Joanne M. Mahoney, County Executive

Onondaga Lake Amended Consent Judgment

Compliance Program Monthly Report

September 2012

ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OFWATER ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

VISION

To be a respected leader in wastewater treatment, storm watermanagement, and the protection of our environment using

state-of-the-art, innovative technologies andsound scientific principles as our guide.

MISSION

To protect and improve the water environment of Onondaga County in a cost-effective manner ensuring the health and sustainability

of our community and economy.

CORE VALUES

ExcellenceTeamworkHonestyInnovationCost-EffectivenessSafety

Table of Contents

Report from Commissioner

Gray Projects Update

Progress of Projects Under Construction

Fact Sheets

Green Projects Update

Projects Summary

Fact Sheets Green Improvement Fund Update

Green Improvement Fund Program Summary Metro WWTP Phosphorus Projects/TMDL/Ambient Monitoring Program Update

Metro Phosphorus Optimization Project

Metro Phosphorus Work Plan Project

Onondaga Lake Water Quality Model

Ambient Monitoring Program Water Quality Sampling

Tributary Sampling Tributary Bacteria Compliance Assessment Onondaga Lake Sampling

Biological Monitoring Program Sampling Summary (September 2012) Legislative/Regulatory/Media Update

Action Items for County Legislature in the Month of September

Action Items for the Environmental Protection Committee in the Month of October

Media Articles

Financial Update

Contracts New Contracts Amendments to Existing Contracts Change Orders

Funding State Bond Act Funds Federal EPA Funds

Federal Army Corps of Engineers Funds EFC Loans

Onondaga County Lake Improvement Project Fourth Stipulation of the ACJ

Clinton/Lower MIS CSO Improvement Harbor Brook Drainage Basin CSO Abatement Midland CSO Abatement Sewer Separation of CSO Areas:

022/038/040/045/046A/046B/047/048/050/051/053/054 Save the Rain Education and Outreach Grant

Appendix

Project Payments

Lake Improvement Project Status Report for the Period Ending 9/30/2012

Federal and State Grants/Loans Approved and Received

Chronology of Project Construction Starts

Contractors for Construction Projects

Metro Treatment Plant

CSOs

WEP Acronyms

GRAY PROJECTS UPDATE

Gray Projects UpdateHarbor Brook Interceptor Sewer (HBIS) Replacement and CSO Abatement Project (Construction Phase)

In September work was completed on the Delaware/Grand Rain Garden and bio-retention area, and only theintersection work at Grand and Delaware remains. To date the project has installed 7,503 LF of new 18” to 36”interceptor sewer between Velasko Road and West Fayette Street on the west side of Syracuse and 5,222 LF of newlocal sewers, ranging in size from 8” to 42” in diameter. The sewer installation is 100 percent completed, and theproject overall is approximately 99 percent complete. The new project completion date is November 2012 to allowfor the installation of additional green infrastructure under the GPR grant.

Midland CSO 044 Abatement Project (Construction Phase)

Construction continued in September on the rain garden and green infrastructure that will be installed above the96-inch conveyance sewer along West Castle Street between South Avenue and Midland Avenue. In addition, thecontractor coordinated testing and training on the maintenance and use of the flushing systems installed andremoved debris from the 144-inch pipe. The new 96-inch pipeline will transmit combined sewage from CSO 044 inSouth Avenue to the Midland RTF during wet weather overflow events.

Clinton CSO Storage Facility Project (Construction Phase)

In September the contractor continued construction activities associated with the storage facility that will collect 6million gallons of combined sewage from 8 downtown Syracuse CSOs during wet weather events. The contractorcompleted excavation work and installed the mud mat and walls for areas of the cast-in-basin. In addition, thecontractor conducted work on the outfall chamber (excavation and installation of the steel piles and mini-piles), theeast chamber (collar beam installation), and west chamber (fine grading).

Lower Harbor Brook CSO Conveyance Project (Construction Phase)

The contractor continued work in September on the conveyance sewers from CSO 003 and 004 that will transmitcombined sewage during wet weather events to the new storage tank. The contractor completed the restoration ofHiawatha Boulevard including the installation of paving, curbing, and sidewalks and completed backfilling of thesewer installation from MH-1 to MH-2 on the CSO 003 section of the conveyance pipeline. The contractorconducted work on the State Fair Blvd. section of the project by installing the piles and pile cap for MH-SF2 andinstalling the piles at the receiving wall for the tunneling work under the State Fair Blvd. bridge over Harbor Brook.

Lower Harbor Brook CSO Storage Facility Project (Construction Phase)

In September the contractor completed the bracing and poured the concrete for the junction chamber and installedthe sheeting and drove piles for the 54-inch conveyance sewer to CSO 004. All permeation grouting work wascompleted along with demobilization of the subcontractor and the contractor began to mobilize for slurry wallinstallation in September. The storage facility will store combined sewage from the three CSOs (003, 004 & 063)during storm events.

CSO 022/045 Sewer Separation Project (Construction Phase)

Final pavement restoration was completed for 90percent of the CSO 022 project area in September with the millingand paving of West Genesee, North Clinton, North Franklin and most of West Willow streets. In addition, thegeneral contractor continued installation of the new enhanced tree pits along with work on the Pocket Park atNorth Clinton and West Genesee. The plumbing contractor has completed all the interior and exterior plumbingmodifications required in CSO Area 022. With the sewer work complete, the discharge of combined sewage fromCSOs 022 and 045 has be eliminated and all sanitary sewage will be transmitted to Metro via the Main InterceptorSewer (MIS) from this point forward.

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FACT SHEET Clinton CSO Storage Facility

Project Description: The Clinton CSO Storage Facility Project is a 6 million gallon combined sewer overflow storage facility that will be constructed in the parking area between the elevated rail tracks and Onondaga Creek just south of the Armory Square area of downtown Syracuse (formerly known as the Trolley Lot). During wet weather events, the facility’s three, parallel 18-foot diameter, underground storage tunnels will capture flow from 8 combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the vicinity of the former Trolley Lot. The wastewater will be stored in the tunnels until it can be conveyed via the main interceptor sewer to the Syracuse Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant (Metro) for treatment. The off-site conveyance piping, which will transmit the flow to the facility, was installed under the Clinton CSO Phase 1 and 2A conveyances projects completed in 2009. There will be additional on-site conveyance piping installed under this project to connect the existing sewers to the new facility. In addition to the tunnels there will be two above ground structures located at either end (east and west) of the parking lot which provide access to the tunnels and house the pumping, grit collection and odor control facilities Green Components: To further enhance the sustainability of the facility, the project includes green infrastructure components. The stormwater runoff from the entire site that measures approximately 275,000 square feet or 6.3 acres will be managed by green infrastructure. The stormwater from the area surrounding the main structure on the western half of the site will be collected by a series of catch basins and stormwater piping that will outfall into two bioretention basins. The bioretention basins will allow the stormwater to infiltrate into the ground rather than immediately runoff to the creek. In addition, stormwater runoff from the eastern half of the project site, to be restored as a parking area, will be directed to a subsurface collection facility and used to flush the storage tunnels to clear them of grit and debris that may have settled or been left behind after the stored combined sewage was transmitted to Metro. In addition, a green roof will be installed on the west building. Construction Update: In September, the contractor continued construction activities associated with

the storage facility that will collect 6 million gallons of combined sewage from 8 downtown Syracuse

CSOs during wet weather events. The contractor completed excavation work, and installed the mud

mat and walls for areas of the cast-in-basin. In addition the contractor conducted work on the outfall

chamber (excavation, and installation of the steel piles and mini-piles), the east chamber (collar beam

installation), and west chamber (fine grading).

Project: Clinton CSO Storage Project Owner: Onondaga County Project Location: Trolley Lot, Syracuse Sewershed: Clinton/Lower MIS Technology: Storage Facility Capacity: 6,000,000 gallons CSO Capture: 114,000,000 gal/yr # CSOs Abated: 8 Completion Date: 12/ 31/13 Contract amount: $70,640,000 Bid Date: 7/14/11 Prime Contractor: Jett Industries

Clinton CSO Storage Facility – Construction 8/28/12

Aerial View of the Project (8/12/12)

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Underground Storage Tank - Concrete Base Under Construction (5 Stories Below Surface)

Project: CSO 022/045 Sewer Separation Project Owner: Onondaga County Project Location: Syracuse Sewershed: Clinton/Lower MIS & Midland Technology: Sewer Separation CSO Capture: 1,000,000 gal/yr # CSOs Abated: 2 Completion Date: 12/31/12 Project Cost: General - $4,581,888 Plumbing - $1,031,235 Bid Date: November 29, 2011 Prime Contractor: General – J. J. Lane Plumbing – Joy Process

Mechanical

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FACT SHEET CSO Area 022 and 045 Sewer Separation Project Project Description: In 2000, the separations of 13 separate CSO basins were designed to the 95 percent stage. The CSO areas represented basins whose full separation would be cost effective compared to other CSO abatement technologies. The remaining basins where the full separation has not been constructed were CSO areas 022 and 045. CSO area 022 is located in downtown Syracuse and the tributary sewers are located in North Franklin, West Genesee, and Willow streets. The proposed work to be performed includes 2,000 linear feet (LF) of new sanitary sewer; 800 LF of sewer lining; and twenty (20) internal building separations. CSO Area 045 is located south of downtown Syracuse with the outfall at the intersection of West Castle Street, Hudson Street, and Onondaga Creek. The combined sewage tributary to this outfall is conveyed by combined sewers located in Crescent and Hudson streets. The proposed work to be performed includes: 700 LF of new storm sewer in Hudson and Crescent streets, 1200 LF of sewer lining to convert the existing combined sewers in Crescent and Hudson streets to sanitary sewers, rehabilitation of the existing sanitary sewer in Rich Street between Hudson and Onondaga Creek, and one (1) private property separation.

Green Components: The County has successfully applied its “Greening the Gray” mission to the project through the implementation of Green Infrastructure as it related to the reconstruction of the Pocket Park on the corner of West Genesee and North Clinton Streets. The park had fallen into disrepair due to settlement issues and will be rehabilitated with green components under the CSO 022 project.

Project Update: Final pavement restoration was completed for 90% of the CSO 022 project area in

September with the milling and paving of West Genesee, North Clinton, North Franklin and most of

West Willow Streets. In addition, the general contractor continued installation of the new enhanced

tree pits along with work on the Pocket Park at North Clinton and West Genesee. The plumbing

contractor has completed all the interior and exterior plumbing modifications required in CSO Area

022. With the sewer work complete, the discharge of combined sewage from CSOs 022 and 045 has

be eliminated and all sanitary sewage will be transmitted to Metro via the Main Interceptor Sewer

(MIS) from this point forward.

CSO 022 Project Area

CSO 045 Project Area

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Project: HBIS Replacement & CSO Abatement

Project Owner: Onondaga County Project Location: Harbor Brook Corridor

Fayette St. to Velasko Rd. Sewershed: Harbor Brook Technology: Interceptor Replacement CSO Capture: 36,000,000 gal/yr CSOs Addressed: 9 Completion date: 6/30/2012 Contract amount: $21,536,849 Bid Date: 11/2/09 Prime Contractor: J.J. Lane Construction

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FACT SHEET Harbor Brook Interceptor Sewer (HBIS) Replacement and CSO Abatement Project Project Description: The HBIS Replacement Project provides for a much needed upgrade to the existing Harbor Brook Interceptor between West Fayette Street and Velasko Road on the west side of Syracuse. This length of the interceptor sewer conveys dry weather flow and a portion of the combined flow from CSOs 009, 010, 011, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, and 018 for conveyance to Metro for treatment. The existing interceptor is a U-shaped cast-in-place concrete pipe constructed in the 1920s and has fallen into disrepair. Due to the shape and age of the HBIS, flow restrictions have developed which have decreased capacity and increased infiltration in some areas. The project includes the installation of 7,600 linear feet (LF) of new HBIS ranging in size from 18- to 36-inches in diameter, 1,500 LF of new local sewers, rehabilitation of 860 LF of 30-inch brick sewer, installation of 4 new regulator manholes, and rehabilitation or replacement of 2500 LF of Harbor Brook Culvert. In addition, during construction the available funding allowed CSO Areas 013 and 016 to be completely separated which will increase CSO capture and eliminate two CSO discharge points. As a result, the capture projection for this project is anticipated to be 0.9 percent or 36 million gallons.

Green Components: In addition the County has successfully applied its “Greening the Gray” mission to the HBIS Replacement Project. The GI components incorporated into this gray construction project include the installation of approximately 40 enhanced tree basins with infiltration zones and the construction of a bioretention area that will manage stormwater runoff from an area of approximately 3.2 acres. The enhanced tree basins will be located on Hartson, Herriman and Hoeffler Streets in the Skunk City area of Syracuse. The bioretention area will be located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Delaware Street and will contain a series of rain gardens and bioretention swales which will collect off-site runoff from impervious areas and manage the on-site stormwater as well. The site will have a “park-like” setting with an educational theme.

Construction Update: In September, work was completed on the Delaware/Grand Rain Garden and

Bio-retention Area and only the intersection work at Grand and Delaware remains. To date the project

has installed 7,503 LF of new 18” to 36” interceptor sewer between Velasko Road and West Fayette

Street on the west side of Syracuse, and 5,222 LF of new local sewers, ranging in size from 8” to 42” in

diameter. The sewer installation is 100% completed and the project overall is approximately 99%

complete. The new project completion date is November 2012 to allow for the installation of additional

Green Infrastructure under the GPR grant.

New HBIS Alignment through Skunk City

(in yellow)

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Project: LHB CSO Conveyances & Storage Project Owner: Onondaga County Project Location: State Fair Blvd., Syracuse Sewershed: Harbor Brook Technology: Underground Tank Capacity: 4,900,000 gallons CSO Capture: 55,000,000 gal/yr # CSOs Abated: 3 Completion Date: 12/31/13 Contract Amount: Conveyances – $4,147,888 Storage – $25,039,101 Bid Date: Conveyances – 8/30/11 Storage – 10/18/11 Prime Contractor: Conveyances – J.J. Lane Storage – C.O. Falter

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FACT SHEET Lower Harbor Brook CSO Storage and Conveyances Project

Project Description: The Lower Harbor Brook CSO Conveyances and Storage Facility Project is a 4.9 million gallon combined sewer overflow storage facility that will be located on County owned property on State Fair Boulevard between Hiawatha Blvd. and West Genesee Street in the City of Syracuse. The facility will capture and store the overflows from CSOs 003, 004 and 063 for up to the 1-year, 2-hour design storm event. After the storm event subsides, the contents of the storage tank will be pumped to the existing Harbor Brook Interceptor Sewer for conveyance to the Metropolitan Treatment Plant (Metro) for full treatment. The project also includes construction of CSO conveyance pipelines on State Fair Blvd., Hiawatha Blvd., and Erie Blvd. to convey combined sewage from the overflow regulators to the storage tanks during rainfall and snowmelt events. Floatables and grit removal will be included in this facility. Odor control provisions will be incorporated into the facility design and the tank will be completely enclosed.

Green Components: To further enhance the sustainability of the facility, the project includes green infrastructure components. The stormwater runoff from the rooftops of the storage tank and controls building will be stored within the CSO storage tank and used for a second and third cleaning flush of the tank. This water will ultimately be treated at Metro eliminating the need for this stormwater to be treated on-site. The stormwater storage is designed to capture the 100-year storm (5.2 inches) from the tank and the control building rooftop.

Rendering – view from State Fair Blvd.

