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EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF SERVICES PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT FOR EXPANSION AND UPGRADE OF THE NORTH REGIONAL WWTF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA Background Indian River County owns and operates four wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs) , identified as the Central, North, South and West Regional WWTFs . In 2000, the North Regional WWTF was taken out of service to take advantage of unused capacity at the Central Regional WWTF . Since that time, wastewater flows conveyed to the North Regional WWTF have been pumped to the Central Regional WWTF for treatment and disposal. Over the past few years, however, Indian River County has experienced a significant increase in construction permits and development applications, suggesting that the Central Regional WWTF may soon not have the capacity available to accommodate wastewater flows generated in the North Regional WWTF service area. Accordingly, Indian River County has plans to upgrade and expand the North Regional WWTF and place the plant back into operation. The existing North Regional WWTF has a permitted annual average daily flow (AADF) capacity of 0 . 85 million gallons per day (mgd) , although County operations personnel report that unit processes at the plant may be hydraulically limited. Unit processes at the facility include screening and grit removal, flow equalization, an oxidation ditch with a " boat" type internal clarifier, a traveling bridge filter and a chlorine contact chamber. There is also a small septage receiving station located at the plant. Effluent disposal, when the facility was in operation, was by irrigation at the Sand Ridge Golf Course . There is no permitted surface water discharge from the plant. Residual solids that are wasted from the biological treatment process are pumped to a sludge holding tank and periodically hauled to the Central Regional WWTF for processing. Based on a preliminary inspection, the physical condition of the North Regional WWTF is below average, due in large part to several years of inactivity. In 2004, Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc . (PBS&J) completed an update to the County's water and wastewater master plan. In a recent amendment to that master plan update, PBS&J recommended that the County bring the North Regional WWTF back on line, and increase its AADF capacity from 0 . 85 mgd to 2 mgd. Based on the PBS&J projections , this additional capacity at the North Regional WWTF should be sufficient through the year 2015 , when a subsequent expansion to 4 mgd will be needed. The objective of this project is to identify the improvements needed to provide the required capacity at the North Regional WWTF and to provide the permitting and design services necessary for their construction . The initial phase of the project will be to develop a Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) that will provide Indian River County with a site master plan and the basis of design for initial and subsequent future improvements at the S: \ 041077\ IRC North Regional WWTF Expansion\ Exhibit A_revl .doc