DC Water's

Projects

Our capital improvement plan is measured in the billions. That's the level of investment required to upgrade our water and sewer systems, comply with federal mandates to reduce nutrient discharges and combined sewer overflows to local rivers, and improve the efficiency of our operations. This work is occurring across the city, and using the search filters below you can see what's happening in your neighborhood.

Click to view current and planned DCWater projects by Ward or ANC.

Main Pumping Station Diversions Project

Clean Rivers

Main Pumping Station Diversions Project

New Diversion Chambers Divert Flows to Blue Plains Tunnel

Irving Street Green Infrastructure Project

Green Infrastructure

Irving Street Green Infrastructure Project

GI Working to Mitigate Flooding in Bloomingdale

JBAB Overflow and Diversion Structures Project

Clean Rivers

JBAB Overflow and Diversion Structures Project

Construction Completed for a Major Component of Clean River's First Phase

CSO 021 Diversion Facilities Project

Clean Rivers

CSO 021 Diversion Facilities Project

First Clean Rivers Project in the Potomac Sewershed Completed

Poplar Point Pumping Station Project

Clean Rivers

Poplar Point Pumping Station Project

New Sewage Pumping Station Complete at Poplar Point

Anacostia River Tunnel Project

Clean Rivers

Anacostia River Tunnel Project

First Phase of Clean Rivers Completed

Northeast Boundary Tunnel Project

Clean Rivers

Northeast Boundary Tunnel Project

Largest Component of Clean Rivers is Designed and Ready for Construction

Downspout Disconnection Program

Green Infrastructure

Downspout Disconnection Program

Drain the Rain

Rock Creek Green Infrastructure Project A

Green Infrastructure

Rock Creek Green Infrastructure Project A

First GI Project in Rock Creek Completed

FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, SURVEYS, AND INSPECTIONS NOTICE OF SANITARY SEWER FIELD WORK (National Park Service – Glover Archbold Park)

Sewer

FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, SURVEYS, AND INSPECTIONS NOTICE OF SANITARY SEWER FIELD WORK (National Park Service – Glover Archbold Park)

Benefits include improving structural integrity while maintaining adequate hydraulic capacity.

Potomac River Tunnel Project

Clean Rivers

Potomac River Tunnel Project

CSO Relief for Potomac River

First Street Tunnel Project

Clean Rivers

First Street Tunnel Project

Flood Relief System Online in Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park