Rendering – view from the northeast

Project Update: Conveyances - The contractor continued work in September on the conveyance sewers

from CSO 003 and 004 that will transmit combined sewage during wet weather events to the new storage

tank. The contractor completed the restoration of Hiawatha Boulevard including the installation of paving,

curbing and sidewalks and completed backfilling of the sewer installation from MH-1 to MH-2 on the CSO

003 section of the conveyance pipeline. The contractor conducted work on the State Fair Blvd. section of

the project by installing the piles and pile cap for MH-SF2 and installing the piles at the receiving wall for the

tunneling work under the State Fail Blvd. Bridge over Harbor Brook.

Storage - In September, the contractor completed the bracing and poured the concrete for the junction

chamber and installed the sheeting and drove piles for the 54-inch conveyance sewer to CSO 004. All

permeation grouting work was completed along with demobilization of the subcontractor and the

contractor began to mobilize for slurry wall installation in September. The storage facility will store

combined sewage from the three CSOs (003, 004 & 063) during storm events.

Lower Harbor Brook CSO Storage and Conveyances Project Area

Lower Harbor Brook CSO Storage Facility - Construction Progress Photos

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Project: CSO 044 Conveyances Project Owner: Onondaga County Project Location: Syracuse Sewershed: Midland Technology: Storage & RTF CSO Capture: 6,000,000 gal/yr # CSOs Abated: 1 Completion Date: Partial - 12/31/11 Contract amount: $7,978,282 Bid Date: 9/21/10 Prime Contractor: J.J. Lane Construction

CSO 044 Conveyances Construction January 11, 2012

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FACT SHEET Midland CSO 044 Conveyances Project Description The CSO 044 Conveyances Project provides for the transmission of wet weather flow from CSO 044, which discharges to Onondaga Creek at South Avenue and West Castle Street, to the Midland Regional Treatment Facility (RTF) on the south side of Syracuse. Conveyance of the combined sewer flow to the Midland RTF will be via approximately 500 linear feet of 96-inch diameter pipeline between the terminus of the 144-inch pipeline installed under the Midland Phase Two RTF and Conveyances Project to CSO 044.

Green Components: In addition to the pipeline, the project will include the construction of a new regulator structure in South Avenue, and two conveyance flushing chambers. The “Greening the Gray” components incorporated include the utilization of captured stormwater for the flushing chambers, the installation of rain gardens for stormwater infiltration, and an educational interpretive walkway.

Project Update: Construction continued in

September on the Rain Garden and Green

Infrastructure that will be installed above the 96-inch

conveyance sewer along West Castle Street between

South Avenue and Midland Avenue. In addition, the

contractor coordinated testing and training on the

maintenance and use of the flushing systems

installed, and removed debris from the 144-inch pipe.

The new 96-inch pipeline will transmit combined

sewage from CSO 044 in South Avenue to the

Midland RTF during wet weather overflow events.

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GREEN PROJECTS UPDATE

Green Projects UpdateThe month of September was another busy month for the green program. Several projects werecompleted with additional projects under construction.

Work was completed this month at Beauchamp Library, which marks the final renovations for the greeninfrastructure improvements at several of the Onondaga County public libraries in the City of Syracuse.Green infrastructure has been installed at Petit, White, Mundy, Hazard, and Beauchamp branches.

The renovations at City Lot # 4 are almost complete. The lot, located next to the I-81 ramp on N. StateStreet, is in the final stages of construction with reaming work to be completed in the sidewalk andperimeter of the lot and a few minor punch list items.

Reconstruction of the basketball courts at Barker Park is complete. The project was done incollaboration with the Courts-4-Kids program, an initiative of the Jim & Juli Boeheim and Carmelo K.Anthony foundations. With the courts now complete, attention will be focused on the additionalrenovations at nearby Leavenworth Park with an extensive bio-swale system being installed around theperimeter of the park.

The vacant lot program continues to advance projects. Construction began this month on sites at W.Onondaga, Putnam, and Hartson streets. The projects are on schedule to be completed by the end ofOctober.

The green street project on Otisco Street is near completion. Final punch list items are scheduled tobegin this month. The project includes extensive renovations to the sidewalk and curbs along the 600 &700 blocks of Otisco Street. A bioretention system was installed in the right-of-way between the curband sidewalk. The new green street will also feature the installation of street trees and enhancedlandscaping.

Status Summary - 2011 Projects

Completed 47Under Construction 13Total Projects for 2011 60

Status Summary - 2012 Projects

Projects Completed 14Projects Under Construction 14Projects in Contracting Phase 4Projects in Bid Phase 1Projects in Final Design 0Projects in 90% Design Phase 1Projects in 50% Design Phase 1Other Projects 2Total Projects (as of 9/25/12) 37

FACT SHEETGreen Park: Lewis ParkEnhancements

Project Description: This project is acollaborative effort between Save the Rainand the City of Syracuse Parks Department. Itwill provide improved basketball courts and anew parking lot, while helping to reduce524,000 gallons of runoff from entering thecombined sewer system annually.

A prominent feature of enhancements madeto Lewis Park is a new basketball court thatwill be made of porous asphalt, allowingstormwater to infiltrate directly through theasphalt surface and thus making the courtplayable even after a rain storm. Runoff willbe collected from Lewis Street to the north,Milton Ave to the east, walkways within thepark, and the court itself. This basketballcourt will be the third basketball court done inconjunction with Courts4Kids, an initiative ofthe Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation and theCarmelo K. Anthony Foundation.

Additionally, the parking area will be replacedwith porous pavers to help collect runoff fromstructures and walkways within the park aswell as from Lewis Street along the north sideof the park.

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Project: Lewis ParkProject Owner: Syracuse Parks Dept.Project Location: 305 Lewis St. & 825 Milton AveSewershed: Harbor BrookGI Technology: Porous Pavement (Porous

Pavers and Porous Asphalt)Capture Area: 30,000 sq. ft.Run-off Reduction: 524,000 gal/yrYear Contracted: 2012Bid Amount: $210,800Bid Date: 9/13/12Prime Contractor: ACTS II Construction

Conceptual Green Infrastructure Design

Aerial Image of Park and Basketball Court AreaPrior to Project Construction

Completed Bioretention Area at Beauchamp Library

Conceptual Rendering of Beauchamp Library Project

FACT SHEETOnondaga County PublicLibraries: Beauchamp Library

Project: Beauchamp LibraryProject Owner: City of SyracuseProject Location: 2111 South Salina StreetSewershed: MidlandGI Technology: BioretentionCapture Area: 13,000 sq. ft.Run-off Reduction: 226,000 gal/yrYear Contracted: 2012Construction Cost: $112,000Bid Date: 04/02/12Prime Contractor: Davis Wallbridge

Project Description: The BeauchampLibrary project is part of the OnondagaCounty Public Libraries (OCPL) “GreenLibrary Initiative,” a partnershipbetween the Save the Rain programand OCPL to capture stormwater whileproviding aesthetic benefits to thelibraries.

The Beauchamp Library projectconsisted of installing a largebioretention area adjacent to thelibrary building to capture runoff fromthe library roof, the main libraryparking lot and from East Colvin Street.In the conceptual rendering on thebottom right corner of this page, thegreen area represents bioretentionarea (also known as a rain garden) andthe purple outlines the areas fromwhich stormwater will flow into thegarden. The completed rain gardenarea is shown in the top right photo.

The bioretention area was designed tocapture this stormwater and have anoverflow that does not allow water topond more than 6 inches deep at anytime. This green infrastructure projectwill capture approximately 226,000gallons of stormwater annually.

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Before and After Construction Photos of TreeTrench along Rowland Street

Conceptual Rendering of Mundy Branch LibraryGreen Infrastructure Project

FACT SHEETOnondaga County PublicLibraries: Mundy Library

Project: Mundy LibraryProject Owner: City of SyracuseProject Location: 1204 South Geddes St.Sewershed: Harbor BrookGI Technology: Porous Pavement, Tree TrenchCapture Area: 12,000 sq. ft.Run-off Reduction: 213,000 gal/yrYear Contracted: 2012Construction Cost: $203,000Bid Date: 04/02/12Prime Contractor: Davis Wallbridge

Project Description: The MundyLibrary project is part of the OnondagaCounty Public Libraries (OCPL) “GreenLibrary Initiative,” a partnershipbetween the Save the Rain programand OCPL to capture stormwater whileproviding aesthetic benefits to thelibraries.

The Mundy Library project consisted ofremoving the entire existing parking lotsurface and installing a new porouspaver surface. The porous pavers weredesigned to allow stormwater toinfiltrate through them into asubsurface infiltration bed. Stormwaterpiping was also installed to capturerunoff from portions of the roof of thelibrary.

Additionally, a new tree trench wasinstalled along Rowland St. to capturestreet runoff. The tree trench wasinstalled with curb stormwater inlets toconvey water from the street into thetree trench. In total, these greenimprovements contribute to areduction of 213,000 gallons ofstormwater from entering thecombined system annually.

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Completed Bioretention Area at White Library

Conceptual Rendering of White Branch LibraryGreen Infrastructure Project

FACT SHEETOnondaga County PublicLibraries: White Library

Project: White LibraryProject Owner: City of SyracuseProject Location: 763 Butternut StreetSewershed: FranklinGI Technology: Porous Pavement, Rain Garden,

Rain Barrel, Infiltration TrenchCapture Area: 24,000 sq. ft.Run-off Reduction: 427,000 gal/yrYear Contracted: 2012Construction Cost: $183,000Prime Contractor: Davis Wallbridge

Project Description: The White Libraryproject is part of the Onondaga County PublicLibraries (OCPL) “Green Library Initiative,” apartnership between the Save the Rainprogram and OCPL to capture stormwaterwhile providing aesthetic benefits to thelibraries.

The White Library project consisted of aporous concrete area within the existingparking lot. The porous concrete area wasdesigned to allow stormwater to infiltratethrough them into a subsurface infiltrationbed. Stormwater from the roof of WhiteLibrary is being captured in two ways; (1) viarerouting roof leaders into a bioretentionarea, and (2) capturing stormwater in a rainbarrel. The bioretention area was constructedwith a subsurface infiltration bed that willallow for the infiltration of stormwater intothe ground.

Another green improvement at White Librarywas the removal of excess pavement in theparking lot, and the installation of a newinfiltration trench to capture stormwaterrunoff from Peters Street. These greenimprovements contribute to a reduction of427,000 gallons of stormwater from enteringthe combined sewer system annually.

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FACT SHEETGreen Roof at the Salina StreetPost Office

Project: Green Roof at the Salina StreetPost Office

Project Owner: US Postal ServiceProject Location: 2200 South Salina StreetSewershed: MidlandGI Technology: Green RoofCapture Area: 13,000 sq. ft.Run-off Reduction: 226,000 gal/yrYear Contracted: 2012Bid Price: $242,860Prime Contractor: Weatherguard Tecta America

Project Description: The Green Roof at theSalina Street Post Office highlights thegrowing partnership of the Save the Rainprogram with other municipal and federalentities in Onondaga County. This project isthe first Save the Rain project on USPSproperty to date.

This stormwater retrofit project installs agreen roof system on the entirety of the PostOffice roof. The green roof features plantingsin a lightweight growing medium on top of awaterproof membrane, designed to capturestormwater, irrigate the plantings, and allowexcess storm water to evapotranspire. Theexisting roof system will be removed prior tothe installation of the new membrane andplantings of the sedum turf. This projectcaptures a total of approximately 226,000gallons of stormwater annually.

Conceptual Rendering of the Green Roof at the SalinaStreet Post Office Project

Revised 9/27/12

Aerial Photograph of Salina Street Post OfficeRoof Prior to Green Roof Construction

Diagram of Green Roof Installation

FACT SHEETGreen Park: Wadsworth Park

Project Description: The Wadsworth Parkproject is one of many collaborativeprojects between Onondaga County andthe City of Syracuse Parks Department torenovate parks and capture stormwaterrunoff. The project consists of removingthe existing basketball court and adding aninfiltration bed, with 3 bioretention basinswhich will collect stormwater alongGlenwood Ave. and Wolcott Ave.

The bioretention basins will be plantedwith numerous types of plant species thatwill greatly improve the aesthetics of thepark. At the same time, these plants willassist in the infiltration and evaporationprocess of the captured rain water,preventing it from entering the combinedsewer system. The amount of stormwatercapture for this project is approximately1,111,000 gallons annually.

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Project: Wadsworth ParkProject Owner: Syracuse Parks Dept.Project Location: 1204 Glenwood Ave. and

Wolcott Ave.Sewershed: Harbor BrookGI Technology: Infiltration Bed,

Bioretention BasinsCapture Area: 61,000 sq. ft.Run-off Reduction: 1,111,000 gal/yrYear Contracted: 2012Bid Amount: $324,000.00Prime Contractor: Davis Wallbridge

Conceptual Rendering of Bioretention Basinand Basketball Court Removal (Credit: Viridian

Landscape Studio)

Conceptual Design

Existing Image of Park and Basketball CourtArea

GREEN IMPROVEMENT FUND

Green Improvement Fund UpdateThe month of September yielded a milestone for the Green Improvement Fund (GIF), eclipsing 100application submissions. During the month, the program received five new applications, bringingthe total number of applications submitted to the program to 102.

Several GIF projects are currently under construction. Some of the projects close to completioninclude work at Synapse Downtown, Loon Creek & McMahon Ryan properties, and the People’sCommunity Development Corporation.

Additional opportunities for potential partnerships are currently being developed and the programcontinues to review current practices to ensure program efficiency.

Green Improvement Fund Summary

Applications Received 102

Projects Completed 25

Contract/ImplementationPhase

49

Projects in Award Phase 3

Applications Under Review 8

Inactive/Ineligible 17

METRO WWTP PHOSPHORUSPROJECTS/TMDL/AMBIENT

MONITORING PROGRAMUPDATE

Metro WWTP Phosphorus Projects/TMDL/Ambient MonitoringProgram Update:

Metro WWTP Phosphorus Optimization ProjectPhosphorus optimization testing continues: bioavailability testing, microsand testing, PAC testing, mixermodification planning, and CFD modeling efforts.

Metro WWTP Phosphorus Work Plan ProjectFinal report in response to finalized Onondaga Lake Phosphorus TMDL to be distributed in October2012.

Ambient Monitoring Program

WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM

Tributary Sampling (September 2012) Tributary Bacteria sampling events: September 6, 13, 17 and 25. Tributary Biweekly sampling event: September 25. Tributary Quarterly sampling event: September 11.

Tributary Bacteria Compliance Assessment (August 2012)

Bacteria in Non-Compliance with the NYS Ambient Water Quality Standards (AWQS) for allTributary sampling sites:

Bloody Brook at Onondaga Lake Parkway, Sawmill Creek at Onondaga Lake Rec. Trail, LeyCreek at Park Street, Onondaga Creek at Dorwin Avenue, Onondaga Creek at KirkpatrickStreet, Harbor Brook at Velasko Road, Harbor Brook at Hiawatha Boulevard, and Nine MileCreek @ Lakeland (Rt 48)

Note:Compliance could not be assessed as the required minimum number of samples (5 samples/month) werenot collected at two (2) tributary sampling sites - Trib 5A at State Fair Blvd. (due to remediation) andHarbor Brook at Bellevue Avenue (no flow).

Includes data from additional samples collected as part of the on-going Microbial Trackdown Project(Phase 2) undertaken as a joint Onondaga Environmental Institute (OEI) and Onondaga County(OCDWEP) project.

Onondaga Lake Sampling (September 2012) Lake South Deep Biweekly sampling event: September 5. Lake Weekly sampling events: September 10 and 24. Lake Quarterly (South and North Deep stations) sampling event: September 19. Lake Bacteria sampling event: September 20.

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAM

Sampling Summary (September 2012) Completed juvenile seine event 4 on September 29. The fall adult fish electrofishing event was completed on September 26.

