA entered an interlocal agreement with Orange County in June 2414 to do a preliminary engineering study for extending sewers in the Historic Rogers Road Area. In the summer and fall of 2414, we worked with the Jackson Center to inform residents about plans for the study and to get permission from 57 owners to go on their land to gather information needed for the study. Our consultant, URS Corporation (URS), is checking the topography at several locations, getting soil samples and checking the location of underground utilities in the study area. URS will use the information to evaluate the potential routes for sewers and update the preliminary estimate of costs (initial preliminary estimate was about $5.8 million). Our consultant's overall preliminary engineering report is on schedule for completion in March 2415. To keep the project moving, our staff is working with County staff to draft a new interlocal agreement for the next phase of the project including design, bidding, permitting and installation of sewers. We understand the importance of this project and we will continue to work with County staff to provide our assistance. Biosolids Management We are conducting a two -part study of biosolids management. The first part, which staff recently completed, was a comparison of the social, financial, and environmental performance of land application of liquid biosolids versus dewatering all of our biosolids for recycling at a private compost facility. A copy of staff's report is er . On January 8, 2415, after receiving comments from several citizens including several Orange County farmers participating in our program, we agreed to continue recycling liquid biosolids on farmland through 2415, and continue recycling about half of our biosolids through composting of dewatered biosolids. 400 Jones Ferry Road Equal Opportunity Employer Voice (919) 968 -4421 Carrboro, NC 27510 -2001 Printed on Recycled Paper www.owasa.org