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<br />..5. / ð - / L) <br /> <br />Table 1: <br /> <br />Redwood City Potable Water Deficit History <br /> <br />Fiscal <br />Year <br /> <br />1998/1999 <br />1999/2000 <br />2000/2001 <br />2001/2002 <br />2002/2003 <br />2003/2004 <br />2004/2005 <br />ro.ected <br /> <br />Potable <br />Water Supply <br />Deficit <br />afl r (a) <br />549 <br />1,029 <br />950 <br />794 <br />525 <br />1,410 <br />1,173 <br /> <br /> <br />Table Notes: <br /> <br />(a) Deficit is based on Redwood City's contractual 'supply assurance" of 12,243 af/yr from the Hetch Hetchy <br />regional water system. <br /> <br />1.4 Recycled Water Project Cost Increase <br /> <br />When the Task Force began their work in the fall of 2003, the planning-level estimated cost of <br />the recycled water project was $43.6 million. This estimate was initially produced in 2002, using <br />2001 cost data. During the City Council meeting of January 24,2005, City staff presented the <br />Water Financing Plan Update (2004) for the purpose of financing Alternative TF. The <br />presentation included a substantially refined and updated recycled water project cost estimate <br />of $72 million to $84 million. <br /> <br />Public comments during the January Council meeting indicated concern and apprehension <br />about the increasing costs of the recycled water project. The cause for the cost increase <br />includes many different factors involving project design changes, revised methods for estimating <br />costs, cost escalation over time, and pricing volatility in the construction industry. Recycled <br />water project design changes and escalation costs were not included in the Alternative TF cost <br />estimate to allow an equitable comparison of the Alternative TF project costs to the project <br />alternatives delineated in the 2002 Water Recycling Feasibility Studies. <br /> <br />Table 2 provides an itemization of the approximate cost increases dues to each factor. <br /> <br />Table 2: <br /> <br />Itemization of Recycled Water Project Cost Increase <br /> <br />Cost Increase Variable Approximate Approximate <br /> Cost % of Total <br /> Increase Increase <br />Design Changes & Materials Costs $24.4 M 60% <br />Cost Estimating Methods $7.1 M 18 % <br />Escalation (with delay factored in) $9.0 M 22% <br />Total $40.5 M <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Redwood City Recycled Water Project <br /> <br />Progress Report 2005 <br /> <br />Redwood City Recycled Water Task Force Recommendations - Final Report <br />p:lpw-prOjì2004\0468025 rwc recycled reúofit & support sveltas!< 11 program support\task force status reporl\final report\progress report on ~ recommendations_final-doc <br />