Potential Impacts of Alwives on the Onondaga Lake EcosystemIn 2003, alewife increased dramatically in Onondaga County’s electrofishing sampling program. As aresult of this observed increase, Onondaga County began a monitoring program for alewife in 2005.One of the goals of the AMP is to monitor the effects of Alewife on the trophic structure of OnondagaLake. The primary method used for alewives is gill nets, useful data is also derived from electrofishing.Since that time populations of alewife have been monitored with the use of special gill nets designed tosample alewife and with the use of hydroacoustic instrumentation supplied and operated by Dr. LarsRudstam from the Cornell Biological Field Station.

Alewife are a non indigenous species to Onondaga Lake and impact native ecosystems in a number ofways: They alter the zooplankton community.

Alewife are extremely efficient feeders on zooplankton. They feed selectively on largerzooplankton species which can directly impact nutrient dynamics and water clarity.

They out-compete other fish species for food.Other fish that are dependent zooplankton when young such as bass, yellow perch and walleyecompete with alewife for zooplankton. This competition with alewife for zooplankton has beenhypothesized as a major cause of the decline of many native species.

The feed on the eggs and larvae of other native fish species.Alewife are known to feed on the eggs and larvae of a number native fish species. This predationon the eggs and larvae by alewife is considered potentially more important than competition forfood in its affect to native species.

They can cause reproductive failure in trout and salmon.Alewife contain high levels of thiaminase, a group of enzymes which diminish the ability to storethiamin in tissues. Fish species that feed primarily on alewife such as lake trout can suffer from asyndrome known as early mortality syndrome which can cause increased mortality of the egg andlarval life stage.

They cause decline in native species.Since the establishment of alewife in the Great Lakes they have been associated with thepopulation collapse of several native species. In Onondaga Lake they may be partiallyresponsible for the recent decline in young pumpkinseed and bluegill.

They undergo periodic mass mortalitiesAlewife populations generally undergo annual die-offs and periodic mass mortalities. When theselarge scale die-offs occur a major problem to arise is that any predator that utilizes alewife as amain food source will have difficulty finding food, resulting in poor growth rates and increasedmortality.

An adult alewife collected from Onondaga Lake.

Juvenile pumpkinseed and largemouth bass populations can be adverselyaffected by large populations of alewife such as those found in Onondaga Lake.

LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY/MEDIA UPDATE

Legislative/Regulatory Update

Action Items for the County Legislature in the Month of September No. 142 – Approving the 2011 Industrial Wastewater Surcharge

No. 143 - Authorizing acceptance of the Westfield Trunk Sewer from the village of Manliusfor and on behalf of the Onondaga County Sanitary District and authorizing the CountyExecutive to enter into any and all agreements necessary to execute the transfer.

No. 144 – Authorizing acceptance of grant funds from New York State EnvironmentalFacilities Corporation Green Innovative Grants Program and authorizing execution of grantagreements to implement the intent of this resolution.

Action Items for the Environmental Protection Committee in the Month of October: ACJ Update

A resolution calling a public hearing in connection with proposed improvements for theOnondaga County Sanitary District.

Authorizing and ratifying the County of Onondaga to act as Lead Agency for the design andconstruction of new tankage or the retrofit of existing clarifiers and installation ofassociated equipment to meet NYSDEC permit requirements under the State EnvironmentalQuality Review Act (SEQRA) and the State Environmental Review Process (SERP),determining the classification of a Type 1 Action, adopting a negative declaration, andauthorizing the publication, circulation, service and filing of the Environmental AssessmentForm, and the negative declaration.

A resolution approving the construction of a sewer collection system for the Clay IndustrialPark in and for the Onondaga County Sanitary District of the County of Onondaga, NewYork.

A resolution authorizing the issuance of $5,614,000 bonds of the County of Onondaga, NewYork to pay the cost of the construction of a sewer collection system for the Clay IndustrialPark in and for the Onondaga County Sanitary District in and for said county ($5,614,000).

Further Expanding Onondaga County’s Save the Rain Green Infrastructure Program andauthorizing the executive to enter into contracts.

A Better Way ForwardBy Lisa BalcerakSeptember 2012

By reforming its entire stormwater management program andchanging the way residents think about water resources,Onondaga County, N.Y., evolved from the home of one of themost polluted lakes in the nation to one of the U.S. EPA's top10 green communities.

Beginning with a lawsuit issued by the state in 1988, thecounty underwent a series of consent judgments to reduce thefrequency of combined sewer overflow events that releasedsanitary flow and stormwater into Harbor Brook andOnondaga Creek, ultimately reducing the water quality of localwater bodies, including Onondaga Lake. The lake became aSuperfund site in 1994. In 1998, federal courts issued anamended consent judgment (ACJ) to Onondaga County toupgrade its wastewater treatment system within 15 years.

At the time, the county planned to satisfy the ACJrequirements by building more sewage treatment plants. Atotal of four treatment plants were scheduled along theOnondaga Creek in the City of Syracuse, where the majority of the combined sewer overflows were taking place.The Syracuse City Council fought the plan, filing lawsuits to prevent the county from demolishing homes insome lower-income neighborhoods. Ultimately the city council lost the battle and the Midland Avenue sewagetreatment plant project was completed in early 2008.

Switching to green solutions

In January 2008, just weeks before the finalization of plans for the second treatment plant, Joanie Mahoneytook office as county executive for Onondaga County. Previously a city council member in Syracuse, Mahoneydidn't believe sewage treatment plants were the best solution to reducing combined sewage overflows.

Mahoney asked contractors to hold their bids for 90 days so she could more thoroughly assess the situation.From previous experience with the Midland Avenue plant, she knew that green infrastructure provided veryfeasible options for improving stormwater management.

"I had an obligation to pursue a better way than just building another sewage treatment plant in downtownSyracuse," Mahoney says. "The information we had in 2008 was much different than the information mypredecessor had in 1988 when the consent order was first put together. They didn't have all the choices we havetoday, but there was an unwillingness to see what new technologies existed and maybe adapt the plan along theway."

The county went back to the federal court and asked for a one-year extension on the next milestone for theACJ. The request was granted. Mahoney's staff quickly assembled teams to explore green infrastructure,dusting off the research developed by a neighborhood group that had identified alternatives to the MidlandAvenue plant. The National Resource Defense Council presented its Rooftops to Rivers initiative to the county,showing how other communities use green infrastructure as an alternative to treatment plants.

Mahoney sought locals who wanted to change the status quo in water treatment, such as the Onondaga IndianNation. The group, which considers Onondaga Lake sacred ground, had previously been excluded from thedecision-making process.

In addition, community groups joined the movement because they opposed the construction of new sewagetreatment plants that would cause inconvenience during construction and be unsightly in the downtown area.Site preparations had already begun for the new treatment plant at Armory Square in Syracuse's thrivingdowntown business district, stirring concern from residents.

"The construction fence was up, the sign was up, the site was being cleared and there were big pipes on site,"Mahoney says. "People saw that it was real that the county was going to build a treatment plant in downtownSyracuse. It wasn't theoretical; it was real. It got more of the community's attention."

Once there was solid evidence that environmental alternatives would be more effective for meeting the ACJrequirements and less costly in the long term, even parties who once opposed Mahoney's redirection effortsbecame allies, including city officials and the Atlantic States Legal Foundation, which filed the original lawsuitagainst the county for the sewage overflows.

Requesting an amendment

After a year of planning, the county had support from many groups, including the EPA. Onondaga County wentback to the federal courts and asked that the ACJ be amended to include green infrastructure as a solution. As asign of commitment to a green infrastructure plan, and to further persuade the court to agree to theamendment, the county suggested aggressively increasing the required capture rate — previously set as 87percent capture by 2018 — to 95 percent.

"There was some hesitation from the court because there had been no precedent for them. There was nocommunity we could point to and say they were successful," Mahoney says. "It was a leap of faith by the federalcourt to agree to the green infrastructure. They did it because all the parties came together to ask for the samething."

On Nov. 16, 2009, the court signed a revised ACJ, and Onondaga County became the first municipality in thenation with a consent order that would require green infrastructure as a solution.

Save the Rain

At the heart of Onondaga County's new stormwater treatment system is a program called Save the Rain, whichkicked off in fall 2010. The program incorporates a green infrastructure initiative called Project 50, supportedby a Green Improvement Fund, a rain barrel program and an urban forestry program.

Project 50 was established as a goal to approve 50 distinct green infrastructure projects that return rainwaterand melted snow into the ground for natural filtration instead of unnecessary treatment in the sewer system.Projects are funded through public dollars and include green roofs, porous pavement, rain gardens, bioswalesand cisterns. In 2011, the county exceeded its goal by green-lighting 60 green infrastructure projects. Those

projects combined are expected to capture 43.6 million gallons of stormwater annually. Total investment forthe 2011 projects is $12.5 million.

One publicly lauded project is a green roof retrofitted on the convention center that captures more than amillion gallons of water annually. A particularly innovative green infrastructure project involves a water reusesystem on the local arena that collects and stores rainwater to make ice for a professional hockey team. Projectsrange in size from a porous sidewalk that captures 10,000 gallons annually to a green street project (usingporous pavement and tree trenches) that captures more than 5.7 million gallons of water annually. There aregreen infrastructure projects in private and public areas including schools, libraries, community centers, parks,museums, parking lots, golf courses, zoos and apartment buildings.

Green Improvement Fund

The Green Improvement Fund (GIF) is a grant incentive program for private landowners, sponsored by thecounty's Department of Water Environment Protection. The fund provides a financial incentive to propertyowners in the Clinton, Harbor Brook and Midland combined sewersheds to install green infrastructure projectssuch as tree trenches, planter boxes, porous pavement, bioswales, rain gardens, green roofs, green streetscapesand cisterns.

Property owners who submit applications for the grant are chosen based on how many gallons of water theirproject will keep out of the sewage treatment system and the cost needed to complete the project. Projects thatqualify for funding are those that provide the maximum benefit for the investment.

The GIF has proven to be one of the most innovative parts of Onondaga County's stormwater treatmentprograms.

"The public-private partnership [of the GIF] has attracted a lot of attention across the country because there isa real pressure on public dollars," Mahoney says. "We are partnering with private people to keep the water outof the municipal system. The grant makes the public dollars go further."

Rain barrel program

To get homeowners more involved, the county received a grant from the New York State EnvironmentalFacilities Corporation to offer free rain barrels to citizens within the combined sewersheds of Syracuse. Toreceive a rain barrel, homeowners need to attend a workshop. So far, the county has distributed more than 600free rain barrels for an estimated 2.1 million gallons of stormwater captured annually.

Urban Forestry Program

Tree plantings are an important part of the Save the Rain program because they absorb stormwater and reducerunoff. The Urban Forestry Program aims to plant up to 8,500 trees in Syracuse. The strategy has been to planttrees on properties where people want them first, to ensure the trees are maintained by committedhomeowners.

Currently, the city has a higher demand for new tree plantings from interested citizens than it can fill. In 2011,the city planted 407 trees that will capture 814,000 gallons of stormwater annually. The city expects to plantanother 1,000 trees throughout 2012, capturing another 2 million gallons of stormwater annually.

Program success

With the many green infrastructure projects supported by Save the Rain, Onondaga County expects to satisfythe ACJ 2018 capture rate ahead of schedule. Within the first couple years of the program, the county hasalready achieved 50 percent of its capture requirements.

Success, however, will be a double-edged sword for the county because once the ACJ order is satisfied, the lakewill no longer be a Superfund site and public funding will be cut.

There are many other benefits to the Save the Rain project beyond meeting the ACJ mandate. The county isavoiding all the energy costs of unnecessarily pumping and treating stormwater like sewage. For OnondagaCounty, using green infrastructure is estimated to save $20 million over the lifetime of the projects comparedto the lifetime costs of building and operating sewage treatment plants.

In addition, downtown Syracuse has seen a beautification from the green infrastructure projects. In 2011,Syracuse opened the Onondaga Creekwalk, a landscaped walking trail along the creek. Such a space wouldn'thave been possible if the three additional treatment plants had been built along the creek.

By going back to a more natural way of handling stormwater, the community has changed the way it thinksabout its future civic planning.

"There has been a mind shift from getting rid of water and treating it, to keeping it and using it," Mahoney says."The Onondaga Indian Nation has a mantra that they make decisions in the best interest of people living sevengenerations from now. People have embraced that around here. We aren't making short-term decisions abouthow to solve a problem for today. We are making more long-term decisions about solving issues for generationsto come."

In April 2012, the EPA awarded Onondaga County as one of the top green communities in the nation. Mahoneyhas taken that recognition seriously and wants to be a role model for other communities. By sharing detailsabout the Save the Rain projects on its website, www.savetherain.us, Onondaga County hopes to help pave theway for other municipalities to adopt green infrastructure.

"We will all be better if people move to a more environmentally friendly strategy for managing stormwaterrunoff," Mahoney says. "It's better for people who live here and better for taxpayers. There's a knowledge aboutstormwater that didn't exist five years ago. People want to be more environmentally friendly. People stop me inthe grocery store to talk about rain barrels and green roofs. It's been a great experience for the wholecommunity."

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Program Turns to Nature to Manage Pollution,Stormwater Runoff

The past 100 years have taken a toll on Onondaga Lake, which has given its shores and water to supportindustrial commerce, a regional transportation hub and urban wastewater utilities in the City of Syracuse. Thefactories that once lined the lake have nearly disappeared but the hard-driving industrial century took its toll,turning the lake into one of the most polluted in North America.

The community in upstate New York is looking to nature for solutions. A comprehensive green stormwatermanagement movement called Save the Rain is Onondaga County's plan to clean Onondaga Lake andmanage the city's stormwater by using green utilities.

The apex of the lake pollution crisis came in 1998, when a federal court, via the Environmental ProtectionAgency, put a Consent Judgment in place to improve water quality in Onondaga Lake and its surroundingtributaries. The County responded with aggressive planning, and in 2009 presented the federal court with aninnovative approach balancing gray infrastructure with green infrastructure for water management.

The order outlines several key steps through 2018 to prevent pollution, including sewer improvements and theSave the Rain plan to reduce sewer overflow generated by an annual 39 inches of rainfall and snow.

The County couldn't manage its wastewater and stormwater through a century-old sewer system that deliveredpollution to the lake. So, it made dramatic improvements at the wastewater treatment plant and initiatedseveral sewer separation projects to improve water quality and manage stormwater runoff. This is coupled withthe innovative Save the Rain program.

Green Solutions by Save the RainSave the Rain came together with intense positive community brainstorming and new leadership. Armed withan environmentally friendly vision, County Executive Joanne Mahoney united with partners throughout thecommunity to support the area's new "green" movement. She listened and built task forces to develop Savethe Rain.

The plan focuses on several large-scale and many smaller scale green projects that use sustainable solutionsfor capturing stormwater runoff, before it enters into the sewers and causes heavy flow periods that overflowthe system. The program includes over 50 distinct green infrastructure projects to return water to the groundinstead of the sewer system, and ultimately Onondaga Lake.

The goal by 2018 is to be able to capture 250 million gallons of stormwater through green utilities and an urbanforest. In addition, the program aims to reduce levels of lake bacteria and nutrients, especially phosphorous.

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The first of the new "green" projects was a city parking lot,which had previously utilized traditional asphalt with catchbasin inlets that drained directly to the combined sewersystem. The new parking lot design includes several featuresto collect stormwater on-site, thereby preventing it from everreaching the sewer system. An island of porous pavers withsix trees now captures the stormwater and this new featureacts like a sponge to soak up rainwater and percolate it intothe soil below the asphalt parking.

