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

Beginning about Tuesday, October 1, 2013 through December 2014, crews will construct the upper section of an approach channel that will be used to convey storm water to the new Anacostia River Tunnel. Crews will also begin excavation of CSO outfall #017 on M Street, west of Water Street. M Street, east of the traffic circle at Maritime Plaza to Water Street, will be closed during the work. Water Street, which had previously been closed for work on the lower section of the approach channel, will be reopened during this time.

This work will be performed in support of the M Street Diversion Sewer of the Clean Rivers Project (Division E).

Important Information
* Access to the boathouses will be maintained via Water
Street.
* 24-hour parking restrictions will remain in effect on M
Street, between 7th and 14th Streets, until late 2014.
* Some traffic delays within the vicinity of the work zone
are anticipated.
* Traffic signs have been set up throughout the area to
alert motorists to the upcoming traffic changes.

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 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
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.