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RDINAN CE NO . 2_
SERl~S OF 20 I 0
CONTRACT NO. J., 9-;J.o Io
BY AU TH ORJT Y
COUNC Ii BIL L NO. 3
INTR ODUCED BY COUNC IL
~IHIBER McCAS LIN
AN ORDIJ\AN E AP PR OVI NG A1" INTERGO \'ERNMENTAL AG REEMENT BET WE EN
CO LORADO STA TE UN IVER SITY (C SU) AND LITrL!:, 0 1 ENGLE WOOD \\'ASTE\\'ATER
TREAT MEN T PLA1"T FOR TH E COO PERAT IVE RESEARC H PR OJECT ON LAND
AP PLI CA TI ON OF SEWAGE Bl SO LID S 0. 1 DR\'LAND \\'II EAT .
WHEREAS. smcc 1982 the Litt let on/Englewood \\'astcwmcrTreat mcnt Plam (LE \\'V/TP)
and Colorado true t.:ni vcrsi 1y ( ). Ol'pnnmcn1 or Soil and Crop Sciences . have success fully
co11 duc tcd n co nti nu ous research program 10 observe the long-tl'nn cffcc 1s of the npp licn.tion of
bioso lid s for dryln nd whcai fam1ing: and
WHEREAS . the City Cou ncil of the Cuy of L .. ~lcwood aprrovcd an IGA between CS and
the: Littlc1 on/Englcwood \\'astc,, atcr Trcmmcnt Plam wi th the pns~ugc of Ord in am.c l'\o •12,
Series of 200.J: and
Wl-lEREA . the researc h ha s pnn·i1lcd long-term researc h dnrn :md a so und hasisof
kno wledge of the bi oso lid s produ ced by the L E \\'\\'T P :mcl thl" cn\'lronmcntr n,pact s ofthc
product: and
WHER EAS. the LE \\'WTP -SL' n.::-.carch Jmlject ha s been mstrn mcntn l in cs1abli sh 1ng the
basis fo r biosoltd),, bcnc li cia l usl" for 1hc grow 1h of' clry l:mc\ wh eat cro ps in the ar id ,,...,:s1crn s1a1cs
and in Aus1ralia : nnd
\\'II EREAS. the lo nc-1crm re:.carc h dcmo11 s1ra 1cs 1ha1 th e bcndici:11 use of wa stewater
h1osohds 1!-i an r.:nvirn111~c111:1\ly safe. cn11101111cally hcncfo:ial :m d agncultura lly :,,.{lt1 11d prac11cr.:
fo r rccyc\111g and C01hcrv111g a, aluahlc rc!tourcc : and
\\'I IERLAS. lhl' rcsc:1rch h:1 :, ln.:ncfi1cd 1101 on ly form111g Cl1mmuni 1ic:. of WC.!.tcm srn tcs hut
also b1l1snl1ds rc).cilrchcrs. rcgula tor!'>, gcncra1nr:, and ot hi.:r en, 1n111mcn111I profcss hm:11:,,,: and
\\'I I HU~A~. 11• !l)C)() thr.: LI· \\'\\'TP cmcl CSL rcr.:e1,cd thl· Ll . H 1:\ :marJ l l Oub1,111d111 g
Rc:-.c:m:h l'onlnlwtmg 1<1 lkneli l'1 a\ Use of \\'a s1r.:wa1c1 Solid... I 1r:-.1 Plai.:c ~,llllltlill. :,nd
\\'IIFRL A . CSL' ha s ..,uhm111c:d 1hc11 prop\1:,.al for thr.: 1.:11npcrat1\l' 1t:..,e:ircl11m,1cc1 \lll land
applicatmn of ... e\\agc hi,hnltd i-on Jryland wheat : and
\\'I IU{EAS. till· ::!0 10 ~111dy 1ncludc:,,. stu dy sttcs :11 th e lknnell s ite . and lhc Byer:,,, :,,.ttc; and
\\'I IEREAS. the ost of the(' L' i\ppllcat1011 of SC \\ age: Bll1:,olid !t Rc:~card1 1'1\1Jcct is :-.pill
50 5(1 between EnglewC'locl and I iulc:1011 .