An island with six trees captures the stormwater and providesa lot of good shade. Water reaches the trees by way ofporous pavers, and this new center island acts like a spongeto soak up rainwater and store it below the asphalt parking.

Urban Forestry in SyracuseAnother component of Save the Rain is an urbanforestry planting strategy for neighborhoods throughthe city. This collaborative initiative supports theplanting of 8,500 trees and rain gardens by thecommunity and contractors in locations throughout thecombined sewer sheds.Tree plantings are important to Syracuse's strategybecause they will contribute to the capturing of the 250million gallons of rain annually. Trees, especially thosewith large canopies, naturally intercept stormwater andtheir root systems use the precipitation take upnutrients in the soil.

According to the Maryland Department of NaturalResources, the majority of trees in urbanenvironments live for less that ten years. This leads toa short and expensive planting and replacement cycle.It also deprives the community of the majority of thetree's benefits and cost savings, which are the mostsignificant once the tree reaches maturity.

A large tree with a 30" trunk diameter provides 60-70times the ecological services of a tree with a 3" trunkdiameter, according to a U.S. Forest Service study. Itexplains that the leaves of large trees provide greaterrainwater interception. The bigger the tree, the moreinterception it provides.

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Green infrastructure specialist CH2M HILL, OnondagaCounty's Green Infrastructure Program Manager, workedwith the City to outline a plan for favorable growingconditions. Key ingredients to growing large urban treesinclude large quantities of high-quality uncompacted soil,adequate drainage and irrigation, and aeration.

Onondaga County created favorable ground structures forits trees with the help of DeepRoot, the producers of theSilva Cell, an innovative underground growing system. TheSilva Cells support the sidewalk while providing plenty ofspace for lightly compacted planting soil to support thegrowth of mature healthy trees.

Construction is now complete for the city's first streets usingSilva Cells, Water Street and University Avenue. Manyother street improvements and tree plantings are underway.

Teamwork and Lessons LearnedSave the Rain wouldn't have been possible without thecollaboration between the county, city, local universities,community partners, residents and environmentalspecialists.

Representatives from the County's Department of WaterEnvironment Protection, City of Syracuse Engineering

Department, Law Department's from the County and City as well as Offices of both the County Executive andMayor, have worked tirelessly.

And their collaboration is paying off. Recently the EPA selected the community of Onondaga County andSyracuse as one of the nation's top ten green infrastructure partners. The county also has been honored bythe EPA Region 2 with its Environmental Leadership Award for the Save the Rain Program.

For her leadership and vision, County Executive Joanne Mahoney was recognized last year as a top ten PublicOfficial of the Year by the Governing Institute. She also was given the New York Water EnvironmentAssociation Frank E. Van Lare Award for her leadership on the program. The award is given to elected officialswho have made substantial and meaningful contributions to advancing effective water quality environmentprograms.

The community provides lessons to the water management industry. First, even under the harshest conditions,a green strategy for water management can be done. Secondly, green strategies can be effective. And lastly,the plan needs to come with a robust, long-term commitment for maintenance.

With its environmental efforts, Onondaga County aims to attract more residents to Syracuse, and for the firsttime in a long time, its population is on the rise. The community attributes this, in part, to its efforts to improvethe quality of life through an environmentally friendly infrastructure strategy.

About the Author: Matt Millea is Deputy County Executive for Physical Services, Onondaga County. He wasappointed to his current position in May 2012 by Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mahoney. He has morethan 12 years of public service, having served three New York State governors. He has focused hisprofessional efforts on helping to preserve and protect New York State's invaluable natural resources, as wellas working in water quality projects throughout New York state.

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Syracuse, NY, Sep 07, 2012 —Onondaga Lake sits right nextto downtown Syracuse, andafter that city's factories pouredcountless toxic chemicals andsludge into the water over more than 100 years, Onondaga became known as the mostpolluted lake in America. But today the final stage of a cleanup is underway. If you grew upnear Syracuse and your thoughts happen to turn to Onondaga Lake, certain words mightspring readily to mind: Words like dump, or putrid, or cesspool.

But that may not be the case for long. These days, hydraulic dredges are beginning tovacuum up a century’s worth of hazardous waste. Three are now working around the clocksix days a week in the southwestern corner of the lake, one of the worst hotspots ofcontamination.

Syracuse native John McAuliffe is the project director for Honeywell, the companyresponsible for the cleanup. He says Onondaga is “certainly” one of the biggest superfundprojects in the Northeast.

Over the next four years, Honeywell will spend more than $450 million removing mercury,PCBs and volatile organic compounds, the industrial waste produced by the Allied ChemicalCompany.

Only about 15 percent of the lake bottom will be dredged or capped with new material, butSteve Effler of the Upstate Freshwater Institute in Syracuse says that approach to theproblem is scientifically reasonable. He says the real test will come in the next five years:“Will the mercury content of fish flesh drop? That’s really a lot of what the taret is here onthis cleanup.”

But Onondaga hasn’t just been polluted by industry: For decades raw and partially treatedsewage flowed into the lake.

Fixing this problem has been the other major part of Onondaga’s cleanup, to the tune of$600 million in taxpayer money. The big push came when Onondaga County upgraded itssewage treatment plant after being sued by the Atlantic States Legal Foundation.

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That organization’s Sam Sage says the lawsuit was necessary because in that area, no onewas pushing to for a cleanup. “Central New York is a water rich part of the world”, he says,“so there was never a demand that we need this lake in order to fish or swim or go boating,because we had the Finger Lakes, we had the Great Lakes like Ontario, we had rivers, wehad streams.”

Heavy rains still send raw sewage overflowing into the lake. The county is nowimplementing a program to “save the rain” through projects like roof gardens and rainbarrels with a goal of capturing 95 percent of runoff by 2018.

New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation says its ultimate goal is to make thelake swimmable and fishable. It’s not there yet: There are strict limits on the number of fishyou can eat, and swimming is still banned, as it has been for almost 75 years.

Ken Lynch is overseeing the cleanup for the DEC. He says it’s time to start looking at thelake’s future, moving toward “handing the ball off to the community of saying ‘OK, what’sthe future use of this lake? What do you want to see for projects along the lake’?

Some of the last visible reminders of the bad old days are the huge piles of white waste onthe south shore, the byproduct of the production of soda ash, a chemical used inmanufacturing. The DEC says or the most part they are not hazardous and while they willbe studied there are currently no plans to remove them.

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Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development

Advancing Green Infrastructure in Louisville

Conference Date: September 13, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM -- 4:00 PM Place: Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville

Join us as we bring together diverse stakeholders from the public and private sectors to collaborate and explore new opportunities for expanding the use of green infrastructure in Louisville. These green techniques can be used to address the city’s wet weather pollution problems while beautifying our communities and saving money.Panel discussions will evaluate Louisville’s progress with green infrastructure to date, provide a national context for this progress, identify technical and policy barriers to the use of green infrastructure in Louisville, discuss “lessons learned” from a design and engineering perspective, and explore opportunities for future collaboration and coordination.Agenda9:00-9:20 Welcome and Importance of Green Infrastructure--Mayor Greg Fischer9:20-10:50 Louisville Examples of Green Infrastructure--Gordon Garner, CH2M Hill Phillip Gambrell, Luckett and Farley Architects--articulated pervious parking mats Russell Barnett, University of Louisville--subsurface storage Todd Harrison, American Life and Accident Insurance--green roofs Sarah Lynn Cunningham--residential water management 10:50-11:00 Break 11:00-11:30 Green Infrastructure Programs in Other Cities--Rebecca Hammer, NRDC Matt Millea, Syracuse NY 11:30-noon What are the barriers to green infrastructure?--participant discussion 12:15-1:15 Lunch served 1:15-2:30 Louisville Opportunities and Limitations--Gordon Garner, CH2M Hill

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Dr. Lauren Heberle, EPA Region 4 Environmental Finance Center--financing green infrastructure Wesley Sydnor, MSD--MSD's incentive program Marc F. Hult, formerly with USGS-- Louisville's groundwater regime2:30-2:45 Break 2:45-3:45 Addressing barriers to green infrastructure and where do we need to go from here? Panel moderator Maria Koetter, Metro Director of Sustainability Bhanu Calvert, DuPont Louisville Works Tara Brinkmoeller, Home Builders Assoc. Louisville Phillip C. Bills, Louisville Director of Planning and Zoning Vivian Llambi, Vivian Llambi & Associates, Inc. Cliff Ashburner, Kentucky Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council3:45-4:00 Conclusions and wrap up--Gordon Garner, CH2M Hill Hosted by Watershed Watch in Kentucky, River Network, & Natural Resources Defense CouncilCo-sponsors: Partnership for a Green City, Center for Neighborhoods, EPA Region 4 Environmental Finance Center, Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center and Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Green Building Council, Tetra Tech, Virginia Environmental EndowmentRegistration: $20 prior to September 10, 2012, $25 at the door. Includes lunch. Click here to registerFor more information, please contact Hank Graddy or Randy Strobo.

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Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney on cover ofMunicipal Sewer and Water Magazine

Published: Monday, September 17, 2012, 2:03 PMBy Michelle Breidenbach, The Post-Standard

Syracuse, NY - Onondaga CountyExecutive Joanie Mahoney graces thecover of this month’s issue of MunicipalSewer and Water Magazine.

The story, “A Better Way Forward,” isabout the county’s efforts to clean upOnondaga Lake, a Superfund site.Mahoney stopped plans to fix excessstormwater runoff problems by buildingmore sewage treatment plants. Instead,she is tackling the problem with a greeninfrastructure plan. The magazine saysOnondaga County is the first in the nationto convince a judge to allow such a plan.

At the heart of the plan is the “Save theRain” program – intended to returnrainwater and melted snow into theground instead treatment in the sewersystem. The plan involves green roofs,urban forestry, porous pavement, raingardens, bioswales and cisterns.

Mahoney told the magazine: “TheOnondaga Indian Nation has a mantra that they make decisions in the best interest of peopleliving seven generations from now. People have embraced that around here. We aren’t makingshort-term decisions about how to solve a problem for today. We are making more long-termdecisions about solving issues for generations to come.”

Contact Michelle Breidenbach at 470-3186 or mbreidenbach@syracuse.com.

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Onondaga County official to speak atWhite HouseBy Tim Killian SYRACUSE (NCC NEWS) - The deputy Onondaga County executive for physicalservices, Matt Millea, will be speaking at the White House on Thursday on the subject of greentechnology.

Millea will focus on the use of green technology in municipal stormwater systems, according toThe Post-Standard.

Millea will join three other experts from across the country, to discuss new financing strategiesto advance stormwater draining systems. The panel Millea will speak on is entitled, “Funding theVision: Funding, Financing and Valuing Green Infrastructure.”

Millea manages Onondaga County’s “Save the Rain” program, which works to prevent rainwaterfrom entering the county’s wastewater treatment system, according to The Post-Standard. If toomuch rainwater enters the wastewater system, then sewage can potentially flow into OnondagaLake.

The “Save the Rain” program is currently serving 12 local towns and villages, including the cityof Syracuse. There are over 90 green projects being worked on in Syracuse, with 14 more in thetowns and villages in Onondaga County.

Last year, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson designated Onondaga County as one of the nation’stop 10 communities for green infrstructure demonstrations.

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Save the date for "Save the Rain"By Gwendolyn CraigSeptember 19, 2012 - 5:55 pm

Stop by the "Save the Rain" program Saturday, Sept. 22 to learn aboutthe Onondaga Lake cleanup and other sustainability efforts aroundSyracuse.

Rain or shine, “Save the Rain,” a program dedicated to reducing pollution in Onondaga Lake,will host the 2012 Clean Water Fair this Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m.—2 p.m. at theMetropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant. The fair will update visitors on “Save the Rain”projects.

Honeywell, the company in charge of the Onondaga Lake cleanup, will be at the fair to give anupdate, said Onondaga County Administrative Assistant Mary Gates. Gates also said the fairwill show six or seven different kinds of fish from the lake.

Every hour throughout the day, two different tours will run. One tour is of the treatment plant.The other tour is a 45-minute bus tour around the city and Onondaga Lake to look at the city’s“green” infrastructure, said Gates.

The fair is also geared toward children this year. There will be a center with crafts, hands-onactivities and a bounce house.

Additionally, residents of Syracuse may get a free rain barrel at the fair, while non-residents maypurchase them at a reduced price.

For more information on the fair, visit savetherain.us/2012fair/.

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Onondaga County official to speak at White Houseconference on green technology Thursday

Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:09 AMBy Rick Moriarty, The Post-Standard

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Matt Millea, deputy Onondaga County executivefor physical services, will speak Thursday at a White Houseconference on green technology in municipal stormwatersystems.

County Executive Joanie Mahoney said Millea has been invited toparticipate on a panel entitled, “Funding the Vision: Funding,Financing and Valuing Green Infrastructure.” He will join threenational experts discussing innovative financing techniques usedto advance stormwater system improvements using greentechnologies, she said.

Millea oversees the county’s “Save the Rain” program, an effortto reduce stormwater infiltration of the county’s wastewatertreatment system. Excessive infiltration of rainwater overloadsthe treatment system, sometimes resulting in raw sewagepolluting Onondaga Lake.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality and theEnviironmental Protection Agency organized the one-day

conference to help develop ways to expand green infrastructure practices for managingmunicipal stormwater.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson last year designated Onondaga County as one of thenation’s top 10 green infrastructure demonstration communities.

The county this year expanded the “Save the Rain” program to suburban communities,funding 14 green infrastructure projects in six towns and six villages. There are more than90 green projects completed or underway in Syracuse under the program.

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Rain Barrel Workshops at the Save the Rain Clean WaterFair When: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Metropolitan Waste Water Treatment Plant: 650 Hiawatha Blvd. W. Syracuse Cost: Free Age limit: All ages Categories: Learning Workshop

Join Ronny the Raindrop to learn more about Onondaga County’s efforts to clean up OnondagaLake & Onondaga Creek.

There will be rain barrel workshops at 10:15, 11:15 and 12:15 (with a rain barrel painting station)• Learn how you can use a rain barrel to help "Save the Rain" and keep our water clean.* City of Syracuse residents are eligible to receive a free rain barrel. Residents outside the Cityof Syracuse can purchase a rain barrel for $95.50.

For more information, contact Amy Samuels at asamuels@oei2.org or call (315)443-1757.

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Please join Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection on Saturday, September 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for their annual open house to learn more about Onondaga County’s efforts to clean up and restore Onondaga Lake.

� Update on Onondaga County’s nationally recognized “Save the Rain” program � Learn more about Onondaga Lake’s recovery and view wildlife from the Lake � Tour the state-of-the-art Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant (tours

leave on the hour, every hour from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) � View equipment demonstrations and project displays from the County and

others who are working to improve water quality � Activities for the kids – including a bouncy house! � Attend a rain barrel workshop to learn how to use and maintain a rain barrel

to help save the rain* � Learn about potential career opportunities in the field of clean water

*Rain barrels are provided for free to residents of the City of Syracuse. The free rain barrels are provided through grant funding to city residents to mitigate combined sewer overflows. If you live outside of the Syracuse, rain barrels will be available for sale at cost (cheaper than retail) for one day only at the Clean Water Fair!

� More Information � Save the Rain website

Speaker: Save the RainLocation: Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant 650 Hiawatha Blvd. W.

Syracuse, NYDate: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM

URL: http://cepa.maxwell.syr.edu/events/150.html Center for Environmental Policy and Administration The Maxwell School, Syracuse University Revised 09/06/2012 15:16:10

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CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT EVENT ALERT

Onondaga County's Save the Rain Clean Water Fair

Come learn more about Onondaga County's nationally recognized green infrastructure program known as "Save the Rain". There will be demonstrations and displays on projects that are working to clean Onondaga Lake. There will also be tours of the wastewater treatment facility, which was updated to help clean up Onondaga Lake.

