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

Beginning Monday, May 12, 2014, weather permitting, crews will begin relocation of two existing northbound travel lanes on South Capitol Street, near Anacostia Drive. To implement this lane shift, crews will temporarily reduce traffic to one northbound lane for a few hours, between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The anticipated duration of the lane reduction is one day. Once the lane shift is completed, the newly relocated northbound lanes will be opened to traffic. The new lane shift will be in effect through June 2014.

This portion of the work will be performed in support of Division A of the Clean Rivers Project (Blue Plains Tunnel).

Important Information:
* Some traffic stops and delays within the vicinity of the project area are anticipated.
* Traffic will slow down while traveling through the shift.

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
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
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.