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FNGLl'll 'O'J D. CO LORADO. A l·OLLOll'S :
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Sec1ion I. The Colorado Staie ni,·ersi1y Biosolids Research Prop osal. attached hcrc10 as
Exhibil A: and th e le11er of accep1ance. annchcd hereto as Exhibi t B, arc hereby acc ep ted and
approved by the Ci ty Council of the City of Englewood .
Section 2. TI1 e Director of 1hc Li11le1on/Englr.wood \V as 1ewmcr Treatment Plant is authorized
to execu1e the Col rndo S1a1e Uni"crsity Bi osolids Research accepmncc letter for aud on behalf
of the Linleton'Englcwood Wastewater Treatment Pl ant .
Scctjon 3. 1'hc Di rector of the Littleton/Eng lewood Wastewu tcrTreatmcnt Plant is hereby
au thori zed to furth ,·r ex tend 1he lnt ergovc nun cnt al Agreement between Litt leton/ Englewood
Wastewater Tre.atr.1ent Pl am 0.1d Colorado tate nivcrsity. Bio so lid s Research Proposal. for the
coopcratl\•c rese ·irc h projec1 on land app li cat ion of sewage biosolids on dryland wheat fo r five
add11ional o,,c year periods.
lmroduced. 1ead in full. and pa ssed 011 first reading on 1hc !s1 day of March. 2010 .
Pu blished as a Bill for an Ordinance in th e Ci ty's official new spaper on 1hc 51t1 day of March. 2010 .
Publi shed as a Bill for an Ordinance on the Ci1y's offi cial wcbsi1c beginning on the J1J day of
March. 201t) for thirt) (30) days.
Rc,1d by 1itlc and pass ed on final reading on the 22nd day of f\larch. 2010.
Publi shed by 1ulc in th e City 's officia l 11cw1;p;1pcr a..; Ordin:mcc No.~-Serie:-of 2010. tlll
the .'.?6i 1ay of f\larc h. :!01 0.
P1Jbli shcd by ti tle on the ity's official website beginning on the 2-hh day of
~larch. 2010 for th irty (30) da ys.
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I ouc ishia .\ Fih <. C'11; Cieri.
I I oucnshrn A EIits. ·11v Clerk. of the Citv of l::nclc\,ood. ~olornclo, hcrch v ccn1fv 1hm the
t1h",c aw.I forcgomg 1s a 1111~ co py ufthc Ordi~1ancc p~t ~M:i.1 on final read mg ~mci puhli s.hecl h)
tHl c rt~ Ordma nce f\o. ;J_. Scncs of11)10.
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LAND APPLICATION OF
SEWAGE BIOSOLIDS
PROPOSAL FOR COOPERATIVE
RES EARCH PROJECT BETWE EN
COLORADO ST.~T E UNIVERSITY
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Land Applica tion of Bio sol id s
II. Personne l
Pro j ect Leaders:
Ill. In troduction
K.A. Ba rb arick , Pro f ess or
J. Mcnani el , Resea rch Assoc iat e
N.C. Hansen, As soci ate Pro fessor
We ha ve st ud ied t he benefic ial use of Li tt let on /Englewood (L /E) b i oso lid s since 1982 at
Eas t and West Ben nett , 1988 at Kiowa , 1993 at No rth Be n nett, and 1999 at Byers. We lost the
East Be nn ett p lots In 1993 due t o a shift fr om dry land t o irriga t ed agricu !t ure and th e last of th e
West Benn ett sites t o devel opm ent in 2005 . We ceased re searc h at the Kio wa lo cat ion in 2007 .
We w ill present t he pro po sed resea rch and ass ociat ed bu dge t sep ara tely for t hree st udies
(N orth Ben nett, Micro bial stud y, and byers ) and t hen pr esent the t ot al b ud get for our propo ed
rese arc h.
