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Indian River County <br />Indian River County Florida Administration Complex <br />1801 27th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />indianriver.gov <br />*.��A * MEMORANDUM <br />File ID: 25-0916 Type: Consent Staff Report Meeting Date: 10/7/2025 <br />TO: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr, County Administrator <br />Sean C. Lieske, Director of Utility Service <br />FROM: Howard G. Richards, PE, Manager, Capital Projects <br />DATE: August 27, 2025 <br />SUBJECT: Amendment 1 to Work Order 1 to Arcadis U.S. for America's Water <br />Infrastructure Act Risk and Resilience Assessment and Emergency Response Plan <br />Updates, IRCDUS Project ID 00.24.518 <br />BACKGROUND <br />Indian River County Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS) provides water, wastewater, and reuse services <br />to major portions of Indian River County (IRC), including the City of Sebastian and Town of Orchid. IRCDUS' <br />water system is the largest in the County with a combined annual average Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) of <br />12.838 million gallons per day (MGD) that serves a population of over 110,000 across an urban service area <br />(USA) of 96.44 square miles. <br />On October 23, 2018, America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) was signed into law. Section 2013 of AWIA <br />amended the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), to require community water systems (CWSs) serving more <br />than 3,300 people to develop or update risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans <br />(ERPs). CWS' were required to self -certify, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), the <br />completion of their AWIA compliant RRAs and ERPs by specified deadlines based on the population served. <br />Thereafter, CWS' must review, revise where applicable, and recertify their RRAs and ERPs to US EPA every <br />five years from the original deadlines specified in the law. <br />To meet compliance with requirements of the AWIA five-year review while ensuring that emerging threats to <br />the water system are addressed, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) on September <br />10, 2024, approved Work Order No.1 (WO 1) to Arcadis U.S., Inc. (Arcadis) under its continuing contract <br />agreement with the County dated May 2, 2023, in the amount of $456,330.10. Under WO 1, Arcadis is <br />providing professional engineering and technical services to prepare AWWA compliant RRA and ERP Updates <br />(IRCDUS Project ID 00.24.518). <br />IRCDUS certified the completion of its RRA and ERP updates prepared by Arcadis, to the United States <br />Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) on March 28, 2025 and September 19, 2025 respectively. <br />Indian River County, Florida Page 1 of 2 Printed on 10/2/2025 <br />poweie61 LegistarT , <br />