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Consider recommendation from EAA staff to approve Joint Funding Agreement No. 22-020-AMS between the EAA and the United States Geological Survey for NAQWA Well Pump Installation, in an amount not to exceed $67,090.
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STAFF RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board approve Joint Funding Agreement No. 22-020-AMS between the EAA and the United States Geological Survey for NAQWA Well Pump Installation for an amount not to exceed $67,090, for the period September 14, 2022, through August 10, 2023, and authorize the General Manager to execute the agreement.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider an EAA staff recommendation to approve a Joint Funding Agreement (JFA) between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the EAA.
Since the proposed Joint Funding Agreement (JFA) formalizes a cooperative working arrangement between two public agencies, the EAA and the USGS, the project was not required to go through a competitive procurement process. Attached to this summary is the proposed JFA, which has been reviewed by legal counsel. A description of the JFA is presented below.
Background:
In 1991, the United States Congress developed the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project to assess the current and future status of the Nation’s water-quality. Through NAWQA, numerous monitoring wells and stations were established to collect data regarding the current condition of the Nation’s streams, rivers, and groundwater. Several of these NAWQA monitoring wells are located on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone to serve as sentinel wells for monitoring water quality within urbanized areas.
In 2022, EAA staff initiated an effort to install dedicated submersible style pumps at (3) NAWQA wells on the Recharge Zone of the Edwards Aquifer in Bexar County, Texas to accommodate more frequent historical water quality sampling and enhance monitoring of water quality in response to human activities and natural factors over the Recharge Z...
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