IV . Benn ett St udy Sit e
North Ben n ett
We initiated t he North Bennett exp erime nt al loca ti on to replac e t he East Benn ett pl ots
that we lost in 1993. Our fo rm er coopc r;:i ting farmer at Ea ~t Be nnett, Ke vin Helzer, deci ded to
erow irr ig ated crop s on our st udy si tes in 1993. We t1 lso chanc;ed th e experiment al appr oach at
North Ben nett t o focu on det erm ining t he N equival encv of L/E bi os olids ass ocia ted w ith
rep ea t ed app licat ions ,n a dryland wheat summ er-fall ow agrn ecos yst em . We wil l complet e
harves t soil and biomass sa mp ling and analyses; howe ver, we pla n to urow pro si:i mill et
(Pamc um mi/,aceum L.) or sunflowers !He/ia nr hu · an nus, l.) lo help co n t rol an inf es tation of
101 ntcd gout grass (Aegi/ops q1//ndnca Host).
'Ne have add ed Ua , Be, and Mn 10 our p lant and so il an alyses Si n ce USEPA ha s i dentifi ed
t he m as p ot en tial po ll ut ants to the CFH ~U3 re eula l ions. Alth o11eh Ag has al so been added to
the c1=RS03 rcgula th..rnS , Colo ra d ) '>l dl e Uni ve rsit y inst ru menta ti on utlllzc d to detec t Ag ha s
be n less than adeq u<1t e. Therefo re, at lhi !i poi nt in tim e we will not ana lyze plant s and soil s for
Ag.
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A. Obje ctiv es for the Benn ett study sites (N orth Bennett)
Th e obi ective s of the Bennett study are :
l. To qua nt ify the N equivalency of repeated blosolids applica ti on un de r
fie ld con dit ion s compared wit h co mmercial N fe rt i liz er at our No rth
Bennett pl ots.
2. To st udy the l oae·t er m effects of L/E bi oso lids on so i l acc u mul at i on and
whea t u pt ake of ea , Be. Cd, Cr , Cu, Mn. NI, Pb , Mo, and Zn .
3. To st udy the long-t erm effect s of L/E biosollds on As, Hg, and Se levels in
soil and grai n in th e 0, 2, and 5 dry t on s/ac re plo t s fo r t he North Be nn ett
si e. Sa mp les w ill co n sist of a compos it e of all rep li cation s for each rate
for grain an alyses . This give s three gra in sa m ples . W e also w i ll
composi t e se para t ely the 0-20 an d 20-60-c m so il samples fr om t h e sam e
pl ot s as the gra in samples . This will provid e us a total of si , soil sa mpl es
to analyze for each site .
4. To de t erm i n e the acc umu la ted NO 3-N leve l s to a d epth of 180 cm (6 feet )
ass ocia t ed w ith repea t ed applicat ion of var ious N fe rtilizer or se w age
bioso li ds at ou, North Ben nett plots.
5. To determine t he carryover effect s of biosolid s an d N fe rtilizer on
introd11 ct ion of prnso millet (Pon icum miliaceum L.) o r sunflow ers
(He/ionrh us annu s, L.) ,n t o t he wheat -fallow rotat ion . Th is change i s
re quired t o con t rol the no,ious weed join ed goat gra ss (Aegi/ops
cy lmdnco I lus t). Since jointed goat gra ss ha s a lifo cycle that is )im il ar to
w111tc r wheat. about the on ly co ntrol op ion is to ;1dd a crop to the
rn tnt ,0 11 that ha~ a diff erent lif e cycle . Once the join t ed goilt gr ass ic;
co n rolled , w e t entauve ly plan to retu rn t o th w eat -fall ow rotation
o. Be nnett study sites hudgct (Sec Tab le 1 on the n ex t page ).
Tab l e l. Proposed budgets for the North Ben nett sewage biosc lids studies .
