In partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) today released for public access an environmental assessment for its project, Fort Stanton Reservoir Rehabilitation, Slope Stabilization, Environmental Restoration And Transfer of Jurisdiction.

This two-phase project includes rehabilitation of one of two buried concrete water storage reservoirs located within Fort Stanton Park, and stabilization of a long-failed slope within the park. The work is necessary to stabilize this facility, which is one of only five reservoirs that house the District’s water supply.

In the environmental assessment, DC Water worked closely with the National Park Service to analyze the noise, traffic, air and other impacts of the construction and restoration work on the neighboring environment. As another part of the document, DC Water proposes a transfer in management jurisdiction for part of the reservoir compound from the NPS to DC Water to make official the long-standing operating management of the reservoirs.

From November 29, 2010 through January 15, 2011, the environmental assessment for DC Water’s Fort Stanton Park project, in its entirety, will be available via the National Park Service’s Planning, Environment & Public Comment website: http://parkplanning.nps.gov. District residents, employees and others interested are encouraged to visit the site, review the document carefully, and provide comment.

For more information, please call the DC Water Office of Public Affairs at (202) 787-2200.

A more detailed project information sheet on the Fort Stanton project can be found at:
http://www.dcwater.com/workzones/projects/fortstanton_reservoir_rehabil…

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About The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
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 more than 500,000 residential, commercial and governmental customers in the District of Columbia, 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 has a peak capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day.