Community Project

Update to Woolen Mills, Belmont-Carlton, and other Moores Creek Neighbors

Posted by Miranda Baird on Dec 11, 2015 in Community Project, Newsroom, Odor Control

Letter/Update on Odor Control 12.11.2015 Woolen Mills, Belmont-Carlton, Martha Jefferson Hospital, and Interested Citizens Each day Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority provides clean, safe drinking water to the over 120,000 residents of the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County through their water retailers. We also handle the wastewater from every household and business in our community. We effectively treat it, so that it can be safely returned to nature, at the same time recovering both nutrient and energy for beneficial uses. Handling wastewater comes with the unfortunate, yet...

Rivanna Authorities Unveils Website Redesign

Posted by Miranda Baird on Dec 4, 2015 in Community Project, Newsroom

**Media Alert** Charlottesville, VA — Thursday, December 3, 2015 Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority and Solid Waste Authority unveils a whole new look and feel of their website this week. Visitors to the redesigned www.rivanna.org site will find a more personal look, additional features, easy layout, and intuitive navigation. Additional enhancements are planned in the coming months. “We hope the new website will make it easier for people to connect with the high-quality water, wastewater, solid waste, and recycling services we provide to the community every day,” according...

Crew Breaks Through 1600 feet of Rock for New Rivanna Pump Station Tunnel

Posted by Miranda Baird on Oct 7, 2015 in Community Project, Featured, New Rivanna Pump Station, Newsroom

Charlottesville, VA— September 29, 2015 After five months of work, the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority contractors have successfully tunneled through about 1,600 feet of rock (6,000 cubic yards), officially reaching the destination at the existing Rivanna Pump Station located adjacent to the City’s Riverview Park in the Woolen Mills area. The construction crew and engineers witnessed the 11′-3″ diameter, 175 foot long tunnel boring machine (affectionately named Ms. Chelsea, pictured below) breaking into the exit shaft at about 1pm on Tuesday, September 29 as a part of the...

Friends of the Moormans Celebrate Increased River Flow

Posted by Miranda Baird on Sep 2, 2015 in Community Project, Stewardship, Water

“Friends of the Moormans River” celebrated the ongoing efforts of RSWA to restore the natural ecology of the Moormans River on May 7, 2015. Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) increased the flow being released from the Sugar Hollow Reservoir to the Moormans River as part of a protocol developed locally to ensure the restoration of the Moormans River. A permit was issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality specifies [better word?] the amount of water to be released into the Moormans, which was approved as a part of the Community Water Supply plan and the...

Sneak Peek at Tunnel for New Rivanna Pump Station

Posted by Miranda Baird on Sep 2, 2015 in Community Project, New Rivanna Pump Station

Members of the media and the community were given a sneak peek at the tunnel being built for the new Rivanna Pump Station on Monday, June 15th. The Authority and its General Contractor are allowing a brief opportunity for the media, local officials, and the public to see the progress of the work. The event allowed guests to see the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed Miss Chelsea, within the entrance shaft at Moores Creek Advanced Water Resource Recovery Facility in Charlottesville before it “disappears” into the new tunnel. Once the machine is in the tunnel, the boring...