Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Committee — Fayetteville, AR
Date: 2025-07-08
Time: 17:30

Water, Sewer, and Solid Waste Committee
 8 July 2025
 5:30 P.M.
 (Or immediately following City Council Agenda Session)

Committee: Council Member Teresa Turk, Council Member Mike Wiederkehr, Council
 Member Scott Berna, Council Member Bob Stafford

Copy to: Mayor Molly Rawn, Steve Dotson, Keith Macedo, Kara Paxton, Kit Williams, Chris
 Brown, Alan Pugh, Terry Gulley, Ross Jackson, Peter Nierengarten, Brian Pugh,
 Corey Granderson, Aaron Watkins, Cody Ashworth, Jonathan Curth, Devin
 Howland, Scott Murphy, Brian Rowland

From: Tim Nyander, Utilities Director
______________________________________________________________________

CALL TO ORDER

UPDATES

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Overview of May’s WRRF Monthly Operations
Scott Murphy – WRRF Project Manager, Inframark

2. Overview of May’s Water & Sewer Operations
Aaron Watkins – Water & Sewer Operations Manager


OLD BUSINESS:

3. West Transmission Waterline Updates
Utilities Engineer Corey Granderson will provide updates to the Committee on this project.

INFORMATION ONLY


NEW BUSINESS:

4. Discussion on Implications of the State Statute Removing Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction
and Strategies in Response
Jonathan Curth – Development Services Director

INFORMATION ONLY




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5. HUD Community Project Fund Award – Sanitary Sewer Update for South Cato Springs
and SLS Community
An informational update on the status of the sanitary sewer project funded by the HUD
Community Project Fund Award, including an overview of upcoming items that may be
brought to City Council for consideration.
Devin Howland – Director of Economic Development

INFORMATION ONLY

6. Clabber Creek Sewer Main Repair
Aaron Watkins – Water & Sewer Operations Manager


INFORMATION ONLY




PRESENTATIONS
June WRRF Report
June Water & sewer Operations Report


ATTACHMENTS
June’s WRRF Monthly Report
June’s Water & Sewer Monthly Report


ADJOURN
Next Water, Sewer, Solid Waste Committee meets on
Tuesday, August 12th, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.




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Inframark Monthly Report

 May 2025
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 Table of Contents

 Contents
 Inframark Monthly Report .............................................................................................. 1
 May 2025 ...................................................................................................................... 1
 Executive Summary....................................................................................................... 3
 Compliance .................................................................................................................. 4
 Financial ...................................................................................................................... 5
 Jet Aeration ................................................................................................................... 6
 Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 7
 Pretreatment ................................................................................................................ 8
 Biosolids Management .................................................................................................. 9
 Noteworthy Activity ..................................................................................................... 10
 Appendix .................................................................................................................... 12




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 Executive Summary

 1. Industrial discharge monitoring:
 ➢ Ongoing surveillance of industries to determine accurate surcharges
 2. New Jet Aerator Installation:
 ➢ Completed installation and startup of new jet aerators for Aeration Basin 1 at
 the Paul R Noland facility
 3. No Discharge Permit for BMS:
 ➢ Resubmitted permit application with required changes
 4. Plant Survey at Woolsey Wet Prairie:
 ➢ Invasive species were identified and sprayed
 5. Training:
 ➢ Maintenance staff received additional training for Maintenance Connect
 (work order software) to utilize tablets in the field
 6. 10% design kickoff meeting:
 ➢ Participated in the initial design meeting for the upgrades to the Paul R
 Noland WWTP
 7. IPP Inspections:
 ➢ Conducted 2 additional pretreatment inspections
 8. Tours for Fayetteville High School Students:
 ➢ Conducted tours at Westside for over 30 Fayetteville High School students.
 9. BMS throughput:
 ➢ Output at the drying houses and belt dryer increased with better weather and
 polymer application.




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 Compliance

 Paul R Noland:
 The Paul R Noland facility achieved perfect permit compliance for May 2025:



 Westside:
 The Westside facility achieved perfect permit compliance for May 2025



 Biosolids Management Site (BMS):
 No water was applied to the fields for the month of May due to excess rainfall.




 Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs):
 No sanitary sewer overflows occurred during the month of May 2025




