Rivanna Pump Station
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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.
Location
The pump is located at the corner of Chesapeake Avenue and Riverside Avenue in Charlottesville's Woolen Mills neighborhood[1].
Expansion
The RWSA is planning to expand the station's capacity to 53 million gallons a day 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. [2] However, residents of the Woolen Mills' neighborhood are concerned the expansion will increase odors in their community. [1] The firm Hazen and Sawyer has been hired to serve as the engineering consultant. [3]
Four sites have been under consideration for the upgraded pump station and each has a preliminary “concept level” cost estimate:
- Concept A ($25 million): upgrade the pump station at its existing location
- Concept B ($29 million): up the Rivanna River in Riverview Park
- Concept C ($37 million): downstream near the old Woolen Mill and Moores Creek
- Concept D ($34 million): across the Rivanna River below State Farm Insurance[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web. Smell you later? Woolen Mills closes its nose to expanded treatment station, Brian Chidester, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ↑ 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>.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Web. Woolen Mills residents voice concerns about sewer pump station project, Brian Wheeler, February 17, 2011, retrieved February 18, 2011.