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ATTACHMENT 1 INDIAN RIVER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT NORTH COUNTY BRINE DISPOSAL SCOPE OF SERVICES This Scope of Service covers work to be performed by the Ecotech Consultants, Inc . consulting team for the Indian River County Utilities Department related to design and permitting of a 60 acre wetland site for disposal of the brine water discharged from the North County Water Treatment Facility. The project site is contiguous with the Indian River and is located just north of the North Relief Canal , see Attachment 4 for a general location map . The project site previously was drained by ditches for mosquito control and to drain the citrus groves west of the site . The site currently is isolated from surrounding lands by drainage ditches . The western portion of the project site will be developed into an emergent salt marsh community for the purpose of dispersing the brine water across the project site . The brine water will be mixed with water from the Indian River prior to discharge to the project site . This work is being proposed in response to Florida Department of Environmental Protection permitting conditions that require the County to cease discharge to the Indian River. The proposed wetland site will provide the County with a long term disposal option for the brine water that also supplements the existing brine reuse project currently under construction . The County will act as the Engineer of Record for this project, and will provide survey data as may be necessary to complete the permits for this project . The work associated with this Scope of Services has been broken down into a series of eleven primary work tasks . A description of the work to be performed under each task is presented below . Task 1 . Site Analysis Ecotech Consultants , Inc . (ETC ) will complete an environmental site assessment (ESA) for the project site . The purpose of the ESA will be to assimilate information needed to address the anti - degradation issues associated with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP ) Construction and Environmental Resources permits , and the U . S . Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) Section 404 permit . This information may include a historical analysis of the project site, a landscape analysis , a review of site topography (topographic and boundary survey to be provided by the County) , a flood-tide line analysis, assimilation of surface water data, assimilation of ground water (may include the installation of two shallow wells , one east and one west of the western site boundary) , an analysis of existing stormwater management system on- site and adjacent to the site, and a wildlife survey. This information will be compiled into a summary report . Two copies of the summary report will be provided to the County.