North Benn ett Current Proposed Propose d
Category 2009 2010 201 1
Routine Anal yses 1325 1364 1405
As, Hg, Se Ana lyses 481 495 510
Stude nt hourly salary I 668 668 668
Stude nt hvurly frin ge' 4 4
Travel 1680 1730 1782
Harves t , plot set-up 747 769 792
Research Assoc . (6 months)' 16000 16000 16000
Re se arch Assoc. fringe1 3936 4128 4128
Profe ss or 12 wee ks) 641 9 6419 6419
Profe ssor fringe1 1579 1656 1656
Tota l direct costs 32841 33233 33364
Indi rect co st s ~1 15435 15620 15681
To tal costs 4627F 48853 4 9045
Ass u mes 50% of the st ud ent hourly's effort on the North Bennett and 50% effort
on the Byers site.
S111d ent -hourly frin ge rate is 0.6% in 2010 and 2011.
Ass umes 50% on the No ,th eennett stud y and 50% on th e Byers st udy. We al so
assu med a 0% sala ry in crease fo r 2010 and 2011. We asrnmc d th at t.111 ot her
cos t s for 2009 and 2010 will increase by 3% per year
Fnnge be,,~f11 ra t es were esti mated to be 25.1% fo r 2009, and 25.8% for 2010
and 2011 lor tllf' Rc se .ir ch Assoc iate ;md Prof ess or .
The t o tal indirec t cos t s are 4 7% fo r 2009 th rough 2011.
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V. Microbial Study !To Replace the Pho sphor us Study)
A. In t rodu ction
Most bioso li ds land -app l ica tion studies foc us on risk assessme nt o r potential problems
ass ociated with contamination of soils and 1Nat er with heavy meta ls, pa th oge ns, perso nal care
pro ducts, flame ret ardants, etc. Ot her th an st udies rega rd ing soil fertility st atu s and crop
prod uction, st udies wh ic h t est hypotheses of biosolids as beneficial soil amendment; are
sca rce . II is sur p'."is ing that few sc ientist s ha ve sough t to quantlfy the env ironme nta l ben efi ts of
bioso 1ids lan d app licatio n, given that ma n y st udies have found littler,· no ha rm ful effects of
biosolids when land applied at agronom ic r ates .
A novel l abo ratory inc ub ation sturly to ex am ine th e effects of a bloso ll ds a:n sod m ent on
soil m icrobia l-fau na! interactions is propose:<. Of t he soil fau na, the study will focus on
Enchytrac ida e worms be ca use the ir mem ber s 1:~vc:? div ersP. fo ed ins str ategie s (b act eria, fung i,
an d soi l orga ni c ma:ter), and beca use th ey are kncwn t o affec t di ssolved orga nic carbon
pro du ct ion and reservoirs in soil . This is impo rtan t beca use the produ ction of availab le
diss o lve d organic carbon is th e rate -limit i ng st ep in micro bial nitroeen mi neral iza tion-
im mobilizatio n pro ce sse s in tt newly devel op ed soi l N biog eoc hemical model. The objectives for
this stud y are to determine :
1) if en'"hytr.icid worm popula ti on s mcret1se in res ponse to bio so li ds ame ndm ent,
2) if the worms se lect ivel y graze on bi os oli ds ma terial or or ba cter ia due to
in creil sed bac teria l bioma ss in bioso lids-am ended soil ,
3) if biosoli ds amendment re sult s in increased soil di ssolved organi c carbon
co ncen trat ions due to enh ar.ced mi crob ial-fauna! interactions ,
4) wh ether 1he se in teract ions ulti mately lea d to greater N minera li1.atio n rate s in
soil. The hypoth esi s is that bi oso li ds t1 mendm ent to so il will inc rease enchytra e,d
tro phi c int era ction s v.1ith soil bact en ~, res ult1n e in gre at r re l ase of di sso lved
orp,il11i c rnrbo n and mincr ill N in to soi l
B. Microbial st udy bud gets !S ee Tab l e 2 below)
Table 2. Pro posed bud ge t s fo r the microbial sewage bio solid s st udy.
Microbial Microbial Microbial
Micro study Study St udy Study
Category 20 091 20 10 1 2011 1
Supplies 300 309 318
r\na lyses 1741 1793 1847
Total direct costs 2041 2102 2165
Indirect costs' 959 988 1018
Total costs 3000 3090 3183
We assu m ed that all costs for 2010 ano 2011 ·,iill increase by 3% ,.er yea r.
