WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY PROJECT Project Review
AGENDA ▪ Project Status
▪ Energy Performance Contract Amendment 3 Scope
Summary ▪ Scope Adjustments During Construction ▪ Project Financials
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PROJECT STATUS ▪ Project underway for about 1 year.
▪ Construction Target Dates ▪ July 2025: Accept Septage & High Strength Organic Waste
(Revenue) ▪ September 2025: Startup of Biosolids Dryer (Operational cost reduction) ▪ September 2025: Ready to accept waste flow from fairlife facility (Revenue)
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TOWN OF WEBSTER/NAVITAS ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AMENDMENT 3 SCOPE OF WORK ▪ Focused on accepting waste flow from new
industrial customer
▪ 4th Aeration Tank and upgraded aeration system ▪ Anaerobic Digester ▪ All facility systems of the new Dryer Building ▪ Final Sitework and Utilities 6
SCOPE ADJUSTMENTS DURING CONSTRUCTION Scope expansion ($3,830,000) ▪ High strength organic waste
building ▪ Trickling filter required complete demolition ▪ Relocation of overhead electric utility lines ▪ Administration building expansion ▪ Asbestos remediation
Scope savings ($1,098,000) ▪ Design credits ▪ Purchases via state contracts ▪ Winter construction savings ▪ Scope efficiencies
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PROJECT FINANCIALS
PROJECT FINANCIALS ▪ Revenue Impact ▪ Septage and High Strength Organic Waste acceptance ▪ New wastewater flow from new industrial customer ▪ One time connection fee from new industrial customer ▪ Operational Cost Savings ▪ Dryer reduces biosolids disposal expense ▪ Energy efficient systems reduce utility expense in existing buildings
▪ New Expenses ▪ New industrial customer increases overall treatment expense ▪ New buildings and systems increases utility expense 9
NET PROJECT COST ▪ Navitas’ Authorized Contract: ▪ Amendment 3: ▪ Total Navitas Contract: ▪ Paving (managed by Town)
▪ Other Project Costs ▪ Gross Project Cost ▪ NY State Grant: ▪ Final Net Project Cost
$ 61,979,047 $ 23,348,802 $ 85,327,849 $ 1,400,000 $ 572,151 $ 87,300,000
$(20,000,000) $ 67,300,000 10
SEWER RATES ▪ 2024 sewer rates are currently $296 per EDU ▪ Future rates forecasted to remain stable ▪ Additional dollars will be budgeted, in reserve, to fund
future infrastructure needs of the sanitary system
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