Press Release: New Drinking Water Treatment Systems Go Live
##PRESS RELEASE## NEW DRINKING WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS GO LIVE For Immediate Release Charlottesville, VA—April 24, 2018 As part of our mission to provide clean, safe, high-quality drinking water to the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Service Authority, we have completed construction of a new Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) water treatment system at all five of our water treatment plants (South Rivanna, North Rivanna, Observatory, Crozet, and Scottsville). GAC is highly effective at removing a wide variety of organic materials and other select contaminants to further improve...
Read MoreSpring Federal Drug Take-Back
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, in partnership with the Albemarle County Police Department, is sponsoring the free collection and disposal of unwanted medication and sharps. This will be a drive through event at the hospital. You can call 1-800-736-8272 for more information. Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital – Patient Transport Area/Back of Hospital Saturday, April 28, 2018 10am to 2pm The University of Virginia Health System offers a similar service: “To help Central Virginia residents safely...
Read MorePlastic Bags Get a New Life
With plastic bags continuing to be an environmental concern, Rivanna Solid Waste Authority is doing its part to help. Plastic bags that were collected throughout the previous year at McIntire Recycling Center were transported to the Trex company in Winchester, VA in February 2018. In total, 41,000 lbs of plastic bags were baled and shipped for recycling. To put this in perspective, One pound equals 700 bags 28,700,000 bags were taken to be recycled into composite decking According to the Trex website, a 500 square foot composite deck contains 140,000 recycled bags 205 500-sq. ft. decks can...
Read MoreHave you thanked a Water Professional today?
Did you know that today is Water and Wastewater Professionals Appreciation Day in the Commonwealth? So we invite you to take a moment to reach out to a water professional and say “Thank You!” for providing reliable, clean, safe water to the community day in, day out 24/7. Don’t forget to thank our wastewater professionals also who treat our wastewater around the clock in order to send it back to Nature. In Charlottesville/Albemarle County that means delivering our clean water (known as effluent) into Moores Creek, which feeds into the Rivanna, which feeds into the James,...
Read MoreRSWA Goes Solar!
Exciting news…RSWA has the nod from its Board of Directors to move forward on a solar energy project that will use a section of our closed landfill to produce renewable energy. Now that’s repurposing! Press Release that went out on June 27, 2017 Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors Approve Solar Project at the Ivy Material Utilization Center Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors has authorized a land lease contract with a developer to install a solar array at the Ivy Material Utilization Center (IMUC or former Ivy Landfill) that will generate an estimated 2...
Read MoreAll Reservoirs are Full!
Charlottesville, VA— This press release was issued on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 All five of our reservoirs (Ragged Mountain, Sugar Hollow, and South Rivanna, Beaver Creek, and Totier Creek) have reached 100% of their maximum useable capacity for a total of 3.3 billion gallons of water, which is a good spring milestone in terms of drinking water supply. Thanks to an extensive water supply planning effort and a steady round of springtime rains, a plentiful water supply for our community’s drinking water needs has been attained. The 50-year community water supply planning process, which led to the...
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