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UpdateNews About CurreNt eveNts At MsD

DeCeMber 2009

The first phase of the Northern Ditch Interceptor Project is currently under way.

MSD procures contractor for Northern Ditch Interceptor Phase II Project

In November, the MSD Board members approved the execution of a contract—in the amount of $5,227,821— with MAC Construction & Excavating for the second phase of the Northern Ditch Interceptor Project. Phase II involves the completion of 4,868 feet of 84-inch pipe as well as a large diversion structure—which is part of MSD’s Real Time Control Program. The project’s first phase is currently under construction, while the third phase will soon be bid. The total construction cost for all three project phases is estimated to be in the $15 million range.

The Northern Ditch Interceptor is one of the Consent Decree’s Big Four projects. It will divert wet weather flow from the Morris Forman Water Quality Treatment Center (MFWQTC) system to the Derek R. Guthrie Water Quality Treatment Center system. The dry weather flow will continue to be routed to MFWQTC. The system will carry wet weather flow from the Highgate Springs area to the Pond Creek Interceptor in order to prevent pumped sanitary sewer overflows during rain events.

Revised Integrated Overflow Abatement Plan now is ready for submissionfor final approval by federal court

The Amended Consent Decree required that by December 31, 2008, MSD present to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection (KDEP) and United States Department of Justice plans to decrease combined sewer overflows and eliminate sanitary sewer overflows. To that end, MSD focused its efforts for several years to develop an overflow abatement plan to mitigate both combined and sanitary overflows that achieved regulatory compliance and best served its customers’ interests.

After presentation to the MSD Board in October 2008, three public meetings were held in November 2008, for presenting the plan to the community. In early December 2008, a formal public hearing was

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December 14MSD Board Meeting10 a.m., 700 West Liberty Street

December 24 and 25MSD Offices closedFor emergency service anytime, phone MSD’s Customer Relations Department at (502) 587-0603.

MSD MilestonesWelcome to MSD:

Glenn Busby, Utility TraineeDaniel Corrigan, Project AdministratorJohn Dearmond, Maintenance MechanicAnthony Marconi, Preventive Maintenance and Support ManagerRichard Warman Jr., Utility Trainee

Congratulations on your promotion:

Anthony Bradford, Utility LeaderRobin Ferrell, Sewer Maintenance SupervisorWalter Jackson, Utility LeaderAnthony Linton, Utility Worker IIIMike Tindle, Utility Worker IIIJason Walls, Utility Worker IIIMike Wilcox, Utility Leader

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Upcoming Events

Drainage Response Initiative projectsProject DRI is resolving drainage problems throughout our community. These projects currently are ready for construction:

Kramers LaneA $79,747 project awarded to Basham Construction involves installing various flat-bottom paved ditches, pipe and headwalls in a drainage ditch on Kramers Lane. This project will address two service requests and will benefit eight properties in District 1.

Ben Auclair Robert Bates James P. Bobbitt Kevin Bright Virgil Brown Donald Burrus Morris Byrd Bruce Cissell Daniel Dews Joseph Downs Larry Duke Paul (Duke) Edwards James Emily Jerry Ferguson Lonnie Gaines Stephon Ray Gazaway Paul German David Gittings Michael G. GowerKerry Greenwell

MSD’s fifth annual Veterans Day observance recognizes personnel for serving their countryMSD took time out to celebrate Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11, with a breakfast honoring 79 of its employees who have served—or currently are serving—in the United States armed forces. Executive Director H. J. Schardein Jr. officiated at this fifth annual recognition event, offering remarks with respect to the tremendous significance of military service.