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 Financial
 The Project continues to be well under budget for both the Maintenance and Chemical
 Rebateable accounts. Oxygen expenses have started to impact the Chemical Rebate
 Account and will continue to pressure our budget, however, we are under budget for now.
 Cap Summary as of May 2025
 Contract % of
 Monthly YTD
 Cap Type Project Site Monthly Expenses Annual Budget YTD Expenses YTD Balance Months Contract
 Budget Spend %
 Passed  Year
 Maintenance FAYETV $ 28,998.83 $ 17,799.48 $ 347,986.01 $ 104,402.20 $ 243,583.81 5 42% 30%
 Maintenance FYTNLD $ 61,923.31 $ 16,745.92 $ 743,079.72 $ 69,445.93 $ 673,633.79 5 42% 9%
 Maintenance FYTWSD $ 17,413.59 $ 2,927.71 $ 208,963.11 $ 16,767.12 $ 192,195.99 5 42% 8%
 Maintenance FYTLAB $ 8,169.04 $ 98,028.42 $ 670.08 $ 97,358.34 5 42% 1%
 Maintenance FYTLSM $ 12,661.89 $ 1,662.07 $ 151,942.74 $ 3,380.25 $ 148,562.49 5 42% 2%
 Total M&R $ 129,166.66 $ 39,135.18 $1,550,000.00 $ 194,665.58 $1,355,334.42 5 42% 13%
 Chemical FAYETV $ 8,419.02 $ 4,286.84 $ 101,028.20 $ 4,957.51 $ 96,070.69 5 42% 5%
 Chemical FYTNLD $ 17,977.74 $ 57,735.98 $ 215,732.82 $ 114,181.01 $ 101,551.81 5 42% 53%
 Chemical FYTWSD $ 5,055.56 $ 60,666.71 $ 7,831.97 $ 52,834.74 5 42% 13%
 Chemical FYTLAB $ 2,371.66 - $ 28,459.86 $ 100.00 $ 28,359.86 5 42% 0%
 Chemical FYTLSM $ 3,676.03 - $ 44,112.41 $ 10,309.75 $ 33,802.66 5 42% 23%
 Total Chemical $ 37,500.01 $ 62,022.82 $ 450,000.00 $ 137,380.24 $ 312,619.76 5 42% 31%




 Notable Expenses:

 1- Oxygen for Noland: $27,488
 2- Oxygen for Noland: $27,979.70
 3- Pump parts: $4891.36




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 Jet Aeration
 In May, the newly installed jet aeration system
 was tested and started in Aeration Basin 1 of the
 Noland WWTF. The new units replaced two older
 surface mount aerators that were at the end of their
 service life due to age and the lack of available
 parts. Once the new units were tested, Aeration
 Basin 1 was brought online to meet the demands of
 high flows and summer temperatures. So far, the jet
 aerators are producing 2.0ppm dissolved oxygen
 during daytime flows while using 58 amps of power
 each. By comparison, the older surface mount
 aerators installed in the corresponding positions on
 Aeration Basin 2 are using an average of 96 amps of
 power to produce equivalent amounts of dissolved oxygen. As a result, the new jet
 aerators are using 40% less power to aerate basin 1 than the older units in basin 2.

 Inframark staff will continue to monitor the new
 aerators and the basin. Of particular interest will be
 the jet aerators ability to keep the mixed liquor
 suspended inside the basin, without having
 biosolids accumulate in areas were the turbulence
 and flow velocity are lower. So far, there is no
 evidence of solids settling in the basin.




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 Maintenance
 UV Disinfection
 One of the focal points during the month of May was restoring the
 capability of the UV disinfection system at the Westside WWTF.
 Over the last year, a number of the bulbs had failed, reducing the
 effectiveness of the UV system. Inframark was able to locate an
 alternate supplier for compatible bulbs, reducing the cost by over
 30%. With the new bulbs installed, fecal coliform counts for the
 facility have dropped and we are much better able to deal with
 the high storm related flows that have pushed through the plant
 over the past few months.




 Laser Alignment
 During the start up of Aeration Basin 1, care was
 taken to align the motors and gearboxes of the
 surface aerators that moved to accommodate the
 jet aeration system. Proper alignment greatly
 increases the service life of equipment by reducing
 the strain on the output bearing of the electric
 motor and the input bearings of the gearbox. At
 the end of the alignment process, the motor and
 gearbox were within five thousandths of an inch
 (0.005) of true. By comparison, the motor when
 initially bolted to gearbox was over three hundred eighty thousandths (0.380) out of
 alignment which would have resulted in extreme wear and early failure of both the electric
 motor and gearbox.




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 Pretreatment

 For the month of May, staff have collected several discrete composite samples from the
 effluent of Con Agra as part of our industrial surveillance program. In addition, Inframark
 met with Wolfspeed to facilitate removing them from the Categorical Discharge
 classification. Lastly, revenue is somewhat high this month due to the unusually high
 surcharges for Tyson Foods.

 Industrial Surcharges
 Industry Flow(MG) TSS(mg/L) BOD(mg/L) Surcharge
 Tyson Foods Inc. 4.2700 1828 1582.50 $76,082.42
 Hiland Dairy 2.30 443 1948.24 $28,862.79
 Total $104,945.21




 Septic Charges Elkins BOD Loadings
 Hauler Loads Charges Influent Organic
 AR Portables 37 $1850 BOD
 Best Jet 9 $450 Loading Loading
 Total $2300 Month Lbs. % of Design
 Dec-24 10897 36.7
 Jan-25 12152 41
 Feb-25 13180 44.4
 Mar-25 12854 43.3
 Apr-25 23277 78.5
 May-25 10531 35.5
 Jun-25
 Jul-25
 Aug-25
 Sep-25
 Oct-25
 Nov-25
 Dec-25