The total indirect costs are 47% for 2009 throu gh 2011 .
VI. By ers Study Sile
A. In troduction
With th e establishment of the L/E Bye rs biosolids-appl ic ation sit e, we ar e de velo ping
som e prc1ctical, never-don r-beforc research . No -ti ll and minimum tillage milnagemcnt is
increasing in popul ari ty in eastern Co lorc1do becau se it impro ve s wat er conservalion and allows
more int en sive cropp ing Ri osollrt s ap pli cation cn uld enhan ce the benefit~ of no-till or
minimum till age bv improvin g soil cover ;ind soil ph ys ical charact eri sti cs wh en surfa ce ;tpol1 ed .
Oio so lid s co1dd wort in concert wi t h cro p residue s to allow fo rmers to meet th e N;:itura l
Re so urc e Con servation Se rvice 30 % soil co ve rage required to corn pl y wit h con serva ti on
pro gr am s.
mo ~v lid s appli ca tion could initi ally supply soil cover unti l adeq uat e crop residue cm,
accumulate . Contmucd addition s may even provid e production and economic advantage s.
Farme rs may eve ntually use biosolids as an integral part of i1 conserva tion riroeram . liecause of
continu111 g dra ughty conditi ons. beginning in Fall 2005 , we chan ged our crop ro tat ion s. We
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eliminated the wheat -wheat-c om-s unflower-fall ow (WWCSF) and converted those plot s t o our
oth er t wo rota tion s (whe at -fallow, WF and w heat -corn-fallow, WCF). Thi s in crease d ou r
re plitation s for WF and WCF from two t o four, providing us with a more robu st st ati st ical
ana l·{s is of the eff ect s of th ese two ro tation s.
B. Objectives
Our objec tive at th e Byers site are :
1. To determ i ne if i ncrea sing bloso lid s app li ca ti on from once ev ery two
years to two out of th ree year s is a feasibl e man ag ement al ternat ive.
2. To det er min e if blosolld s beha ve like cro p resi du es in t er ms of mois t ure
storage and crop p roduct ion . Avai lable -wate r storage and crop yiel ds are
th e prope rti es of greatest in t erest.
3. To det ermin e t he effec t s of biosolids appl ica t io n at th e ag ron omic rate
com pa red with co mmerci al N fertiliz er in two cro p p in g system s on so il
and grain accumulat io n of pl ant nutri ents and trace ele ment s li mi ted by
the Col orad o Department of Pu~!ic Health and Environ m ent b1o solids-
app lica tio n regu lation s.
C. Procedures
Treat ments:
1. Tw o cro p ro t ati on :.:
Wheat-f allow (t yplta: .otation )
b. Whea t -c orn-fallov.
2. Bios'l li ds/fert il izer t rea tm cn~s:
a. Biosolid s ap pllcat1on to suoply I~ recomm end ed for the
measured soil NO ,-N (e .e., th e ;ieronomic rate).
b. Comme rcia l N fert il izer at th e .in ropom ic ra te .
O. Experi m ent al desig n
We now use four b locks (rep licatio ns) of eac h trea tm ent arrange d in a split -plot de sign .
The main pl ots will co nsist of th e cropping rota ti ons. Each mai n plot will be spilt to
acco mmodat e bio solid s appli cat ion on half the pl ot and co mm ercial fertil izer add ition on th e
othe r half.
All phases of each ro tation will be prese nt each year t o allow assess ment of all so i l aod
crop res pon ses each year. Thi s req uires a t otal of 20 main p lots and 40 sp ilt pl ots 14
re plica tions , 5 cropp ing rotation s, biosolid s/fert lli zer trea t me nt splits).
Each main plot wi ll be 0 .8 km (0.5 m iles) long by 30 m 1100 f eet) w ide. Each
bioso lid s/f erlilize r spilt would , therefore, be 15 m 150 fe et ) wi d e.
E. Measurements
We wil l co mplete the fo ll owi ng meas1 •:-~ment s or :ma lvs cs.