Duke Edwards delivered the invocation. Noble Marks led those who attended in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to our nation’s flag. In addition, Robert Bates presented his memoir of a visit to a cemetery in Normandy, France. Military officials Maj. Gen. Robert S. Silverthorn of the U.S. Army, Col. Warren H. Hurst of the U.S. Air Force, Lt. Christian

Garry A. HalselCharles W. HamiltonEd Hammerbeck Tommy L. HarlowLopez F. High Sr. Mark Hill Rickie Jackson Isaac Johnson Jr. Ken Jones Kerry Karcher Kevin Kaufman Joel Keutzer Larry KnoopDonald Lambdin Jr. Donald Larison Don LaRue Noble Marks Eddie McAfee Larry MillerJohn H. Mitchell III

Derek N. Moore Bobby Neal Ernie NewKenneth Nichter Derek Northington Edwin O’Bannon Victor PalmariniJeremy Pierson Roderick Pulliam Larry N. Ramsey Edward D. ReynoldsTerry A. Richardson H. J. Schardein Jr.Shawn SiskJames A. Skinner Jr. Michael Slavey Renee Speight Alonzo Spencer Randy Stambaugh Anthony (Tony) State

Michael Stephenson Donald Strabel John Sutton Don Szymansky Roger Thomas Morris Tolbert James Vaughan Richard L. Warman Donald Wate Jr.Victor A. WeathersDenzil T. Whalin Sr. Timothy Wierwille Kirk Willis Lester Wurzel John Yarbrough

Board members:Arnold Celentano Jerome ClarkMartin HoehlerDoyle Stacy

Wellingmoor AvenueConstruction Solutions was awarded the $94,825 Wellingmoor Avenue Drainage Improvement Project to address three service requests and benefit seven properties in District 26. This project involves the installation of boulder toe/wall along both sides of the creek from Stratford Avenue, through Wellingmoor Avenue, to Bon Air Avenue.

Di Mercurio of the U.S. Navy and Col. David J. Clement of the U.S. Marine Corps were introduced, and each one offered comments. MSD is extremely grateful for, and proud of, its employees who have sacrificed through their U.S. military service.

The following MSD employees and Board members, along with special guest Herbert J. Schardein Sr., were called to the stage and recognized for their service.

Col. David J. Clement of the U.S. Marine Corps spoke during MSD’s Veterans Day program.

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Happy service anniversary:

30 years Jerry Trammell

25 years Kevin Slaughter

20 years Stephanie Morford

10 years Alice Kurk-Simpson Eugene Nowlin Roderick Pulliam Michael Skaggs Angel Smith Roger Thomas Val Winburn

5 years Wayne Brian Bingham Alex Novak

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Customers First “I want to compliment Butch Attebury, Justin Martin, Shawn Sisk and Carl Soowoo for their

prompt work on a very dangerous

drainage ditch on Trump Avenue. These

workers were both professional and

diligent in correcting the problem. They

were quite proficient and did a great job.

I want you to know the good people

and the accomplishments of your

organization. We are so happy with

the completed project.”

—William E. Jacobi

“Thanks to Jill Allen, Jason Kustes, Nelson Little, James Redd, Sandy Schmitt and Craig Walker

for fixing the creek erosion. They are

very nice and worked hard to do a

good job. I really do appreciate it.”

—Janet Roberts

“A big thank-you belongs to the crew

of Richard Blaisdell, Robert Martin and Charles Woods for

the excellent job that they did on the

property-service connection on the

side of my property. They are just

as courteous and polite as can be.”

—John Kopple

“I would like to thank Keith Brooks, Brian Carpenter, Gregory McCraney, Eric Sawyer, LaShawn Starling, Morris Tolbert

and Mike Young for doing such a

good job of cleaning the drainage ditch

that runs from the Audubon golf course

to Poplar Level Road.”

—Mike Hegan

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Revised Integrated Overflow Abatement Planconducted to accept written and oral comments from the public and the Stakeholders’ Group. MSD satisfied the Amended Consent Decree deadline by submitting an Integrated Overflow Abatement Plan (IOAP) to the appropriate regulatory agencies December 19 of last year.

Since then, MSD has been working closely with the reviewing agencies to clarify the IOAP’s regulatory-compliance approach, proposed level of overflow control, schedule and budget. On October 23, 2009, MSD received a conditional approval letter from the regulatory agencies, which states that they have accepted the plan, and that the IOAP is ready to be submitted to federal court.

In November, the members of the MSD Board endorsed the submission of the IOAP—as modified following regulatory technical review and dated September 30, 2009—to the USEPA, KDEP and U.S. Department of Justice. These agencies then will formally submit the IOAP to the federal court with their recommendation for approval. Upon court endorsement, the IOAP will be incorporated into the Amended Consent Decree, and will become a regulatory-compliance road map for MSD to follow between now and 2024, when all IOAP projects are scheduled for completion.

