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Making the DBO Partnership Work
Author(s) -
Carden Chuck,
Dysard Joe A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2005.tb02719.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , bay , groundwater , work (physics) , surface water , business , environmental science , water resource management , environmental engineering , engineering , finance , civil engineering , mechanical engineering , geotechnical engineering
This article discusses a project by Tampa Bay Water (TBW) to meet mandated groundwater cutbacks and increasing water demand for the more than two million people its member utilities serve in Florida's Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties, as well as the cities of New Port Richey, St. Petersburg, and Tampa. TBW commissioned a state‐of‐the‐art 66 mgd water treatment plant to treat surface water from the Alafia and Hillsborough Rivers and the Tampa Bypass Canal to satisfy the demand. The article discusses the public‐private partnership that was formed to build the surface water treatment plant, and the 15 year contract that included a five‐year extension option with an experienced design‐build‐operate (DBO) team.