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The '''Rivanna Pump Station''' is a booster station operated by the [[Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority]] that supplies the [[Moores Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant]] with untreated sewage via a 2,600 long 36-inch diameter force main. The station was built between 1979 and 1981, and currently has a capacity of 24.5 million gallons a day. The RWSA will plan to expand the station's capacity to 53 mgd as part of a collaborative effort with the City of [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]] to reduce the amount of stormwater that infiltrates the regional sewer system<ref>Frederick, Thomas L. STATUS REPORT: ON-GOING PROJECTS. Rep. Vol. April 27, 2010. Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. Web. 27 Apr. 2010. <http://www.rivanna.org/documents/agendas/agenda_apr27_2010_doc6c.pdf>.</ref>.   
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The '''Rivanna Pump Station''' is a booster station operated by the [[Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority]] that supplies the [[Moores Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant]] with untreated sewage via a 2,600 long 36-inch diameter force main. The station was built between 1979 and 1981, and currently has a capacity of 24.5 million gallons a day. The RWSA will plan to expand the station's capacity to 53 mgd as part of a collaborative effort with the City of [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]] to reduce the amount of stormwater that infiltrates the regional sewer system<ref>Frederick, Thomas L. STATUS REPORT: ON-GOING PROJECTS. Rep. Vol. April 27, 2010. Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. Web. 27 Apr. 2010. <http://www.rivanna.org/documents/agendas/agenda_apr27_2010_doc6c.pdf>.</ref>.  However, residents of the [[Woolen Mills]]' neighborhood are concerned the expansion will increase odors in their community


The pump is located at the corner of Chesapeake Avenue and Riverside Avenue in Charlottesville's [[Woolen Mills]] neighborhood.
The pump is located at the corner of Chesapeake Avenue and Riverside Avenue in Charlottesville's [[Woolen Mills]] neighborhood<ref>{{cite-cville|title=Smell you later? Woolen Mills closes its nose to expanded treatment station|url=http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064435450&ShowArticle_ID=11100301113196716|author=Brian Chidester|pageno=|printno=|printdate=|publishdate=|accessdate=January 4, 2011}}</ref>.


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The Rivanna Pump Station is a booster station operated by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority that supplies the Moores Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant with untreated sewage via a 2,600 long 36-inch diameter force main. The station was built between 1979 and 1981, and currently has a capacity of 24.5 million gallons a day. The RWSA will plan to expand the station's capacity to 53 mgd as part of a collaborative effort with the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County to reduce the amount of stormwater that infiltrates the regional sewer system[1]. However, residents of the Woolen Mills' neighborhood are concerned the expansion will increase odors in their community

The pump is located at the corner of Chesapeake Avenue and Riverside Avenue in Charlottesville's Woolen Mills neighborhood[2].


References

  1. Frederick, Thomas L. STATUS REPORT: ON-GOING PROJECTS. Rep. Vol. April 27, 2010. Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. Web. 27 Apr. 2010. <http://www.rivanna.org/documents/agendas/agenda_apr27_2010_doc6c.pdf>.
  2. Web. Smell you later? Woolen Mills closes its nose to expanded treatment station, Brian Chidester, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, retrieved January 4, 2011.

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