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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...

Imagine a Day Without Water Art Contest: Big Turnout!

Posted by Miranda Baird on Dec 1, 2015 in Newsroom, Water

The first “Imagine a Day Without Water” campaign and poster contest was a big success! Collectively, we received almost 600 poster entries. Judging is currently underway, but we need your help. Can you help us choose a “Fan Favorite?” Click here to cast your vote. Voting for “Fan Favorite” will end December 8th at 11:59 p.m. Winners will be announced on December 11th here on our website. Check out the Facebook Imagine A Day Without Water Event by clicking here. Questions: Please contact Teri Kent, Communications Manager, at (434) 977-2970. Event &...

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...

A Day in the Life of a Lab Technician

Posted by Miranda Baird on Oct 7, 2015 in Featured, Newsroom, Water

Our three full-time laboratory specialists complete over 7,700 lab tests annually to ensure that your drinking water meets all federal and state regulations. We also test the wastewater to assist operational staff in maintaining daily treatment process balance and to ensure that the final effluent meets and exceeds federal and state standards. Lab technicians count and identify algae populations in the reservoirs to help prevent harmful blooms, and analyze water and wastewater for coliform and E. coli bacteria, nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous), metals, oxygen demand and solids. A...

Powering Moores Creek with Renewable Energy

Posted by Miranda Baird on Oct 7, 2015 in Featured, Newsroom, Stewardship

Part of the anaerobic digestion of biosolids from our wastewater creates renewable energy for us on site in the form of methane gas. On average, Rivanna produces 32,725,000 cu ft of methane each year that is captured for use at our Moores Creek Water Resource Recovery facility. A cogenerator burns the gas and produces electrical power that can be distributed within the facility’s internal grid, thereby reducing the amount of external energy that we are required to purchase to run our operations.