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 Biosolids Management

 Water Treatment Res., Hay, and Fertilizer Sales:


 May Sales Weight (tons) Customer Amount
 Fertilizer 7.85 Scott Jones 157.00
 6.78 Scott Jones 135.60
 6.77 Scott Jones 135.40
 Water Treatment Res. 19.02 Beaver Water District 618.15
 18.56 Beaver Water District 603.20
 19.62 Beaver Water District 637.65
 18.32 Beaver Water District 595.40
 Hay 0 0



 Total
 $2,882.40




 Fertilizer production at the BMS facility has increased
 due to warmer temperatures and the implementation
 of the new dewatering polymers at Noland and
 Westside. Currently, two drying houses per week are
 being processed through the belt dryer, achieving
 greater than 92% solids on a single pass.




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 Noteworthy Activity

 During May 2025, Inframark
 hosted four (4) tours of the
 Westside WWTF. The groups
 included children from both
 middle school and high school
 and totaled over 200 students.




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 Woolsey Wet Prairie

 Inframark staff have conducted several surveys at Woolsey this month and applied
 herbicide to non native species found at the site. Below are the areas we've covered:

 Surveys conducted in Buffer zones and E1-5

 Herbicide Applied:
 2 gallons glyphosate (2%) applied in E3
 2 gallon glyphosate (2%) applied in East Buffer Zone
 2 gallons glyphosate (2%) applied in E2
 1 gallon glyphosate (2%) applied in E1

 Species targeted were Fescue, Yellow Rocket, and clover.


 Below: Left-Justin Sweeney with a recent shed, Right- Shawn Santellanes and Brian Rowland spray for non
 native species




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 Appendix




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 Inframark Compliance Monthly Report
 Meeting
 Project: Fayetteville, AR
 Date:
 Report
 May 2025 Facility: Noland WRRF
 Date:
 Shawn S, Justin S, Chandler S, Tom M.

 Attending:


 Permit
 Compliance
 Monthly Percent
 Parameter Actual Monthly Limit Comments
 Available
 White River Flow, MGD 9.05
 Effluent D.O., mg/L 14.47 11.00 32
 Effluent pH max, S.U. 7.5 9.0 17
 Effluent pH min, S.U. 7.3 6.0 22
 Effluent Fecal Coliform, 53 200 74
 MPN
 Effluent Ammonia, mg/L 0.05 0.5 90
 Effluent Ammonia, lbs./ day 3.6 53 93
 Effluent T-Phos, mg/L 0.36 1.0 64
 Effluent T-Phos, lbs./ day 25.99 105 75
 Effluent CBOD, mg/L 2.8 5.7 51
 Effluent CBOD, lbs./ day 209 599 65
 Effluent TSS, mg/L 2.3 5.0 55
 Effluent TSS, lbs./ day 163 525 69
 Effluent TDS, mg/L 320 500 36
 Effluent TDS, lbs./ day 22,876 52,542 56
 Effluent Sulfate, mg/L 52 119 56
 Effluent Sulfate, lbs./ day 2,671 12,505 79
 Effluent Nitrates, mg/L 2.9 Report
 Effluent Nitrates, lbs./ day Report


 Influent Parameters Value Comments
 Influent Flow, MGD 9.00
 Influent BOD, lbs./ day
 Influent TSS, lbs./ day 9,040
 Influent Ammonia, lbs./ day
 Influent T-Phos, lbs./ day 171




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 Inframark Compliance Monthly Report
 Meeting Fayetteville,
 Project:
 Date: AR
 May 2025 West Side
 Report Date: Facility:
 WWRF




 Attending: Shawn S, Justin S, Chandler S, Tom M.



 Permit
 Compliance
 Monthly Monthly Percent
 Parameter Comments
 Actual Limit Available
 GC Discharge, MGD 12.25
 Effluent D.O., mg/L 9.20 6.90 33.33
 Effluent pH, min. S.U. 7.23 6.00 20.50
 Effluent pH, max. S.U. 7.32 9.00 18.67
 Effluent Fecal Coliform, MPN 5.00 200.00 97.50
 Effluent CBOD, mg/L 3.37 5.30 36.48
 Effluent CBOD, lbs./ day 299.89 442.00 32.15
 Effluent TSS, mg/L 1.00 10.00 90.00
 Effluent TSS, lbs./ day 91.45 834.00 89.04
 Effluent Ammonia, mg/L 0.05 1.00 95.00
 Effluent Ammonia, lbs./ day 4.43 83.40 94.69
 Effluent T-Phos, mg/L 0.25 1.00 75.00
 Effluent T-Phos, lbs./ day 29.97 83.40 64.06
 Effluent Nitrate, mg/L 5.47 Possible Permit Limit Pending




 Influent Parameters Value Comments
 Influent Flow, MGD 12.3
 Influent BOD lbs./ day 10,070.7
 Influent TSS lbs./ day 9,617.3
 Influent Ammonia lbs./ day 1,351.0
 Influent T-Phos, lbs./ day 305.0




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