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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Robert Leible, Superintendent of Water Production
DATE: April 7, 2025
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing Crawford, Murphy & Tilly to provide professional engineering services to the Water Production Division for a new water well construction project, in an amount not to exceed of $195,990.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council authorization to enter into an agreement for professional engineering services with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (CMT), Aurora, IL for the design, bidding, and construction engineering of proposed Well 128 for the Water Production Division (WPD).
BACKGROUND:
Proposed Well 128 will be a shallow well located at 1960 E. Indian Trail (Ward 1), at the same location as existing deep Well 28. Well 128 was pre-planned during the Well 28 design in 2006. Electrical and piping systems were constructed at that time within the shared well house. When completed, Well 128 is estimated to provide an additional 1,250,000 gallons of sustainable groundwater derived from the limestone/bedrock aquifer.
DISCUSSION:
In order to drill a new well, ensure professional construction, and specify equipment selection, full design plans, drawings, and specifications must be developed and subsequently approved/permitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. CMT will provide comprehensive engineering services for the proposed Well 128 project.
CMT has been the engineer of record for the most recent well construction projects completed for the WPD, including the on-going Well 105 project, as well as Well 28 in 2008 and wells 29 and 129, both in 2009, and several others in the 1990's. The proposed Well 128 is planned to be drilled and constructed in a very similar manner to wells 129 and 105. CMT possesses the appropriate expertise and qualifications for this project, as well as extensive project experience for the City of Aurora and long-term familiarity with Water Production Division assets and operations. As such, it is ...
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