In response to Consent Decree requirements, MSD employees established the Continuing Sanitary Sewer Assessment program, which will annually assess 10 percent of MSD’s 3,200 miles of sanitary and combined sewers and force mains. Key components of this assessment are Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Studies (SSES), which will include full pipe inspection, condition assessment, recommendations and cost estimates for alternative maintenance and rehabilitation procedures and prioritizing recommendations. Inspection methods will be a combination of closed-circuit television, smoke testing, and manhole and private-property inspections. Private-property inspections will focus on such illicit connections as sump pumps and downspout connections.

Making an assessment

The SSES will include the inspection of manholes, such as this one that MSD Pond Creek Team members examine along the Fern Creek Interceptor.

Two of the SSES projects will concentrate on the Lea Ann Way system—located in the Okolona area of southern Jefferson County—which drains to a regional pumping station that eliminated several small package water quality treatment centers (WQTCs). This large service territory has been divided into the Lea Ann Way East and West SSES projects. The Lea Ann Way East Project constitutes about 384,730 linear feet of sanitary gravity sewers; the West area comprises approximately 265,720 linear feet of sewers.

Another SSES project—in the Fern Creek area of southern Jefferson County—will focus on the upper reaches of the Little Cedar Creek Interceptor service territory, which consists of about 114,252 linear feet of gravity sewers. The interceptor drains to the Cedar Creek WQTC. Adjacent to the Little Cedar Creek service area is the Edsel Lane Pumping Station, which contains approximately 24,960 linear feet of gravity sewers.

The MSD Board recently authorized the negotiation and execution of contracts with:lGresham, Smith and Partners for the Lea Ann Way East SSES Project, with an upper limit of $1,533,100;lThe RJN Group for the Lea Ann Way West/Lantana Pumping Station SSES Project, with an upper limit of $1,205,615; andlURS for the Cedar Creek/Edsel Lane Pumping Station SSES Project, with an upper limit of $615,544.

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During the development of the Integrated Overflow Abatement Plan (IOAP), MSD built detailed, calibrated and centrally housed sewer models used in analyzing hundreds of solution alternatives for sewer-overflow mitigation. The models constitute a mathematical and graphical representation of the sewers and pumping stations for all MSD regional and small water quality treatment center service areas.

MSD in November procured approximately $1 million in services to keep enhancing these models through more calibration and standardization. As MSD implements the IOAP, which has been conditionally approved, the sewer models will continue to be employed in design decisions with regard to project sizing, sewer slopes and location as well as to systemic function and control settings for the various gates and basins throughout the county.

Additionally, $1 million in services for stream-condition assessment; water quality sampling around major overflow abatement projects in the Beechwood Village and Hikes Point areas; and real time and predictive radar rainfall products were secured as part of MSD’s regulatory commitments for continually evaluating area streams along with the impact of sewer-overflow-mitigation projects.

Finally, MSD acquired $860,000 of in-house professional services. They will be utilized for the continued improvement of the Nine Minimum Controls (NMC) and Capacity, Management, Operations and Maintenance (CMOM) activities related to sewer-overflow response; sewer-inspection data management and quality control; execution of sewer maintenance and rehabilitation priorities; pumping-station-capacity investigations; and environmental-information management.

MSD obtains sewer hydraulic modeling and support services

Stream-condition assessment includes a survey of the fish in Beargrass Creek.

Board Action

lThe MSD Board in November accepted the audit for fiscal year 2009. The firms of Crowe Horwath and Janice Porter CPA recently completed the audit of MSD’s FY 2009 financial statements. MSD received a clean audit opinion. The Management Discussion and Analysis, which is cited in the audit opinion letter, will be included in MSD’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

MSD receives award from Department of Homeland SecurityThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security has recognized MSD with an award for Continued Outstanding Support of the Infrastructure Security Compliance Division. Patrick Fitzgerald and Gary Kohler contributed to the Chemical Security Academy Class to help train Chemical Security Inspectors for meeting their new challenge.