Rain barrel workshops will be held throughout the day. Residents of the City of Syracuse are eligible for free rain barrels. Residents of other municipalities in Onondaga County are eligible for deeply discounted rain barrels only available at the Clean Water Fair. The fair will also include activities for the kids and free food!

Where: Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant, 650 Hiawatha Blvd. W., Syracuse, NY When: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 9:00am – 2:00pm

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A Means to an End: Focus on sewers leads tocleaner Onondaga Lake

Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 3:00 AMBy The Post-Standard Editorial Board

It’s not Time or Vanity Fair. ButOnondaga County ExecutiveJoanie Mahoney savors her front-cover treatment by MunicipalSewer & Water magazine. Newthinking about sewage andwastewater treatment, after all,is close to her heart.

“There has been a mind shiftfrom getting rid of water andtreating it, to keeping it andusing it,” she says in the coverarticle. “There’s a knowledgeabout stormwater that didn’texist five years ago. People wantto be more environmentallyfriendly. People stop me in thegrocery store to talk about rainbarrels and green roofs. It’s beena great experience for the wholecommunity.”

Mahoney’s “Save the Rain”initiative is a key reason whyEPA Administrator Lisa Jacksonnamed Onondaga County one ofthe nation’s top 10 greencommunities in April. It also has led to a kinder, gentler cleanup of Onondaga Lake, aprocess begun a dozen years ago and due to continue for six more years.

A report to the community last week from the federal-state-local Onondaga LakePartnership announced that the lake is the cleanest it’s been in 100 years. Nine out of 10farms in the lake’s watershed are reducing pollution runoff. Honeywell International hasbegun a four-year dredging project that will remove hazardous waste from the lake bedadjoining its former industrial site and store it in Camillus. Biodiversity is improving in and

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around the lake: 199 species of birds now live here, including bald eagles, ospreys, heronsand kingfishers. Aquatic plant cover has increased 400 percent since 2000.

Central to the federal cleanup order of 1998 was upgrading wastewater treatment toprevent raw sewage and other pollutants from flowing into the lake from combined seweroverflows. The county originally planned to build four plants to store sewage during heavyrains.

Enter Mahoney and Save the Rain. After getting federal approval to change direction,Mahoney and the county moved ahead aggressively. Last year the county passed its goal offunding 50 green infrastructure projects — installing absorbent roofs, porous pavement, raingardens, bioswales and cisterns. These projects should capture 43.6 million gallons ofstormwater each year.

The savings multiply: another million gallons saved by a green roof at the conventioncenter; 2.1 million gallons from 600 free rain barrels the county distributed; 2 milliongallons from 1,000 new trees planted.

Keep in mind, too, that not building three big new storage plants should save the county$20 million in lifetime costs.

The partnership has worked with children all over the county to raise awareness of thecleanup process, with projects encompassing science and poetry. Other organizations haveused mini-grants to monitor and improve water quality.

The Onondaga Creekwalk became a reality this year, thanks in part to the turn away fromcreekside treatment plants. The expanding trail network extends along the lake’s easternand western shore, and could eventually loop all the way around.

This tangible evidence of progress and awakening awareness are worth celebrating. As thenew inner harbor takes shape, Syracuse is poised to embrace a lake it has abused andneglected for far too long.

From Grey to Green

By Elisa Speranza, CH2M HILL Operations & Maintenance BusinessGroup President and Enterprise Executive Sponsor for Sustainability

“I learned this 20 years ago, when I started driving a taxi: if you don’tmaintain the car, if you don’t keep it up, it will leave you.”

My taxi driver, an Iranian immigrant named John, could not haveknown that I co-authored a Journal AWWA article with my deardeparted friend John Cromwell in 2007 called “Asset Management Too

Complicated? Just think of your car.” The taxi driver, having learned I worked in the waterbusiness, spoke quite eloquently and accurately about the need for investment in waterinfrastructure, and compared it to his car. It seemed especially relevant since I had spent the day(September 20, 2012) at the White House Conference on Municipal Stormwater Infrastructure:Going from Grey to Green. The gathering, hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency andthe White House Council on Environmental Quality, brought together key stakeholders from thefederal, state, local, private and non-profit sectors to examine the benefits of widerimplementation of “green” infrastructure to address municipal stormwater management needs, toidentify barriers and evaluate options for practical action.

I spoke as part of the panel “Municipal Green Infrastructure Success Stories: Defining Benefitsand Barriers,” and shared stories about the great efforts our clients are undertaking with helpfrom CH2M HILL around the world, highlighting projects like ABC Waters in Singapore(contact avinash.patwardhan@ch2m.com). It was a bit of a blast from the past for me, as I hadspent many years working on wet weather issues during my time at the Massachusetts WaterResources Authority and Boston Water & Sewer Commission in the 1980s and ‘90s. I alsocouldn’t help mentioning the needs of my adopted second home, New Orleans, where the needfor green infrastructure to help with resilience and climate change adaptation is all too real.

My co-panelist, client and old friend Howard Neukrug, PhiladelphiaWater Department Commissioner, talked about his Green City, CleanWaters program, a 20-year stormwater management plan based ongreen infrastructure principles. The program is addressing the city’sCombined Sewer Overflow (CSO) challenges while transforming itinto an oasis of rain gardens, green roofs, treescapes, and porouspavement. I had a chance to work with Howard in the early days of the

Philadelphia program, back when such approaches were looked upon a little skeptically as“hippie infrastructure.” It certainly was gratifying for me to see that we’ve come so far that greeninfrastructure is practically mainstream now. And of course it always makes me proud to know

that Brian Marengo and our folks in the Philadelphia office and elsewhere have played a criticalrole in Philly’s success.

Many other CH2M HILL clients were also on-hand for the conference, including:

– Charlotte Katzenmoyer, Director of Public Works for Lancaster, PA. Lancaster’s GreenInfrastructure Plan, which CH2M HILL helped to develop, is already beginning to provideenvironmental, economic and social benefits for the city. Through the program, the Lancaster isworking to reduce the approximately 750 million gallons of polluted water (stormwater runoff)flowing into the Conestoga River and eventually into the Chesapeake Bay. (contact:brian.marengo@ch2m.com)

– Kevin Shafer, Executive Director of the Milwaukee, WI, Metropolitan Sewage District,facilitated the panel “Funding, Financing and Valuing Green Infrastructure: Opportunities andOptions.” One of his recommendations was to offer a federal income tax credit to privateproperty owners doing big green things at homes and business, such as rooftop gardens or usingpermeable pavement in parking lots. CH2M HILL is currently working with MMSD to developits green infrastructure plan. (contact: mark.mittag@ch2m.com)

– Tony Parrott, Executive Director, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati. CH2MHILL is involved in a wide array of projects in Cincinnati, including development of MSD’sSustainable Watershed Evaluation and Planning Process (contact: doug.baughman@ch2m.comor scott.haskins@ch2m.com)

Client Matt Millea, Onondaga County, NY, Deputy County Executivespoke on the “Funding, Financing and Valuing Green Infrastructure:Opportunities and Options” panel. The County’s Save the Rain andthe overall CSO implementation strategy, which CH2M HILL helpedOnondaga develop implement, have become a leading example ofgreen infrastructure approaches to managing wet weather impacts.(contact: matt.marko@ch2m.com)

On that panel, many potential funding options were discussed,including expansion of local stormwater utilities, public-private

partnership and leveraging private capital, and building green incentives into existing federal andstate funding programs.

Other CH2M HILL clients in attendance hailed from Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation,Cleveland (NEORSD), New York City DEP, Chicago MWRD, DC Water, San Francisco PUCand the Greater Cincinnati MSD.

It was clear from the dialogue at the working session that there is a growing awareness that greenapproaches are not just “nice to do” but actually are more effective, more comprehensive, andsave money in the long run. Clear themes emerged from the working session around the virtuesof an integrated, comprehensive approach, the value of sharing innovations bubbling up from thelocal level, looking for creative financing alternatives, and calculating/making visible the multi-

faced benefits of a green infrastructure approach. There was a real sense of urgency in the room,and recognition that the cost of inaction is high. EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepetalked about the “cumulative impact of a lot of little actions,” and the need to capture themomentum inherent in the constant change in our cities to work in new and more integratedways. The benefits of this approach are many, varied, and connected. I’m proud that ourcompany is right in the middle of the action, helping build a more sustainable and livable worldfrom the streets up.

Don’t miss this “Report on the White House Stormwater Conference” in STORMWATER thatincludes an interview with Speranza and a number of the organizations mentioned above.

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Saving the Rain in Onandaga CountyPosted on September 26, 2012 by Leda Marritz

There’s a great article in WaterWorld this month about Onandaga County’s comprehensive stormwater management

movement, Save the Rain.

The past 100 years have taken a toll on Onondaga Lake, which has given its shores and water to support

industrial commerce, a regional transportation hub and urban wastewater utilities in the City of Syracuse. The

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factories that once lined the lake have nearly disappeared but the hard-driving industrial century took its toll,

turning the lake into one of the most polluted in North America.

They’re using solutions like the Silva Cell to help keep the community and Onandaga Lake clean for the future.

Save The Rain “focuses on several large-scale and many smaller scale green projects that use sustainable solutions for

capturing stormwater runoff, before it enters into the sewers and causes heavy flow periods that overflow the system. The

program includes over 50 distinct green infrastructure projects to return water to the ground instead of the sewer system,

and ultimately Onondaga Lake.” The Silva Cell is being used on at least three of them.

The goal is for the county to capture 250 million gallons of stormwater through green utilities and their urban forest by

2018. In addition to this, they hope to reduce levels of bacteria in Onandaga Lake.

Read the whole article to learn more.

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White House Conference on Green Infrastructure

Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water ProgramSeptember 27, 2012 | Water Pollution

Last week I had the great opportunity to attend and speak at aWhite House Conference on Green Infrastructure convened bythe Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and theEnvironmental Protection Agency designed to bring togetherleaders in this area to figure out how to move forward the smartuse of rain gardens, green roofs, permeable pavement and othertechniques as a key strategy for clean water and vibrantcommunities.

The level of energy in the room was high all day, from thewelcoming remarks by CEQ’s Nancy Sutley, all the waythrough to the final break-out reports.

I spoke about our experience working to advance greeninfrastructure in Toledo, Ohio through demonstration projects,partnerships and policy change. One project funded throughstimulus money, the Maywood green streets revitalizationproject, has reduced flooding in basements and monitoringresults show the City could save millions by using greeninfrastructure instead of expanding their deep tunnel that carriessewage and stormwater when it rains.

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Others addressed funding and financing. Matt Millea, of Onondaga County, New York, spoke about the Savethe Rain program and how they are trying to bundle many smaller, decentralized projects together to apply forlarger loans instead of having to fund them all separately. Jason Scott with Eko Asset Management Partnerstalked about new opportunities to drive private financing to green infrastructure.

As Nancy Stoner, EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Water noted, people are no longer arguing about whethergreen infrastructure works as an effective way to manage polluted stormwater runoff. Now, the questions areabout how to build on the good work being done around the country – in places ranging from Milwaukee, WI toLancaster, PA to Los Angeles – to make use of these approaches a key component of water management morebroadly.

Many communities are starting to integrate green infrastructure into their local policies and permits, andAmerican Rivers supports building from these examples to adopt minimum performance-based stormwaterstandards nationally. This would provide consistency, level the playing field, and more effectively protect ourrivers and communities from polluted stormwater runoff. We additionally need continued federal fundingdedicated to catalyzing innovative projects, while looking for ways to capture new revenue sources, includingthose from the private sector.

There were many ideas put forward last week, including tax credits for green infrastructure and the benefit ofbetter coordination across federal funding sources – we’re looking forward to working with others to movesome of these ideas forward for cleaner rivers and healthier communities.

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Green infrastructure dialogue to continue atnational leadership conference in CincinnatiWASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 27, 2012 -- On September 19, the White House Council on Environmental Qualityand U.S. EPA convened experts from around the country to explore the barriers and solutions to using "moregreen and less gray" in managing municipal stormwater. The U.S. Water Alliance will expand the dialogue bypresenting the 3rd annual Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference October 15-17 in Cincinnati."This is an event still small enough to engage all attendees while large and diverse enough to grow theconversation," explains President Ben Grumbles, U.S. Water Alliance. "We're convening leaders from allsectors and regions, continuing key discussions from last week, engaging the regulators, expanding theaudiences, and opening minds by presenting innovative approaches."

The Leadership Conference is co-hosted by the CONFLUENCE Water and Technology Cluster of GreaterCincinnati. Influential policy makers will headline including The Honorable Nancy Sutley, Chair of thePresident's Council on Environmental Quality and U.S. EPA Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator forWater. As in past years, the Leadership Conference will shine a light on the best municipal models. Teams willpresent their cross-department/agency, community and business partnerships to demonstrate theenvironmental, economic, and social benefits of their programs. The Spotlight team presentations fromCleveland (North East Ohio Regional Sewer District), Denver, Kansas City, Syracuse (Onondaga County) andTucson (Pima County) will be complemented by Strategic Sidebars -- small group conversations that identifyopportunities and ways around obstacles. Roundtable Discussions will generate and share fresh ideas andnew perspectives.

There is enthusiastic support from the private and consulting communities as they elevate the best models ingreen infrastructure. The Leadership Conference is underwritten in-part by a grant from the United WaterFoundation with additional support from CH2M Hill, CDM Smith, Brown & Caldwell, Hatch Mott MacDonald,Black & Veatch, ARCADIS, Burns & McDonnell, AECOM and MWH Global.

Supporting Partner Organizations include the Alliance for Water Efficiency, American Rivers, Arbor DayFoundation, Association of Clean Water Administrators, Denver Botanic Gardens, Green for All, Low ImpactDevelopment Center, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition, TheConservation Fund, WateReuse Association and the WateReuse Research Foundation.

The Leadership Conference is organized annually by the U.S. Water Alliance's Urban Water SustainabilityCouncil. Through this educational forum the Council seeks to connect water, land use, parks, forests,transportation, energy, agriculture, and other sectors around the goal of revitalizing cities with multi-benefitprojects that produce triple bottom line results.

For more information, contact Lorraine Koss at 202.533.1819 or email lkoss@uswa.us.

About the U.S. Water AllianceThe U.S. Water Alliance (formerly Clean Water America Alliance) was formed in 2008 as a 501c3 nonprofiteducational organization whose goal is to unite people and policies for "one water" sustainability. A broadcross-section of interests is coming together through the Alliance to advance holistic, watershed-basedapproaches to water quality and quantity challenges.

FINANCIAL UPDATE

Financial UpdateContracts

New ContractsGreen Improvement Fund (GIF) Contract with Brownstone’s on Burnet for reimbursement of green improvements in the

Harbor Brook sewershed.

Contract Amount: $30,675 Executed: 9/7/12

Green Improvement Fund (GIF) Contract with 360 Warren Associates, LLC for reimbursement of green improvements in the

Clinton sewershed.

Contract Amount: $107,864. Executed: 9/7/12

Green Improvement Fund (GIF) Contract with Timothy Graham for reimbursement of green improvements in the Clinton

sewershed.

Contract Amount: $123,326. Executed: 9/7/12

Green Improvement Fund (GIF) Contract with Smith Housing, LLC for reimbursement of green improvements in the Harbor

Brook sewershed.

Contract Amount: $52,600. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Village of North Syracuse for reimbursement of green improvements relating to

Centerville Park.

Contract Amount: $94,378. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Village of Manlius for reimbursement of green improvements relating to rain

barrel distribution in the village.