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_1\n11 l1c..1i grain and bi om ~ss yields.
Re cord s on farmer inputs.
Plant -ava ilabl e concentra tion s of NO 3-N , P, K, Fe, Mn , Cu, Zn , Na ,
Cd, Cr , Pb , Mo, Ni , Sa, Be, and Mn in soi l before each crop
planting !determi ned in 0-5, 5-iO, 10-20, and 20·30 cm sam p les
frorn eacl, epl icat cd plot).
We will com pos ite 0-5-c m so il samp les for As, Hg, and Se an alyses
for eac h rcpli cat10 n befo re et1c h crop plan tin g. This will giv e u; 14
so il s;nnp les to analyze for As, Hg, and Se each yea r .
5. Deep so il sampl in g be fore each crop plantin g by hydraulic probe
fo, '-!0,-N ldeterrnwed 0-30, 30-60, 60-90, 90-120, 120-150, 150·
18Ll cm sampl es, if possib le, from each repli cated p int).
b. Concentrations of P, K, Fe , Mn, Cu , Zn, Na , Cd, Cr, Pb, M o, Ni , Ba,
Be, and Mn in grain sa mpled from eac h rep licated p lot.
7. ~or annu al As , Hg , <'I nd Se grnin anilly ses, we will com po site grc1i 11
samples fo r eac h bi oso lids or N fertilizer re pli crition for ec1ch typ e
of crop . Th is scheme will provi de us wi th fo ur wheat and two
corn sa mpl es fo r As, He, and Se ana lyses each year.
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By er s st udy site budgets !See Ta ble 3 on th e n e•t pag e.)
Table 3. Proposed bud ge t s fo r the By ers se wage blo so lid s st udy .
Byers Current Propose d Propos!:?d
Cc1 tegory 2009 2010 2011
An aly ses 2938 3026 311 7
Hourly sala ry I 668 668 668
Hourly Fringe I 4
Rese arch Assoc . (6 month s) 16000 16000 16000
RPsearch Asso c. fringe§ 3936 4128 41 28
Professor (2 wee ks) 64 19 64 19 6419
Professor fr inge 15 79 1656 1656
Harvest, pl ot se t~up 2117 2180 22~5
Weather Station Ma lntenan ce w 44 6 45 9 473
T rave l 4345 4475 4609
r otal direct Co5ts 0 38454 39015 393l.9
Ind irect cost s 18073 1833 7 18480
1 ora t co~t $ 56527 573 52 57799
/\ss umes 50% of the student hourly's effort c,n the North Bennett and 50% effo rt
on t h e Byers si t e.
St udent-ho url y fringe rate Is 0 .6% in 2010 and 2011.
Ass umes 50% on the North Benn ett study and 50% o n the Byer s study. W e als o
assumed a 0% salary increase for 2010 and 2011. W e ass um ed that all other
co st s for 2009 and 20 10 will i ncreas e by 3% p er vea r.
rrinee benefit ra t es were est i mated t o b e 25 .1% fo r 200 9, and 25 .811. fo r LO JO
and 2011 for t he Rese arch Ass o ci at e and Profess or.
Th e totai indire ct co sts ar e 47% fo r 2009 th ro ugh 2011.
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✓II. Total Budgets
We save t abulated th e t ota l bud gets by location (Table 4) and by b udget category (Table
5) fo 2008 th roug h 2010.
Ta ble 4. Total budgets by location for 2009-2011 .
Total by loc;ition Current Propo se d Propose d
Catecorv 2009 2010 2011
North Bennett
To tal direct co sts 32841 33233 33364
Ind irec t costs 154 35 15620 15681
Totil l cos ts 482 76 48B53 49045
Byr
Tota l direct costs 38454 39015 39319
Indi re ct costs 18073 18337 18480
Total cos ts 56527 57352 57799
Micro study
Total direct cost s 2041 2102 2165
Indirect cr sts 959 988 1018
lotitl r.osa 30 00 30QO 3183
Tot.ii
Tot al dir ect co sts '3336 74350 74848
Indir ect costs ,4468 34945 35179
l lta l costs 107R O~ !09295 l10027
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Table :3. Tot al b udget s uy budge t categories fo, 2009-2011.
