The Fort Worth Water Department has an Agreement with 23 municipalities/entities to provide wastewater treatment services. The majority of these Agreements expire beginning April 30, 2017 through December 2, 2017.
The Utility selected NewGen Strategies along with a team of local consultants and legal counsel to review the current Agreement, update it as needed, assess needs and opinions of the wholesale customers and assist in negotiations and approvals of a new Agreement. During the study, the NewGen Strategies team met with each Wholesale Customer early in the process to gather input on any issues for consideration in the new Uniform Wholesale Wastewater Agreement.
While the new Uniform Wholesale Wastewater Agreement remains mostly the same as the expiring one, the following significant changes are included in the new Agreement:
- Clarifies Fort Worth's ownership of treated wastewater flows;
- Raises Street Rental from four percent to five percent to match the Fort Worth Retail requirement as well as the Uniform Wholesale Water Agreement requirement;
- Provides consistency with the Uniform Wholesale Water Agreement in determining the cost of connection to the wastewater system; and
- Provides a remediation mechanism for dealing with a Wholesale Customer's wastewater peak flows into Fort Worth's conveyance system.
The new Agreement begins upon execution and expires on September 30, 2037. The following municipalities/entities have approved the new Agreement:
| Benbrook Water Authority | Haltom City | Saginaw | | Bethesda Water Supply Corp. | Hurst | Sansom Park | | Blue Mound | Kennedale | Trinity River Authority | | Burleson | Lake Worth | Watauga | | Crowley | North Richland Hills | Westover Hills | | Edgecliff Village | Pantego | Westworth Village | | Everman | Richland Hills | White Settlement | | Forest Hill | River Oaks | |
This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity. |
