Broken Arrow Municipal Authority
Meeting of: 01-02-2019
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Consideration, discussion and possible direction to Staff to enter into negotiations for the potential acquisition of Green Country Sewer District located at 20108 East 33rd Place South, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74014
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Background:
On December 10, 2018, Mr. Jack Spradling, the majority owner of Green Country Sewer, LLC, met with Staff to discuss any interest that the Authority may have in acquiring the sanitary sewer district. Green Country Sewer, LLC is a privately-owned company in good-standing with the State of Oklahoma licensed to collect, treat and discharge public wastewater. The district is located in the northern extents of the city of Broken Arrow. It serves several subdivisions including: Steeple Chase, Steeple Chase Farms, Glen Eagles, Sunrise Estates, Marlborough Estates, and a few more that are located outside the city limits. Presently, there are 3,000 customers with an additional capacity of 500 customers. The customer capacity of 3,500 equates to 10,000 people. An aerial photograph is attached to better clarify its location.
The system consists of a mechanical plant that can treat between 1.0 million gallons a day (MGD) to 1.5 MGD, best guess at this point, and five (5) lift stations. It discharges through a 15-inch diameter to 18-inch diameter outfall line to Spunky Creek immediately south of Rockford Street (East 31st Street South) and just east of 23rd Street (South 193rd East Avenue or County Line).
Green Country Sewer has made significant improvements to its system as mandated by the State of Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ). In fact, according to the ownership, Green Country Sewer has entered into a Consent Order with ODEQ to bring the entire system up to regulatory compliance. As a part of this Consent Order, Green Country Sewer hired Tetra Tech, Inc., a nationally recognized professional engineering consulting firm with expertise in environm...
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