Total by c<ltCt ory Current Proposec! Proposed
CategOf"\' 2009 2010 2011
Ana lyses 6784 6987 7197
Personnel (sa la ry plus fringe) 572]8 57750 57750
Harvest, plo t set up , wec1th er stat ion 3309 3408 3510
Travel 6024 6205 639]
Total di re ct cost s 733 36 74350 ;·4848
Ind irect cost s ' 34468 34945 35179
1 otal cos ts J 07804 109295 110027
To t a l indirect costs are 47 % of total direct costs for 2009-2011.
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De ar ~ Is. Cn rstcn:
\Ve arc pkased to info rm you that th e JO 10 prop (1sab for cnntinui ng th L' re search projcr.1s nt the
lknnc11 and Byers silcs. and for ~li crobial S!llcl) were approved al !he l'ebruary 18. 2()10
Littlcton /Fnglewood \Va stcw:m:r Tn.:aum.:111 Plant Supervisory Commi tt el· meeti ng. This lc11rr serv es
as m11hori1;i1ion for !he 20 IO s1 udi cs. Au1h oriza1 i•m is b:1scd on 1he fo ll owi ng und ers1andi ng:
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The upp~·r cxpi:ndi1url! limi1 for tht Bcnnc1t ~ludy i~ l-48.851 for fi~cal ~•c;..ir :!010 .
n,c upp c1 c,pcndi1 urc limil for 1hc ~lirn,hial s111d, is S\09 0 for fiscal ye ar 2010
S1.:p:tr.lll' :u1till111.•;1tiu11 11111:-.1 hl' 11ht,1i11l',I 1111 ;1dd1ti,111,d w,1rk lwyond that dL·scrihl'tl 111 lhl'
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Progre ~s rcpn!ll!lf ,rnJ 111, oic111g \\ ill bl' nn d ljlli.lJ'lt:rl~ has is . Project n:pc1rts mu st
att:0 111p .m> a\1 11., oici.:s, al s~, <111 J qumt nly b:!'-;i.-;. \ !in.ii rq10rt will hl' pm,·idL·,I
lnvuict.::> lll't' tu pro\'idc.: dl'taik ,I hack t'.mund ~1! prnj t·c l ~os ts according Ill call.:gorit.:s
shown Ill tht· Pr,1p o:,c d l\uJ t;ct I ubk!-i in yorn prnposal.
All pub licatw ni; pcrwinine tn the rcst.:Hn.:h ,-.·ork will be suhnu!lcd tr the: citic-:-. fo1 tL', il',,
prior It, rckasc /\II nlh cr condi1ions sc i fi,nh 111 \'lllll' Jul, 2009 proposal slwll he
incoqwr:lled in this agn.:L'lllL'nt.
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\Ve antici pate your program wili proceed munediat ·I~. Ple ase acknnw lcdge your acrcprnncc ol tin:
h:rms of the agreement h~ sig ning the bottom portion of hoth agrct.:ments and returning one orig in al to
mr for the ofticial ity records. Ple ase n:tmn one onginnl fo r your records .
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tewart H. Fonda
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COUNCIL COM MUN ICATI ON
Da le: Age nda It em: Subj ect:
\arch 1 ~1110 11 ,11 Colora do :itate L rlt\ ers ll\ Rio!tolid~ Re!>e,1r Lh
.'\!!re emf:'nt
In itiated By: Sta ff So ur ce:
L111l eton Engl e" od \\'\\TP Supl1n 1son o nurnttc~e Ste\, .1rt H. Fond a Util111es Dirf:'t l or
jrm Tall ent O pe ra tions Di,1si o n Manager
COU CIL GOAL AND PR EV I OUS COU CI L ACTI ON
Thi s .1 ~11.•e ment \,as pre,1 ousl, appr m ed h, Ordinan1.:e l'o. ➔::!. Se ri e~ 0 1 ~004. The UIITNlt
p roposed o rdinance re news th e 81 o ~olids Re e,uch Agreem ent ,,1th ColorL1d o St,1te U ni ,t:!r~H,.
