The existing Meadow Creek Interceptor is approximately 22,800 linear feet of pipe and was built in the 1950s by the City of Charlottesville. Its purpose was to transport wastewater from sewer lines serving land within the Meadow Creek watershed to the old Meadow Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant located near Penn Park Lane.
The City of Charlottesville conveyed the Meadow Creek Interceptor to the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) in 1973 when RWSA was created through a four-party agreement. Later when the construction of the Rivanna Interceptor was completed by RWSA, the Meadow Creek Interceptor was connected to the new Rivanna Interceptor to transport flows to the expanded Moores Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The City’s Meadow Creek Interceptor was then decommissioned. Today the Meadow Creek Interceptor transports an average of 4-5 million gallons per day of wastewater.
The existing Interceptor Sewer Pipe consists of 21” to 36” diameter of clay pipe, clay tile lined concrete pipe and ductile iron pipe stream crossings.
