Budget (as of April 1999)*
 RRP Expenditures
 
Task Number and Title
Total Estimated Cost
$ Authorized
(does not include in kind items)
1 Modeling
200,000 
85,000
2 Monitoring
114,571
58,026
3 Trading
50,000
10,000
4 Treatment Cost Evaluation
5,000
5,000
5 Biological Impact Assessment (UW)
144,300
59,000
6 Program Management
40,000
10,000
Members Services
5,375
5,375
Funding Research
6,000
2,000
Legal Service 
20,000
20,000
Basin Educator
 50,000
 
     
Total
$635,246
 
 
RRP Revenue
 
Revenue Sources
Amount
Rock River POTW Group Fees
217,000
Task 1 DNR Grant to Sun Prairie
95,000
Task 2 In Kind Services USGS
11,625
Task 2 In Kind Services: Madison MSD
30,000
Task 2 In Kind Services: Fort Atkinson - USGS Station
8,320
Task 2 Mailing costs by cities doing monitoring
6,600
Task 4 DNR In Kind - Biological Impact Study
85,000
UWEX/EPA Education Grant
10,000
UWEX Basin Educator Support
50,000
   
Total
$553,465
 

Grant/contribution Notes:

Task 1 Modeling: $95,000 DNR/EPA Grants

Task 2 Monitoring:

$30,000 Madison Metro Lab Analysis

$2,500 USGS AVM O&M and $9,125 Reporting

$7,500 Fort Atkinson AVM O&M and $820 Secchi Disks and Accessories

$6,600 Mailings paid by cities doing monitoring

Task 4 Biological Assessment $65,000: DNR phytoplankton and algae study

$20,000: DNR fish study

In addition most members of the POTW group and its consultants and lawyers have contributed many hours to this effort without reimbursement.
 

Since the Rock River Partnership is a collaboration, and not a legal entity with budget authority, the municipalities who signed the MOU joined together and formed the Rock River POTW Watershed Group under the 66.30 statute. This group oversees all contractual items that are necessary to accomplish the RRP tasks. This includes contracting with consultants to accomplish the modeling tasks, with USGS for the monitoring work and with the University of Wisconsin for the Stream Quality study. The above budget also includes other costs necessary to oversee the project and to find additional funding.

The bulk of the legal fees are utilized to develop appropriate contract language for trading and a structure that is both legal and workable. A portion of the legal fees fund separate consultation between the POTW's and their lawyers regarding trading.

The Rock River Partnership Memorandum of Understanding tasks are accomplished through the Rock River POTW Watershed Group.

 

Rock River POTW Watershed Group

The Rock River POTW Watershed Group is a group of municipalities in Eastern and Southern Central Wisconsin which own Publicly-owned Treatment Works (POTW's) which discharge effluent to the Rock River in Wisconsin.  They have joined together under Wisconsin statute 66.30, to jointly develop information and projects that will assist in achieving their water quality objectives for the Rock River.

As such, the RRPOTW Group can enter into contracts, collect money and hire legal representation  to carry out investigations and analysis as determined to be appropriate in the pursuit of the objectives of the group.

Through the RRPOTW Group contracts have been executed to accomplish Tasks 1 - 6 listed above.

For more information regarding the RRPOTW Group contact Roger Sherman, Superintendent Fort Atkinson WWTF  920/563-7766 (Phone) or 920/563-7767 (Fax) or Rusty Schroedel, Earth Tech rusty_schroedel@ccmail.rustei.com

 

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