RECOMMENDED ACT I O
\\ e reLo mn1 end o uncil arl o pl d bill ,o r an o rdinan ce apprm 11l ft <111 lnt erg m ern rn ent ,11 Agreement
,, 11h Color<1cl o St,1t t' L ni, ers1t\ 10 1 coo per,1 11, e research proJl'LI S on th e ltm d ,1ppl1c.1 t1 u n 0 1
,, as1t•,,attl r h10s01id~ 10 ~:.·. land ,, her1 t 1.irm1ng ope ra tio ns. Th e ~0 IO progrilm cos 1 b S 10 '1 .~ 5 .
BAC KGROU D , ANALYS I S, AND A LTE RNATI VES ID EN TI FI ED
Smu.;, I lJf(!, the L1t1 le to11 Engl e,\oO d \\ ,l'-tL~\\ .1 ter Treiltm nt Plant fl l \ \'\ \'T P), 11 1 conp1;•r.1 11 rnl \\Ith
ColorMl o St,1 1e L 1m e rs1t\ (CS U) D epa rtm en t 01 Srnl and ro p S1..IL'n te~. h,l !:, "u cu•..,-,1ulh tonciu ctecl
a contm ur ,~ rese.uc h p rogr,,ni to o hsen e the l(1 ng-term t3 llt'tl"> 11 th e ,1ppl1c,111 rn1 0 1 \\ aste\\ ,l it'!
bi o ~olicb 10: el f\ ldnd "ht>cl ' ·rn1111 ~. Tl w n•~t>.1r ch h.1 ~ prm 1ded long•I L•rm re~t•,1r t h d,11,1 1ll1d .,
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pr,1et1cr tor reor lm g and t or1 ~e l'\ 1n ~ .i , ,1lu,1hl l• re~O l11 Ll1• Tlw rP"t',H C h h,h r"1;•!1 t1ll l 1d 1n ~-rel err l'd
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a nd o th er e m 1ror m w 111t1 I p ro 1es .,i on,1b. Th r L [ \ \'\ \'TP h hlsobdr., pre 1~ •• 1111 h,11i .il!:i o retl'I\ e d 1he
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• L'S I PA Reg 1011 R [,ce llt~IKL' A,,.ud 1or lll'm1llt 1,11 l 1w 01 Sl1\,,1ge Sh1 d~w ( I lJBtJI
• F'.i\\\,V[A 81 0!:i Oli cls Mclll,1!-V'lllt'lll ,\.\(:'I'll A\\arcl ( 19l)b, ]l)llH, 2()(H)
• l IS IP'\ Bene11ci,1 I U ,;p o f B1'l,ohcb ,or Oper.11111 µ P1 0JL'tb Natmn.il H o 11 or,1hl e i\\en11 o n
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• US EPA B,osolids Research , \/at1011al Fi,st Place 11 99)
• A \SA • Research and Tcchnolog\ A\\ard Biosolids 120001
• US EPA Bioso li d; ,\\anagement E,cellence l'-a tional First Place (2003)
Co lora do St~te Uni\ersih ha.::. •ubm1tted us proposal ror th e coooe rat 1ve resea rch pro,eu on l,111 d
aop li ca ti on o ( se\, age bioso liu !. 'J ll df'\ land,, heat. The :!0 10 studies incl ude stu d) sites at the
Be nn ett sue an d th e Byers si te, ,,hirh is th e C1l\-m,ned 1arrn . The cos t ior eac h stud , sit is as
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TOTAL
FINA CIAL IMPACT
S 48,853
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S I 09,295
The cos t oi th e project is SI 09,"95 , w hich" ill be spli t 50 50 with the Cit\ 0 1 L1ttle to 11 . This proj eu
cost is included ,n the Was te\\ater Trea tment Plant 's "010 Budget.
LIST OF ATTAC HME NTS
Pro pose d Bill 10, an O rdinan ce
CSU B1osoli ds Researc h Proje ct ,\gree ni e111
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