(Washington, DC) – The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), in coordination with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), is set to begin construction and replacement of large transmission mains in NW DC. Crews will replace more than 5, 100 feet of large water pipelines that distribute water from the Bryant Street Pumping Station to District residents.

Construction for the Bryant Street Pumping Station Discharge Piping Replacement Project will take place on Bryant Street, NW from 2nd Street to 4th Street, NW beginning Monday, March 11, 2013 through July of 2015. The work will be performed Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm; when needed, work hours may extend to night and/or weekend hours dependent upon needed tie-in work or inclement weather. The street in front of the pumping station, Washington Metropolitan High School and Howard University Bethune Dormitory will be excavated for the replacement work.

Impacts:
• Bryant Street NW from 2nd Street to 4th Street will be
closed to through traffic during construction; this
portion of the roadway will be open to local traffic.
Some traffic stops and delays within the vicinity of
the project area are anticipated.
• To avoid delays during work hours, W Street NW may be
used as an alternative route for eastbound travel, and V
Street NW may be used as an alternative route for
westbound travel.

Detour traffic signs have been posted throughout the area to alert motorists of the upcoming road closure and traffic detours.

Project Details
The Bryant Street Pumping Station (BSPS) is the heart of the District’s water distribution system. The pumping station receives drinking water from reservoirs and pumps it to all areas of the city. The BSPS originally constructed in 1904 underwent a $55 million major renovation that was completed in 2006. The pipes that will now be replaced, also constructed in the early 1900’s, are large transmission mains that extend outside the BSPS building along Bryant Street NW between 2nd and 4th Street NW and are critical to station operations – these pipes were not included in the major renovation. This project is a key component of DC Water’s Capital Improvement Program that replaces vital water infrastructure.

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About DC Water
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), is an industry leading multi-jurisdictional regional utility that provides drinking water, wastewater collection and treatment to 600,000 residential, commercial and governmental customers in the District of Columbia, 17.8 million annual visitors and also collects and treats wastewater for 1.6 million customers in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia.

DC Water’s service area covers approximately 725 square miles and the company operates the world’s largest advanced wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 370 million gallons per day and a peak capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day.