Virginia American Water Launches $600,000 Main Replacement to Improve Water Service along St. Asaph and Green Streets
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Virginia American Water today announced the start of a water main
upgrade on St. Asaph Street in Alexandria that will enhance water
quality, improve service reliability and increase flows for fire
protection for the community. The cost of the water system improvements
is approximately $600,000 and will replace 1,500 feet of aging six-inch
pipe to a larger eight-inch pipe.
The project is part of nearly $4 million in infrastructure investments
Virginia American Water is making in Virginia this year, following $9.5
million in investments it made in 2013 and $11 million in investments it
made in 2012. This project, which will occur along St. Asaph Street from
South Jefferson Street to its south end and Green Street from St. Asaph
to South Royal Street, will be completed in about four months.
“This is another one of many critical projects we’re working on in 2014
to proactively replace aging infrastructure in Alexandria,” said
Virginia American Water President Bill Walsh.
Crews will work in intersections weekdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 3:30 p.m., and outside of intersections 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. During the project, some residents are likely to
experience temporary interruption of their water service when individual
service lines are changed over to the new main, as well as when the old
main is cut and capped. During work hours, at least one lane of traffic
will always open to residents, and trash service, mail delivery, school
busses and emergency vehicles will not be impacted. Crews will work as
quickly as possible to shorten the length of any temporary
inconveniences.
Virginia American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is
the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing
high-quality and reliable water services to more than 370,000 people.
Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest publicly traded U.S.
water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees,
N.J., the company employs more than approximately 6,600 dedicated
professionals, who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related
services to an estimated 14 million people in more than 40 states and
parts of Canada. More information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.
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Contact:
Virginia American Water
Samantha Villegas, APR
571-577-7477
samantha@savipr.com
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Virginia American Water today announced the start of a water main upgrade on St. Asaph Street in Alexandria that will enhance water quality, improve service reliability and increase flows for fire protection for the community. The cost of the water system improvements is approximately $600,000 and will replace 1,500 feet of aging six-inch pipe to a larger eight-inch pipe.
The project is part of nearly $4 million in infrastructure investments Virginia American Water is making in Virginia this year, following $9.5 million in investments it made in 2013 and $11 million in investments it made in 2012. This project, which will occur along St. Asaph Street from South Jefferson Street to its south end and Green Street from St. Asaph to South Royal Street, will be completed in about four months.
“This is another one of many critical projects we’re working on in 2014 to proactively replace aging infrastructure in Alexandria,” said Virginia American Water President Bill Walsh.
Crews will work in intersections weekdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., and outside of intersections 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During the project, some residents are likely to experience temporary interruption of their water service when individual service lines are changed over to the new main, as well as when the old main is cut and capped. During work hours, at least one lane of traffic will always open to residents, and trash service, mail delivery, school busses and emergency vehicles will not be impacted. Crews will work as quickly as possible to shorten the length of any temporary inconveniences.
Virginia American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water services to more than 370,000 people. Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company employs more than approximately 6,600 dedicated professionals, who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an estimated 14 million people in more than 40 states and parts of Canada. More information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.
Virginia American Water
Samantha Villegas, APR
571-577-7477
samantha@savipr.com