(Washington, DC) – DC Water is implementing green infrastructure on Irving Street as part of the Clean Rivers Project.

Through April 2014, crews will be installing bioretention areas and landscaping at 15 sites in median islands and in the roadside along Irving Street between Michigan Avenue NW
and North Capitol Street, and on Park Place NW and Kenyon Street NW near Irving Street. Normal work hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

This project supports the Northeast Boundary Neighborhood Protection Project and the bioretention will help reduce storm-water runoff through capture, infiltration and treatment before it can enter the sewer system, thereby reducing storm-water volumes that contribute to downstream flooding problems.

Important Information
* Some traffic delays within the vicinity of the work zones
are anticipated.
* Temporary lane closures and sidewalk detours will be
implemented during off-peak hours.
* There will be an increase in truck traffic.
* Noise levels will be closely monitored during
construction.

Project Details
DC Water is implementing the Clean Rivers Project which comprises a system of tunnels and diversion sewers for the capture of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to Rock Creek and the Anacostia and Potomac rivers for treatment at DC
Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Clean Rivers Project will reduce CSOs annually by 96 percent throughout the system and by 98 percent for the Anacostia River alone.

Green Infrastructure is part of the solution. Green Infrastructure techniques such as bioretention provide benefits beyond traditional sewer solutions, by providing
environmental benefits in the form of habitat for birds and pollinators, clean air, and clean water; social benefits by enhancing community space; and economic benefits through local jobs creation and increased property values.

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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.

Please visit dcwater.com/cleanrivers for more information on the Clean Rivers Project.