As part of its ongoing public outreach commitment, DC WASA has scheduled two additional Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) informational meetings on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Cleveland Park Library located at 3310 Connecticut Ave, NW at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in the third floor conference room at 2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, SE at 6:30 p.m. The meetings will include discussions with the community about DC WASA’s $2.1 billion plan to control water pollution and flooding caused by the District of Columbia’s combined sewer system.

A combined sewer is a single pipe that carries both sanitary wastewater and storm run-off and is found in many of the city’s neighborhoods. During certain rainfall conditions, the capacity of a combined sewer may be exceeded. When this occurs, the excess flow, a dilute mixture of wastewater and stormwater run-off (CSO), is discharged to the Anacostia and Potomac rivers, Rock Creek and tributary waters.

The meetings will focus on DC WASA’s efforts to control this discharge and improve the environmental and economic health of the rivers and other bodies of water in the District. Current CSO activity taking place throughout the District will also be highlighted.

Additional information can be found at the following public libraries: Martin Luther King, Jr., Capitol View, Mount Pleasant, Northeast, Woodbridge, Southeast, Shepherd Park, Tenley-Friendship and Washington Highlands. You can also visit www.dcwasa.com and click on “What We Do” to find the information.

Everyone is invited to attend.