Contract Amount: $3,000. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Town of Clay for reimbursement of green improvements relating to the

Bayberry subdivision.

Contract Amount: $420,000. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Village of East Syracuse for reimbursement of green improvements relating to

the DPWA garage.

Contract Amount: $115,000. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Town of Geddes for reimbursement of green improvements relating to Grove

Road.

Contract Amount: $348,500. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Town of Geddes for reimbursement of green improvements relating to the

Town Hall.

Contract Amount: $119,000. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Village of Fayetteville for reimbursement of green improvements relating to

Lower Village streetscapes.

Contract Amount: $360,000. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Village of Baldwinsville for reimbursement of green improvements relating to

Lock Street.

Contract Amount: $492,023. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Town of Manlius for reimbursement of green improvements relating to

Muirfield Drive.

Contract Amount: $10,500. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Town of Dewitt for reimbursement of green improvements relating to Park Hill.

Contract Amount: $123,000. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Town of Dewitt for reimbursement of green improvements relating to Franklin

Park.

Contract Amount: $219,000. Executed: 9/26/12

Suburban Green Improvement Fund (SGIF) Contract with Town of Camillus for reimbursement of green improvements relating to Shove

Park.

Contract Amount: $421,000. Executed: 8/30/12

Green Infrastructure Program (GIF) Contract with Cornerstone Paving for work on various vacant lots in the Harbor Brook

sewershed.

Contract Amount: $149,195.48. Executed: 9/7/12

Green Infrastructure Program (GIF) Contract with Cornerstone Paving for work on various vacant lots in the Harbor Brook

sewershed.

Contract Amount: $149,195.48. Executed: 9/7/12

Green Infrastructure Program (GIF) Contract with John R. Dudley Construction for work relating to Leavenworth/Barker Park.

Contract Amount: $654,450. Executed: 9/7/12

Green Infrastructure Program (GIF) Contract with Joseph J. Lane Construction for work relating to CSO 018 constructed wetlands.

Contract Amount: $2,672,888. Executed: 9/10/12

Green Infrastructure Program (GIF) Contract with Patricia Electric, Inc. for work relating to CSO 018 constructed wetlands.

Contract Amount: $120,440. Executed: 9/10/12

Amendments to Existing ContractsSave the Rain Advertising Contract with Retz Advertising & Design, LLC amended for development of CSO website.

Contract Amendment Amount: $31,600 Executed: 9/5/12

Change OrdersGreen Infrastructure Program (GIF) - Hughes Magnet School Contract with Acts II Construction amended to include vacuuming of porous pavement.

Change Order Amount: $456.72 Executed: 9/5/12

Funding

GrantsState Bond Act Funds Reimbursements requested in September:

None

Reimbursements received in September:Clinton Storage for $1,203,428.04 on 9/7/12

Total payments received to date in State Bond Act funds: $144,616,294.

Federal EPA Funds Reimbursements requested in September:

Harbor Brook Storage for $851,056.10 on 9/27/12Midland for $419,402.65 on 9/27/12

Reimbursements received in September:Harbor Brook for $803,925.93 on 7/31/12 (not previously reported)

Federal Army Corps of Engineers Funds Reimbursements received in September:

CSO 022/045 for $295,516.78 on 9/10/12

Reimbursements requested in September:CSO 022/045 for $671,768.21 on 8/31/12WQM for $8,806.54 on 9/11/12

EFC Loans Reimbursements received in September:

None

Reimbursements requested in August:Clinton LT for $179,717.70 on 8/1/12Clinton Storage ST for $953,477.65 on 8/1/12Harbor Brook ST for $1,212,134.55 on 8/1/12Midland LT for $505,252.26 on 8/1/12

Total reimbursement monies received to date through EFC loans for the funded ACJ projects:$188,403,461 (short term) and $53,278,098 (long term).

Project /Task/Line Item Total ProposedBudget

Expended ToDate

AuthorizationRemaining

Clinton Street CSO Facility Planning (Original)Engineering Services (EEA) $ 751,266 $ 751,266 $ (0)

Original Facility Plan Subtotal $ 751,266 $ 751,266 $ (0)

Clinton Street CSO Conveyances ProjectContract No. 1 - Phase 1 Conveyances (Delaney) $ 14,478,053 $ 14,478,053 $ (0)Contract No. 2 - Phase 2A Conveyances (Delaney) $ 4,074,455 $ 4,074,455 $ (0)Construction Testing (CME) $ 5,095 $ 46,980 $ (41,885)Engineering/Construction Services (CDM/C&S) $ 2,738,000 $ 2,746,814 $ (8,814)

Conveyances Subtotal $ 21,295,603 $ 21,346,302 $ (50,699)

Clinton Storage Project (1)

Construction Estimate (with contingency) $ 58,000,000 $ 29,495,172 $ 28,504,828Engineering Services (EEA and others) $ 8,500,000 $ 8,449,877 $ 50,123Construction Management and Administration $ 3,600,000 $ 3,600,000Project Escalation to Midpoint of Construction $ 3,500,000 $ 3,500,000

CSO Storage Subtotal $ 73,600,000 $ 37,945,049 $ 35,654,951

Facility Plan for CSOs 027 & 029Construction Estimate $ 3,100,000 $ 3,100,000Engineering Services (Ch2MHill) $ 88,944 $ 91,186 $ (2,242)Engineering Services (TBD) $ 770,000 $ 3,517 $ 773,517County Administration and Other Costs $ - $ -

Facility Plan Subtotal $ 3,958,944 $ 94,703 $ 3,871,276

Clinton/Lower MIS Green Implementation ProgramConstruction Contracts incl. GIF Public/Private $ 38,508,611 $ 10,603,748 $ 27,904,863Ch2MHill Program Management & Engineering 15,900,000$ $ 8,364,793 $ 7,535,207

Green Subtotal $ 54,408,611 $ 18,968,541 $ 35,440,070

Program ManagementProject Management (CDM/C&S) 1,811,903$ 2,301,553$ $ (489,650)Project Management for Facility Plan (CDM/C&S) (2) -$ $ -

Program Management Subtotal $ 1,811,903 $ 2,301,553 $ (489,650)

Miscellaneous County CostsLand Acquisition $ 4,132,400 $ 2,077,350 $ 2,055,050IMA $ 4,861,000 $ 3,912,544 $ 948,456Legal $ 64,564 $ 50,608 $ 13,957Consulting (John Clare & Mezey) $ 226,334 $ 226,334 $ 0Debt $ 175,832 $ 184,885 $ (9,053)Other $ 117,644 $ 186,860 $ (69,216)

Miscellaneous Subtotal $ 9,577,774 $ 6,638,580 $ 2,939,194

Total 165,404,101$ 88,045,995$ 77,365,141$

Authorized Master Budget 165,500,000

Notes:(1) Includes engineering costs from original Clinton RTF Project(2) CDM/C&S Project Management costs are included in the total facility plan costs

Total Project Costs

Onondaga County Lake Improvement Project4th Stipulation of the ACJ

Clinton/Lower MIS CSO ImprovementsSummary of Current and County Authorizations

Project /Task/Line Item Total ProposedBudget Expended to Date Authorization Remaining

Harbor Brook CSO Abatement ProjectOriginal Engineering Expenses 5,500,000$ 5,500,000$ -$

HBIS Replacement and CSO Abatement ProjectConstruction Contract No. 1 (1) (JJ Lane) 18,289,918$ 21,136,441$ (2,846,523)$

Other Miscellaneous Work 2,482,920$ -$ 2,482,920$Engineering/Construction Sevices (CDM/C&S) 2,012,615$ 2,592,296$ (579,681)$County Administration and Other Costs 114,547$ 139,239$ (24,692)$

HBIS Replacement and CSO Abatement Project Total 22,900,000$ 23,867,976$ (967,976)$

Lower Harbor Brook Storage & ConveyanceConstruction Estimate (with contingency) 34,502,000$ 6,332,680$ 28,169,320$Engineering Services (EEA) 4,200,000$ 2,223,177$ 1,976,823$Engineering Services (CDM/C&S) 3,390,000$ 245,212$ 3,144,788$Project Escalation to Midpoint of Construction 2,280,000$ 1,309,233$ 970,767$

Lower Harbor Brook Storage & Conv Total 44,372,000$ 10,110,302$ 34,261,699$

Harbor Brook CSOs FCF ProgramConstruction Estimate 12,000,000$ 12,000,000$Engineering Services (Arcadis) 1,878,731$ 93,661$ 1,785,070$County Administration and Other Costs 800,000$ 800,000$Project Escalation to Midpoint of Construction 400,000$ 400,000$

FCF Program Total 15,078,731$ 93,661$ 14,985,070$

Other Harbor Brook GreenConstruction Contracts incl. GIF Public/Private & Rain Barrels 9,300,000$ 2,142,148$ 7,157,852$Ch2MHill Engineering & Program Management 3,650,000$ 2,557,515$ 1,092,485$

Harbor Brook Green Project Total 12,950,000$ 4,699,662$ 8,250,338$

Program ManagementProject Management (CDM/C&S) 499,269$ 863,221$ (363,952)$Project Management for FCF Plan Implem (CDM/C&S) -$

Program Management Total 499,269$ 863,221$ (363,952)$

Harbor Brook Mitigation 3,500,000$ 3,265,000$ 235,000$

Total Costs for Harbor Brook CSO Area under 4th Stip 104,800,000$ 48,399,822$ 56,400,178$

Total Project Costs

Onondaga County Lake Improvement Project4th Stipulation of the ACJ

Harbor Brook Drainage Basin CSO AbatementSummary of Current and Proposed Costs, and County Authorizations

Project /Task/Line Item Total ProposedBudget Expended to Date Authorization Remaining

Midland Ave. RTF & ConveyancesMidland Phase 1 Conveyances - Construction $ 1,836,434 $ 1,836,434 $ (0)Midland Phase 2 RTF & Conveyances - Construction $ 53,372,390 $ 53,372,689 $ (299)Midland Demolition Contracts - Construction $ 748,483 $ 748,483 $ 0Other Construction $ 124,579 $ 124,579 $ (0)Phase 1 and 2 Engineering (Parsons & EEA) $ 14,717,163 $ 12,503,353 $ 2,213,810CME Construction Testing $ 213,745 $ 203,791 $ 9,954RTF Modifications (Construction, Eng, CM, Admin) $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000

Facility Plan Total $ 74,012,794 $ 68,789,329 $ 5,223,465 $ 5,223,465

CSO 044 Conveyances ProjectContract No. 6. - JJ Lane $ 7,701,898 $ 8,951,727 $ (1,249,829)Construction Contingency 5% $ 770,190 $ - $ 770,190Engineering Services (EEA) $ 664,921 $ 669,413 $ (4,492)Construction Management Sevices (CDM/C&S) see below $ -

Conveyances Project Total $ 9,137,009 $ 9,621,140 $ (484,131) $ (484,131)

FCF Facility PlanConstruction Estimate $ 5,000,000 $ - $ 5,000,000Engineering Services (Arcadis and others) $ 623,954 $ 22,752 $ 601,202Construction Management and Administration $ 210,000 $ 210,000Project Escalation to Midpoint of Construction $ -

Clinton Storage Project Total $ 5,833,954 $ 22,752 $ 5,811,202 $ 5,811,202

Facility Plan for Midland CSOsConstruction Estimate $ 14,900,000 $ - $ 14,900,000Engineering Services (Ch2MHill) $ 118,384 $ 121,368 $ (2,984)Engineering Services, County Admin, ect (TBD) $ 3,720,000 $ - $ 3,720,000

Facility Plan Total $ 18,738,384 $ 121,368 $ 18,617,016 $ 18,617,016

Midland Green Implementation ProgramConstruction Contracts incl. GIF Public/Private $ 7,500,000 $ 785,518 $ 6,714,482Ch2MHill Program Management & Engineering 3,202,341$ 1,325,418$ $ 1,876,923

Clinton Green Program Total 10,702,341$ 2,110,935$ 8,591,406$8,591,406$

Program ManagementProject Management (CDM/C&S) includes CSO 044 6,530,602$ 6,343,683$ 186,919$Project Management for Facility Plan (CDM/C&S) (1) -$

Program Management Total 6,530,602$ 6,343,683$ 186,919$186,919$

Miscellaneous County CostsLand Acquisition $ 1,806,946 $ 1,809,802 $ (2,856)IMALegal $ 182,323 $181,975 $ 348Consulting (John Clare & Mezey) $ 208,317 $ 194,317 $ 14,000Debt $ 635,031 $ 597,119 $ 37,912Other $ 509,615 $ 518,016 $ (8,401)

Miscellaneous Costs Total $ 3,342,232 $ 3,301,229 $ 41,003

Total Cost for Midland project under 4th stipulation 128,297,316$ 90,310,437$ 37,986,879$

Authorized Master Budget $128,300,000

Total Project Costs

Onondaga County Lake Improvement Project4th Stipulation of the ACJMidland CSO Abatement

Summary of Current and Proposed Costs, and County Authorizations

Project /Task/Line Item Total ProposedBudget Expended to Date Authorization

Remaining

Sewer Separation Construction ContractsCSO 024 (Falter) $698,864 $698,864 $0CSO 053/054 (Falter) $2,000,817 $2,000,817 $0CSO 038//40/046A/046B (Falter) $3,598,931 $3,524,487 $74,444CSO 047/048 (Falter) $1,654,022 $1,654,022 $0CSO 050 (Lane) $4,362,188 $4,362,188 $0CSO 051 (Lane) $5,037,280 $5,037,280 $0CSO 022/045 (estimated Project Costs) $6,750,000 $4,326,637 $2,423,363

Construction Total $24,102,102 $21,604,296 $2,497,806

Service Contracts (Engineering/Consulting /Program Management)ACE $484,286 $484,286 $0CDM/C&S $1,446,468 $1,332,171 $114,297CME $109,492 $49,704 $59,788Department of the Army $153,504 $153,504 $0Spectra $437,996 $437,996 $0

Engineering/Management Total $2,631,746 $2,457,661 $174,086

Miscellaneous County CostsCity of Syracuse $135,084 $135,084 $0Consulting (John Clare & Mezey) $101,425 $101,425 $0Debt $116,269 $106,269 $10,000Legal $14,235 $14,235 $0Other $13,540 $4,093 $9,447

Miscellaneous Costs Total $380,553 $361,105 $19,448

Total $27,114,401 $24,423,062 $2,691,339

Authorized by Legislature $27,684,286

Total Project Costs

Onondaga County Lake Improvement Project4th Stipulation of the ACJ

Sewer Separation of CSO Areas 022/038/040/045/046A/046B/047/048/050/051/053/054Summary of Current and Proposed Costs, and County Authorizations

APPENDIX

September 2012FINANCIAL TRACKING SUMMARY: FEDERAL & STATE GRANTS/LOANS APPROVED & RECEIVED

NYS NYS FED EPA FED EPA SHORT-TERM SHORT-TERM LONG-TERM LONG-TERM ACE ACEPROJECT GRANT GRANT GRANT GRANT EFC LOAN EFC LOAN EFC LOAN EFC LOAN GRANT GRANT

PROJECT NAME BUDGET APPROVED RECEIVED APPROVED RECEIVED APPROVED RECEIVED APPROVED RECEIVED APPROVED RECEIVED

METRO - CURRENTAERATION SYSTEM UPGRADE $8,500,000 $5,834,381 $5,834,381 $7,365,000 $6,868,954 $1,049,185 $14,613AMMONIA REMOVAL DEMO $2,000,000 $1,145,109 $1,145,109 Full-Scale $202,078BIOSOLIDS-MECHANICAL THICKENERS (c ) $14,676,422 $14,711,148DIGESTER MOD/CHEMICAL STORAGE $5,600,000 $4,319,819 $4,319,819 $4,938,419 $4,938,419 $775,509 $154,126DIGITAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS $2,900,000 $1,563,317 $1,563,317 $1,849,000 $1,849,000 $285,682 $3,833MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS $1,400,000ODOR CONTROL $7,700,000 $7,413,199 $7,389,197

PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL PILOT $5,000,000 Full Scale $1,936,991

CSO - CURRENTCLINTON ST CONVEYANCE & RTF $31,245,000 $54,120,000 $35,836,294 $37,788,890 $9,334,263 $15,603,494 $3,731,790ERIE BLVD SEW SEP STORAGE $3,000,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $2,301,876 $2,094,314 $923,162 $216,543FRANKLIN ST FCF $3,200,000 $3,828,053 $3,828,053 $4,726,762 $4,589,759 $1,179,012 $296,823HARBOR BROOK FCF $250,000 $384,200 $384,200 $343,500 $348,596HARBOR BROOK CSO ABATEMENT $5,444,000 $3,880,000 $3,880,000 $14,003,569 $2,727,380 $53,689,500 $20,000,000HIAWATHA INTERCEPTOR/RTF (a) $8,000,000 $2,710,169 $37,749 $3,406,000 $3,406,000KIRKPATRICK ST PUMP STATION $5,642,000 $7,502,302 $7,502,302 $12,000,000 $10,940,632 $4,246,376 $828,115MALTBIE ST FCF $250,000 $211,097 $211,097 $212,000 $188,106MIDLAND AVE CONVEYANCE $3,000,000 $26,055,238 $26,055,238 $34,900,616 $32,339,171MIDLAND AVE PHASE II & RTF $45,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $36,550,745 $17,785,646MIDLAND AVE PHASE III $27,000,000 $10,000,000MIDLAND AVE MITIGATION COSTSNEWELL ST FCF (b) $1,310,000 $367,737 $367,737ONONDAGA CREEK FCF $3,000,000 $442,154 $442,154SEWER SEPARATION (a) $7,704,000 $7,231,454 $6,756,274 $14,050,177 $12,415,020SIPHON REHABILITATION $1,230,000 $870,768 $870,768 $1,435,500 $1,024,433 $140,623 $1,958TEALL BROOK FCF $175,000 $1,045,162 $1,045,162 $1,236,594 $1,094,139 $188,809 $5,743WEST ST SEWER SEPARATION $1,000,000 $2,299,460 $2,299,460 $3,059,716 $2,481,443 $395,540 $6,621

OTHERAMBIENT WATER MONITORING $8,000,000OXYGENATION DEMO $2,400,000SEQR REGULATORY $50,000

TOTAL DOLLARS *$380,000,000 $162,900,000 $144,616,294 $103,609,200 $89,771,566 $263,603,257 $188,403,461 $110,912,881 $53,278,098 $17,456,177 $15,821,020

*Original budget figures were based on 1997 dollarsNYS includes awards beyond original pledge (i.e. civic strip)(a) NOTE: PROJECT IS US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT(b) NOTE: PROJECT RECEIVED $40,500 COST SHARE GRANT FROM (NYSERDA)(c )NOTE: PROJECT RECEIVED $87,500 COST SHARE GRANT FROM (NYSERDA)

$54,705,015$54,705,015AMMONIA REMOVAL FULL SCALE/STAGE II PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL $190,000,000 $47,331,203 $47,331,203 $108,000,000 $105,860,930 $17,200,000 $989,323

Lake Improvement Project Status Report For The Period Ending 9/30/2012

Project TitleACJ START

DATE

ACJFINISHDATE

COUNTYFINISH DATE

ORIGINALBUDGET(2)

AUTHORIZEDBUDGET ENGINEER

METRO - Current

1 AERATION SYSTEM UPGRADE 7/1/2002 01/03/00 8,500,000$ 6,925,115$ EEA

2 AMMON. REMOVAL DEMONSTRATION 11/1/1998 3/1/2000 12/31/99 2,000,000$ 1,350,000$ EEA

3 BIOSOLIDS - MECHANICAL THICKENERS 15,100,000$

4 DIGESTER MOD/CHEMICAL STORAGE 7/1/2002 10/31/00 5,600,000$ 5,092,545$ C&S

5 DIGITAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS 7/1/2002 06/31/01 2,900,000$ 3,520,317$ Systems Integrated

6 MISCEL. IMPROVEMENTS 7/1/2002 01/31/99 1,400,000$ 1,400,000$

7 ODOR CONTROL 7/1/2002 12/20/00 7,700,000$ 8,393,855$ OBG

AMMONIA REMOVAL FULL SCALE/ 10/1/2001 11/1/2003 11/01/03 125,000,000$

STAGE II PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL 10/1/2003 4/1/2005 65,000,000$

9 PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL - PILOT 4/1/2006 4/1/2007 12/31/00 5,000,000$ 4,300,000$ EEACSO - Current

CLINTON ST. CONVEYANCE/ 5/1/2003 5/1/2007 10/28/06 15,987,190$

CLINTON ST. RTF 5/1/2007 1/1/2012 12/28/10 15,258,090$

11 ERIE BLVD STORAGE SYSTEM 7/1/2002 04/13/02 3,000,000$ 2,684,523$ Barton & Loguidice

12 FRANKLIN ST. FCF 4/26/1999 5/1/2000 05/01/00 3,200,000$ 5,216,618$ EEA

13 HARBOR BROOK FCF 7/1/2002 07/01/02 250,000$ 889,109$ EEA

14 HARBOR BROOK CSO ABATEMENT 7/1/2002 5,443,980$ 104,800,000$ Moffa & Assoc.

15 HIAWATHA INTERCEPTOR/RTF 7/1/2002 12/31/00 8,000,000$ 6,047,183$ EEA/Parsons

16 KIRKPATRICK ST. PUMP STATION 7/1/2002 10/29/02 5,641,860$ 12,558,335$ EEA

17 MALTBIE STREET FCF 8/31/1998 7/1/2002 04/26/99 250,000$ 362,028$ EEA

18 MIDLAND AVE RTF & CSO ABATEMENT 5/1/1999 5/1/2004 12/06/00 75,000,000$ 145,368,853$ EEA

19 MIDLAND AVE MITIGATION COSTS 3,000,000$

20 NEWELL STREET RTF 7/1/2002 07/01/01 1,310,000$ 473,132$ Moffa & Assoc.

21 ONONDAGA CREEK FCF 7/1/2002 07/01/02 3,000,000$ 648,342$ Parsons

22 SEWER SEPARATION 1/1/2012 01/01/12 7,703,880$ 27,684,286$ OBG

23 SIPHON REHABILITATION 7/1/2002 06/11/99 1,230,000$ 1,026,391$ C&S

24 TEALL BROOK FCF 7/1/2002 12/01/01 175,000$ 1,235,346$ EEA

25 WEST ST SEWER SEPARATION 5/1/1999 01/14/00 1,000,000$ 2,720,572$ CHA

26 ERIE BLVD CSO ABATEMENT New ProjectOTHER

27 AMBIENT WATER MONITORING 7/1/2002 8,000,000$

28 OXYGENATION DEMO PROJECT 5/1/1999 4/1/2003 02/25/04 2,400,000$ 10,087$

29 SEQRA REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (1) 50,000$ 50,000$ Parsons

TOTAL DOLLARS (2) * 380,000,000$ 655,742,866$

*Original budget figures were based on 1997 dollars

(1) SEQR costs are reflected in the individual projects under total payments to date(2) Original budget figures were based on 1997 dollars

10 165,500,042$ EEA

8 129,386,187$ EEA

Lake Improvement Project Status Report For The Period Ending 9/30/2012

SOFT COSTCONTRACTS

CONSTRUCTIONCONTRACTAMOUNTS

TOTALPAYMENTS TO

DATEFORECASTED

COSTS

TOTALESTIMATED

COSTOVER/UNDER

BUDGET% COMPLETEDEXPENDITURES

1 352,747$ 6,473,110$ 6,925,115$ 6,925,115$ (1,574,885)$ 100.00%

2 1,346,856$ 1,347,187$ 1,347,187$ (652,813)$ 100.00%

3 1,266,345$ 13,111,105$ 14,786,688$ 5,500$ 14,792,188$ 14,792,188$ 99.96%

4 748,386$ 4,357,480$ 5,092,545$ 5,092,545$ (507,455)$ 100.00%

5 451,713$ 2,974,514$ 3,520,317$ 3,520,317$ 620,317$ 100.00%

6 1,400,000$ 1,400,000$ -$ 100.00%

7 999,299$ 6,956,868$ 8,393,855$ 8,393,855$ 693,855$ 100.00%

9 4,055,734$ 4,111,714$ 2,109$ 4,113,823$ (886,178)$ 99.95%

11 901,556$ 1,734,929$ 2,684,523$ 2,684,523$ (315,477)$ 100.00%

12 973,543$ 3,920,238$ 4,948,516$ 2,018,689$ 6,967,205$ 3,767,205$ 71.03%

13 436,363$ 373,370$ 889,109$ 889,109$ 639,109$ 100.00%

14 17,035,606$ 57,147,790$ 48,399,820$ 56,400,180$ 104,800,000$ 99,356,020$ 46.18%

15 540,945$ 5,535,152$ 6,047,183$ 3,406,000$ 9,453,183$ 1,453,183$ 63.97%

16 2,520,394$ 9,882,154$ 12,558,335$ 12,558,335$ 6,916,475$ 100.00%

17 109,483$ 152,418$ 362,028$ 362,028$ 112,028$ 100.00%

18 24,332,462$ 67,195,923$ 90,310,438$ 37,989,562$ 128,300,000$ 53,300,000$ 70.39%

19 3,000,000$ -$ 3,000,000$ 3,000,000$ 100.00%

20 472,572$ 473,132$ 473,132$ (836,868)$ 100.00%

21 503,551$ 648,342$ 648,342$ (2,351,658)$ 100.00%

22 1,953,173$ 23,273,830$ 24,423,062$ 1,532,684$ 25,955,746$ 18,251,866$ 94.10%

23 1,021,823$ 1,026,391$ 1,026,391$ (203,609)$ 100.00%

24 320,039$ 903,566$ 1,235,346$ 1,235,346$ 1,060,346$ 100.00%

25 403,332$ 2,311,126$ 2,720,572$ 2,720,572$ 1,720,572$ 100.00%

26 -$

27 15,849,937$ -$ -$

28 10,087$ 10,087$ 10,087$ (2,389,913)$ 100.00%

29

114,370,357$ 416,996,286$ 477,898,276$ 178,808,771$ 640,857,110$ 268,907,110$

53.20%102,708,079$10 88,045,995$ 77,454,047$ 165,500,042$33,346,306$ 134,254,762$

128,688,040$8 100.00%21,289,868$ 106,962,810$ 128,688,040$ (61,311,960)$

September 2012

Project Title

TOTALPAYMENTS TODATE 9-30-12

TOTALPAYMENTS TODATE 8-31-12 Change

METRO - Current

1 AERATION SYSTEM UPGRADE 6,925,115$ 6,925,115$ -$

2 AMMON. REMOVAL DEMONSTRATION 1,347,187$ 1,347,187$ -$

3 BIOSOLIDS - MECHANICAL THICKENERS 14,786,688$ 14,784,853$ 1,834$

4 DIGESTER MOD/CHEMICAL STORAGE 5,092,545$ 5,092,545$ -$

5 DIGITAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS 3,520,317$ 3,520,317$ -$

6 MISCEL. IMPROVEMENTS 1,400,000$ 1,400,000$ -$

7 ODOR CONTROL 8,393,855$ 8,393,855$ -$8 AMMONIA REMOVAL FULL SCALE/ 128,688,040$ 128,688,040$ -$

STAGE II PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL -$ -$

9 PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL - PILOT 4,111,714$ 4,111,714$ -$CSO - Current -$

10 CLINTON ST. CONVEYANCE/ 88,045,995$ 82,940,879$ 5,105,115$

CLINTON ST. RTF -$ -$

11 ERIE BLVD STORAGE SYSTEM 2,684,523$ 2,684,523$ -$

12 FRANKLIN ST. FCF 4,948,516$ 4,948,516$ -$

13 HARBOR BROOK FCF 889,109$ 889,109$ -$

14 HARBOR BROOK CSO ABATEMENT 48,399,820$ 47,010,107$ 1,389,714$

15 HIAWATHA INTERCEPTOR/RTF 6,047,183$ 6,047,183$ -$

16 KIRKPATRICK ST. PUMP STATION 12,558,335$ 12,558,335$ -$

17 MALTBIE STREET FCF 362,028$ 362,028$ -$

18 MIDLAND AVE RTF & CSO ABATEMENT 90,310,438$ 89,905,865$ 404,572$

19 MIDLAND AVE MITIGATION COSTS 3,000,000$ 3,000,000$ -$

20 NEWELL STREET RTF 473,132$ 473,132$ -$

21 ONONDAGA CREEK FCF 648,342$ 648,342$ -$

22 SEWER SEPARATION 24,423,062$ 23,615,581$ 807,481$

23 SIPHON REHABILITATION 1,026,391$ 1,026,391$ -$

24 TEALL BROOK FCF 1,235,346$ 1,235,346$ -$

25 WEST ST SEWER SEPARATION 2,720,572$ 2,720,572$ -$

26 ERIE BLVD CSO ABATEMENT -$ -$ -$OTHER

27 AMBIENT WATER MONITORING 15,849,937$ 15,849,937$ -$

28 OXYGENATION DEMO PROJECT 10,087$ 10,087$ -$

29 SEQRA REGULATORY COMPLIANCE -$ -$ -$

-$

TOTAL DOLLARS 477,898,276$ 470,189,559$ 7,708,717$

Chronologyof

Project Construction Starts

Status LocationPre-ACJ Signing (1/20/98)

General Improvements Complete Metro Odor Control and Residuals Handling Complete Metro

1998 Digital Systems Upgrade Complete Metro Ammonia Removal Demonstration Complete Metro Aeration System Upgrade Complete Metro Hiawatha RTF - ACOE Complete Regional Market Newell St. RTF Demo/Improvements Complete W.Newell/Vale St. Maltbie St. FCF Complete Maltbie/Plum St. Siphon Rehab Complete Various

1999 Digester Modifications/Chemical Storage Complete Metro Franklin St. FCF Complete I-690/Franklin West Street Sewer Separation Complete W. Genesee, Plum, Tracy,

N. West St. Ammonia Trackdown Complete Metro

2000 Midland Ave. Conveyance Phase I Complete Tallman/Oxford St. Phosphorus Removal – Phase I Pilot Complete Metro

2001 Erie Blvd. Storage System Upgrade Complete Franklin to Teall Full Scale Ammonia Removal/

Stage II Phosphorus Removal Complete Metro Kirkpatrick St. Pump Station & Force Main Complete Kirkpatrick St. Onondaga Creek FCF Complete Inner Harbor Teall Brook FCF Complete Teall Ave. Water Street Sewer Separation (CSO 024) Complete Water Street

2002 Harbor Brook FCF Complete W.Hiaw./I-690 Brighton Ave Sewer Separation (CSO 053/054) Complete Brighton/Bishop Ave

Project Status Location

2004

Tallman/Onondaga Sewer Separation Complete Tallman/Onondaga(CSO 038, 040, 046A &046B)

Midland Phase II RTF/Conveyances Complete Blaine/Oxford St.

2005

Phosphorus Removal – Phase II Pilot Complete Metro Biosolids Handling Improvements Complete Metro

2006

Sewer Separation – CSO 047 & 048 Complete South Ave/ Bissell St.

