Odor Control Kickoff this Friday!
##PRESS RELEASE## For Immediate Release Multi-million Dollar Odor Control Project Kicks Off! Charlottesville, VA— July 12, 2016 Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) will hold an odor control project kickoff celebration on Friday, July 15th, at 10am at Riverview Park. The large-scale capital improvement project is designed to keep wastewater odors generated from the treatment processes from migrating off site from the Moores Creek Advanced Water Resource Recovery Facility located in the Belmont/Woolen Mills Neighborhood. On average RWSA treats 10 million gallons of wastewater per day from...
Read MoreFloating Bridge Installed
We are excited to announce that the installation of the floating bridge — the first of its kind in Virginia — has been installed at Ragged Mountain Reservoir in time for spring hikers! The floating bridge installation was completed this week by a company from South Carolina who specializes in docks and floating bridges. It’s important to note that though folks can “walk on water” and try out the bridge, the west side is roped off as the City Parks and Recreation department is still finishing their bio-blitz/environmental study of the flora and fauna in that...
Read MoreRagged Mountain Dam Reaches 100% Capacity!
Ragged Mountain Reservoir has reached its maximum capacity of 1.5 billion gallons of water, attaining an historic milestone. Thanks to an extraordinary effort and multi-stakeholder collaboration involving local water leaders, elected officials, teams of engineers and construction crews, and citizens, a plentiful water supply for our community’s drinking water needs has finally been brought to fruition. The multi-million dollar award-winning dam is a major step toward securing the drinking water, fire protection, and sanitation needs of the community for the next 50 years. It took engineers...
Read MoreFirst week of composting declared a success!
Charlottesville and Albemarle residents are all abuzz over the expanded composting services in the community. In the first week of the new program, Rivanna’s McIntire Recycling Center collected 150 lbs of food waste and household compostables in five days! NOPE, our pick-up hauler, also reported that only one item was found in the bins that was not allowable and that was a plastic bag. We urge everyone to remember to use compostable bags. The 3-gallon compostable bags (“Biobag” is the brand name) can be found at the following local retailers: Whole Foods Kroger Bed, Bath...
Read MoreImagine a Day Without Water Winners Announced!
Charlottesville and Albemarle County, VA – The City of Charlottesville, the Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA), and Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) participated in “Imagine a Day without Water,” a national campaign to educate and inspire the community about the value and importance of water in our everyday lives. The campaign involved an event in October as well as an art contest where students from the City and County were asked to creatively convey a day without water. The contest was a great success with over 570 poster entries and with representation...
Read MoreUpdate to Woolen Mills, Belmont-Carlton, and other Moores Creek Neighbors
Letter/Update on Odor Control 12.11.2015 Woolen Mills, Belmont-Carlton, Martha Jefferson Hospital, and Interested Citizens Each day Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority provides clean, safe drinking water to the over 120,000 residents of the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County through their water retailers. We also handle the wastewater from every household and business in our community. We effectively treat it, so that it can be safely returned to nature, at the same time recovering both nutrient and energy for beneficial uses. Handling wastewater comes with the unfortunate, yet...
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