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In February of 1997 an odyssey of near epic proportion began with Tampa Bay Water'sissuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a developer of a private large-scaleseawater desalination plant to provide a "drought proof" water supply for its three countyservice area. The proposals were received in February 1999 and the reportedprice for delivered desalinated water of $1.71 per thousand gallons began an irrevocablechange to the American Water Industry. The arduous procurement process resulted in theselection in March 1999 of the top-ranked developer, Stone and Webster (S a 66 mgd regional surface water treatment plant; and, a 15 billion gallon off-linereservoir. Fiscally managing the Master Water Plan's projects, inclusive of theSWFWMD funding, would require a significant program of rate increases to Tampa BayWater's customers. Tampa Bay Water's policy managers would therefore be highlyfocused on meeting the programs project schedule and bringing in the projects on budget.Because of the short schedule for project delivery and a desire to reduce risks and costs,Tampa Bay Water originally selected the Design-Build-Own-Operate-Transfer(DBOOT) project delivery method for the seawater desalination treatment plant. Byutilizing the DBOOT approach, Tampa Bay Water expected to realize substantial benefitsfor its member governments. These benefits included the transfer of the projecttechnology risk to the private developer, have access to innovative design skills, andreceive long-term facility operations and maintenance cost efficiencies and guaranties. Includes table, figure.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 06/17/2004 Number of Pages: 15File Size: 1 file , 350 KB