Due to a temporary loss of pressure in our distribution system on Thursday, July 12, some customers are advised to boil their water until further notice.
DC Water is working to refine the impacted area. DC Water advises customers located in the current affected area to continue boiling water for drinking and cooking until further notice. Customers in the affected area should also boil their water if they experienced low water pressure or had no water after 8:30 p.m. on July 12. Customers should visit the interactive map at dcwater.com or call the ...
Residents can use new interactive map to see if they are in affected area
$6 million from Rate Stabilization Fund will be added to FY 2019 Budget
Today, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) named and blessed the tunnel boring machine that will mine the final segment to complete the Anacostia River Tunnel System. This will make a much healthier Anacostia River by reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) by 98 percent and significantly reducing flooding in northeast DC.
National Park Superintendent Tara Morrison ...
Media Opportunity—Drop 110 feet below ground to view DC Water’s newest part of the Clean Rivers Project
Media are encouraged to join Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh, EPA Regional Administrator EPA Cecil Rodrigues, National Park Service Superintendent Tara Morrison, guests and the public to celebrate the start of the final chapter in DC Water’s cleaner ...
(Washington, DC) – In preparation for construction work associated with the Northeast Boundary Tunnel Project (NEBT) (www.dcwater.com/nebt), crews will begin work under the median on westbound East Capitol Street NE. The work is being conducted by crews from Salini Impreglio Healy Joint Venture (SIH) on behalf of DC Water’s Clean Rivers Project to construct the NEBT.
Beginning on or around Monday ...
(Washington, DC) – In preparation for construction work associated with the Northeast Boundary Tunnel Project (NEBT) (www.dcwater.com/nebt), crews will begin tree and median removal in the unit block of Rhode Island Avenue NE between North Capitol Street NE and Lincoln Road NE. Eight trees currently in the median must be removed to facilitate the removal of the median. This work is necessary to ...
DC Water crews are onsite at Anacostia Ave and Ponds St, NE to repair a section of sewer main that collapsed and caused a sinkhole. The repair site is located away from roads, sidewalks and buildings, so there are no closures to report. DC Water is asking residents and passers by to stay clear of the repair site. So far, a 20-foot section of the Anacostia Force Main has been excavated and will be ...
DC Water is warning customers that scammers claiming to represent the utility may be calling and asking for personal information or to send a technician to the home. DC Water has received two reports from customers who stated they received such a call and one customer received an at-home visit from someone claiming he was from the water/electric utility and was checking for high water use. DC ...
