(Washington, DC) – DC Water is performing construction activities on M Street, SE as part of the Clean Rivers Project.

Beginning Wednesday, June 18, 2014 through Wednesday, December 31, 2014, weather permitting, crews will be completing the final phase of construction on the M Street Diversion Sewers portion of the project at M Street between 7th and 11th Streets. There will be 24-hour closure of two eastbound travel lanes on M Street during this portion of work, temporarily reducing M Street to two eastbound lanes and two westbound lanes. The hours of operation will be from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Important Information:
* Two-way traffic will be maintained on M Street while construction takes place.
* 24-hour parking restrictions will remain in effect on M Street between 7th and 14th Streets through December 2014.
* Some traffic stops and delays within the vicinity of the work zone are anticipated.
* Limited night work may take place.
* Delays within the vicinity of the project area are anticipated.

Temporary traffic signs have been set up throughout the area to alert motorists to the upcoming lane shift. To keep everyone safe, motorists should stay alert and obey the posted speed limits when traveling through this area.

Project Details
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is implementing the DC Clean Rivers Project for the District’s combined sewer system 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 entire project will reduce CSOs annually by 96 percent throughout the system and by 98 percent for the Anacostia River alone.

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About DC Water
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.