2007

Sewer Separation – CSO 050 Complete Parkway/Rockland Clinton Phase I Conveyances Complete

2008

Clinton Phase IIA Conveyances Complete

2009

Sewer Separation – CSO 051 Complete Colvin St.

2010

Harbor Brook Interceptor Sewer Authorized/Underway Velasko/Fayette

2011 Midland CSO 044 Authorized/Underway W. Castle/South Ave Clinton Storage Facility Authorized/Underway Armory Square Lower Harbor Brook (Conveyance & Storage) Authorized/Underway Hiawatha/State Fair Blvd. Save the Rain Green Projects Authorized/Underway Various CSO 022 Sewer Separation Project Authorized/Underway West Genesee/Franklin CSO 045 Sewer Separation Project Authorized/Underway South Avenue

2012 Save the Rain Green Projects Authorized/Underway Various

AERATION SYSTEM UPGRADEBongiovanni Construction (General) 5,626,956.41$Ridley Electric (Electrical) 846,154.00$

DIGITAL SYSTEM UPGRADESystems Integrated 2,974,514.27$

ODOR CONTROL CONTRACT #1Falconet, Inc. (General) 4,872,660.53$Scriba Electric (Electrical) 315,580.30$Burns Bros. (Heating/Ventilation) 82,459.00$Burns Bros. (Plumbing) 50,168.00$

ODOR CONTROL CONTRACT #2Murnane Construction 1,636,000.00$

PHASE III IMPORVEMENTS CONTRACT 1 - DIGESTER & LAGOONIMPROVEMENTS

Maxim Construction 645,730.74$

PHASE III IMPROVEMENTS CONTACT 2 - CHEMICAL STORAGE & FEEDFACILITIES

C.O. Falter Construction Corp. (General) 2,527,300.08$Barry & Barry Electrical Co. (Electrical) 193,665.22$Burns Bros. (HVAC) 224,232.51$Edward Joy Company (Plumbing) 38,669.35$

PHASE III IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT 3 - DIGESTER & LAGOON CLEANINGWaste Stream Environmental Inc. 727,881.80$

FULL SCALE AMMONIA/PHOSPOHORUS REMOVAL - FIELD OFFICEJames & Son Constrcution 28,388.00$Resun Leasing, Inc. 112,224.00$Ridley Electric Co. 32,295.00$Burns Brothers 18,440.00$

FULL SCALE AMMONIA/PHOSPHORUS REMOVALU.S. Filter - Kruger Products, Inc. 8,261,182.00$U.S. Filter - Kruger Products, Inc. 3,918,080.00$

CONTRACTORS FOR

Metro Treatment PlantCONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

FULL SCALE AMMONIA/PHOSPHORUS REMVOALSITE PREPARATION - CONTRACT 2C.O. Falter Construction Corp. (General) 22,243,604.98$Ridley Electric (Electrical) 255,627.00$C.O. Falter Construction Corp. (Pile Testing) 431,008.00$Moretrench Environmental 4,602,086.57$

PILE INSTALLATION - CONTRACT 3M.A. Bongiovanni Construction 9,045,731.95$

GENERAL - CONTRACT 4The Pike Company (General) 46,860,263.46$Ridley Electric Co. (Electrical) 6,927,238.00$Edward Joy Company (HVAC) 3,009,057.61$Burns Brothers (Plumbing/Fire Protection) 1,217,583.74$

BIOSOLIDS HANDLING IMPROVEMENTSC. O. Falter Construction Corp. (General) 10,929,016.19$Ridley Electric (Electrical) 1,476,223.00$Airside Technology (HVAC) 532,187.00$Burns Bros. (Plumbing) 173,679.09$

CLINTON CONVEYANCES PHASE I & 2AThe Delaney Group, Inc. 14,478,053.39$The Delaney Group, Inc. 4,074,455.32$SIDA 2,620,015.43$MOU (City of Syracuse) 168,000.00$

CLINTON CSO ABATEMENTRuston Paving (Farmers' market Lot) 188,046.14$Davis Wallbridge (Pearl St/Lot 3) 635,873.93$Davis Wallbridge (Townsend St.) 476,625.39$J&B (Pirro Conv. Center) 1,083,727.39$C.O. Falter (War Memorial) 692,298.87$Ridley (War Memorial) 436,060.22$Economy Paving (On Center) 1,044,969.49$J&B (Erie Canal Museum) 73,480.00$Jett Industries (Clinton Storage) 70,435,000.00$Joy Process Mechanical (Cistern War Memorial) 82,615.00$C&S Technical (Cistern War Memorial) 205,304.56$Green Culture (Rain Barrels) 44,335.50$Syracuse Utilities (Duct Bank) 59,982.56$Water Cooling Corp. (Storage Tank) 2,875.00$Walbridge (Streetscape/Water St) 1,190,704.50$

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTSMetro Treatment Plant

CSO's

CONTRACTORS FOR

Ruston Paving (Sunnycrest Parking Lot) 410,372.00$MA Bongiovanni Inc. 3,000.00$Acts II Construction (Skiddy Park) 546,259.46$D.E. Tarolli (Otisco Street) 1,573,552.49$Orchard Earth & Pipe (Syr School dist Park Lot) 403,500.00$Slate Hill Construction (E. Water St) 147,952.84$Davis Wallbriddge (Onon Cty Pub Library) 316,000.00$Tumbers (Trees) 108,708.00$Acts II (Seymour Academy) 367,000.00$Paul R. Vitale (City Lot 4) 587,000.00$VIP (Onon Public Library) 54,160.06$Ballard Construction (Westcott Comm Ctr) 52,500.00$Jeffrey DeRoberts (GIF) 99,311.00$King & King Architects (GIF) 100,000.00$Jefferson Clinton Commons (GIF) 100,000.00$ESF Foundation, Abby Lane Housing (GIF) 78,000.00$Hotel Skyler (GIF) 100,000.00$Near West Side Initiatives, Inc. (GIF) 22,730.69$Near West Side Initiatives, Inc. (GIF) 78,000.00$Tash Taskale (GIF) 89,211.00$St. Lucy's Church (GIF) 125,000.00$Putnam Properties (GIF) 75,757.00$Centro (GIF) 65,390.00$500 W. Onondaga St. Inc. (GIF) 52,740.00$CNY Jazz Arts Foundation (GIF) 52,188.00$Jim & Juli Boeheim Foundation (GIF) 163,203.51$Home Headquarters, Inc. (GIF) 36,045.00$Galleries of Syr, 147 E. Onondaga St. (GIF) 100,000.00$Syracuse Housing (GIF) 120,290.00$Kopp billing Agency (GIF) 25,300.00$American Beech (GIF) 53,050.00$Park Central Presbyterian Church (GIF) 61,050.00$CNY Philanthropy (GIF) 62,700.00$Loon Creek (GIF) 137,350.00$McMahan/Ryan Child Advocacy (GIF) 178,050.00$St. Lucy's Church (GIF) 17,700.00$St. Lucy's Church (GIF) 51,900.00$500 W. Onondaga St. Inc. (GIF) 34,347.00$Our Lady of Pompei (GIF) 142,031.00$Onondaga Commons LLC (GIF) 124,200.00$Onondaga Commons LLC (GIF) 199,500.00$Onondaga Commons LLC (GIF) 198,949.00$Onondaga Commons LLC (GIF) 77,800.00$Gemmi Boy (GIF) 47,537.00$Mr. Lady Bug (GIF) 46,700.00$Grace Episcopal Church (GIF) 99,400.00$Snapse Downtown (GIF) 35,700.00$

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTSCSO's (cont)

CONTRACTORS FOR

Housing Visions Unlimited (GIF) 194,650.00$Near West Side Initiatives, Inc. (GIF) 34,500.00$Scannell Properties (GIF) 204,000.00$

ERIE BOULEVARD STORAGE SYSTEMM. Hubbard Construction 1,556,752.00$Ridley Electric (Electrical) 154,059.00$Endeco/YSI (SE33923) 24,117.90$

FRANKLIN STREET FCFBurns Bros. (Mechanical) 179,167.67$Scriba electric (Electrical) 144,640.61$Burns Bros. (Plumbing) 28,400.00$Maxim 3,568,029.43$

HARBOR BROOK CSO ABATEMENTJoseph J. Lane Construction (Interceptor Sewer Replacement) 22,525,985.00$Bette Cring (Elephant Barn Greening) 207,701.00$John Dudley Construction (Geddes St) 231,807.24$J&B Installaions (Hazard Library/Erie Canal Museum) 67,275.00$Economy Paving (Rosamond Gifford Zoo) 688,638.00$J.J. Lane (Lower HB) 4,147,888.00$A.J. Montclair (HB CSO Storage) 260,000.00$C.O. Falter (HB CSO Storage) 25,039,101.00$Davis Wallbridge (onon Cty Pub Library) 376,000.00$Cornerstone Paving (Parking Lots) 149,195.48$Green Culture 80,665.00$Tumbers 41,863.00$City of Syracuse 3,342,875.63$VIP 54,160.06$Steadman Old Farm 11,480.00$Butler 11,053.85$OnSite 8,755.00$J J Lane (CSO 18) 2,672,888.00$Vibrant Spaces, LLC (GIF) 153,618.00$NYSARC, Inc. (GIF) 95,053.00$Consuela's Westside Taqueria (GIF) 47,552.00$PEACE (GIF) 28,700.00$Vibrant Spaces, LLC (GIF) 199,781.00$

HARBOR BROOK FCFC.O. Falter Construction Corp. (General) 373,370.21$

KIRKPATRICK ST. PUMP STATION & FORCE MAINC.O. Falter Construction Corp. 4,398,009.12$C.O. Falter Construction Corp. 4,425,766.31$

CSO's (cont)

CONTRACTORS FORCONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Patricia Electric 761,184.63$King & King Mechanical 245,569.51$G.J. Adams Plumbing 51,624.16$

MALTBIE STREET FCFOver & Under Piping 152,418.00$

MIDLAND AVENUE CONVEYANCESMarcellus Construction (General) 1,836,434.47$

MIDLAND AVENUE PHASE II CONVEYANCES & RTFEmpire Dismantlement Corp. (Demolition) 457,681.50$Murnane Building Contractors, Inc. (General) 47,929,392.75$Ridley Electric Company (Electrical) 2,904,771.00$Edward Joy Company (HVAC) 2,053,808.50$Edward Joy Company (Plumbing) 484,717.17$

MIDLAND AVENUE PHASE III CONVEYANCESTitan Wrecking & Environmental, LLC (Demolition) 290,801.39$J.J. Lane 10,181,227.54$Acts II (Hugh's Magnet School Parking Lot) 314,439.81$Davis Wallbridge (Onon Cty Pub Library) 112,000.00$VIP (Onon Public Library) 27,080.03$Green Culture (Rain Barrels) 44,335.50$Tumbers (Trees) 20,092.00$Ricelli (CSO 044) 15,000.00$Jubilee Homes of Syracuse (GIF) 100,000.00$Dunbar Association, Inc. (GIF) 99,840.00$Syracuse Model Neighborhood (GIF) 250,000.00$Alexander Property West (GIF) 81,000.00$Viraj, NY, LLC (GIF) 95,650.00$People's AME Zion Church (GIF) 54,700.00$People's Community Dev. Corp (GIF) 80,825.00$Matawon Development Group (GIF) 24,214.00$Salina Shoe Salon (GIF) 85,000.00$People's AME Zion Church (GIF) 80,677.00$Viraj, NY, LLC (GIF) 48,437.00$SUNY Env. Science & Forestry (GIF) 100,000.00$

SEWER SEPARATION - CSO 022/045Joy Process Mechanical (Plumbing) 1,205,567.00$Joseph J. Lane Construction 4,867,219.35$

SEWER SEPARATION - CSO 024C.O. Falter Construction Corp. 698,863.74$

CONTRACTORS FORCONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

CSO's (cont)

SEWER SEPARATION - CSO 053/054C.O. Falter Construction Corp. 2,000,817.40$

SEWER SEPARATION - CSO 038, 040, 046A&BC.O. Falter Construction Corp. 3,524,487.29$

SEWER SEPARATION - CSO 047 & 048C.O. Falter Construction Corp. 1,654,022.34$

SEWER SEPARATION - CSO 050Joseph J. Lane Construction 4,360,527.06$

SEWER SEPARATION - CSO 051Joseph J. Lane Construction 5,029,323.00$

SIPHON REHABILITATIONInsituform Metropolitan 1,021,822.99$

TEALL BROOK FCFC.O. Falter Construction Corp. (General) 877,095.43$Scriba Electric (Electrical) 26,470.20$

WEST STREET AREA SEWER SEPARATIONMaxim Construction (General) 2,311,125.85$

CONTRACTORS FORCONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

CSO's (cont)

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WEP ACRONYMS

ACJ Amended Consent Judgment

AMP Ambient Monitoring Program

AMSA Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies

AWQS Ambient Water Quality Standards

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ASLF Atlantic States Legal Foundation

BAF Biological Aerated Filter (Biostyr)

BMP Best Management Practice

BPJ Best Professional Judgment

CAA Clean Air Act

CALM Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology

CAMP Community Air Monitoring Plan

CIP Capital Improvement Plan

CMOM Capacity, Management, Operation, and Maintenance

CSLAP Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program

CSO Combined Sewer Overflow

CWA Clean Water Act

DMR Discharge Monitoring Report

DO Dissolved Oxygen

EBM Ecosystem-Based Management

ECM Energy Conservation Measures

EECBG Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant

ELAP Environmental Laboratory Approval Program

EMS Environmental Management System

ERM Environmental Resource Mapper

FCF Floatable Control Facility

GIF Green Improvement Fund

HRFS High Rate Flocculation Settling

I & I Inflow & Infiltration

IW Industrial Wastewater

km Kilometers

km2 Square Kilometers

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LA Load Allocations

LF Linear Feet

LAN Local Area Network

m Meters

MCP Municipal Compliance Plan

Metro Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant

MGD Million Gallons Per Day

mg/L Milligrams Per Liter

MIS Main Interceptor Sewer

MS4s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems

mt Metric Tons

NACWA National Association of Clean Water Agencies

NBP National Biosolids Partnership

NELAC National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference

NYSDEC New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

NYSDOH New York State Department of Health

NYSEFC New York State Environmental Facilities Corp.

NYWEA New York Water Environmental Association

OLP Onondaga Lake Partnership

OLWQM Onondaga Lake Water Quality Model

OU Odor Unit

P2 Prevention Program

P2CO Prevention Program County Operations

PdM Predictive Maintenance

PIDs Photo-ionization Detectors

PFRP Process to Further Reduce Pathogens

PLA Project Labor Agreement

POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works

RTF Regional Treatment Facility

PWL Priority Waterbodies List

SCA Sediment Consolidation Area

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SEPS Secondary Effluent Pump Station

SEQR State Environmental Quality Review

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SGIP Suburban Green Infrastructure Program

SHB Solids Handling Building

SMPs Storm Water Management Practices

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SPDES State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

SRP Soluble Reactive Phosphorus

SSES Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Study

SSI Sewage Sludge Incinerator

SSV Site-Specific Variance

SUNY-ESF State University of New York College of Science and Forestry

SWMM Storm Water Management Modeling

SWMP Storm Water Management Plan

SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

TDP Total Dissolved Phosphorus

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load

TP Total Phosphorus

TSI Trophic State Index

UAA Use Attainability Analysis

UFI Upstate Freshwater Institute

ug/l Micrograms per liter

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS United States Geological Survey

UST Underground Storage Tank

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds

WAN Wide Area Network

WLA Waste Load Allocations

WEF Water Environment Federation

WEP Water Environment Protection

WSE Waste Stream Environmental