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]


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Council has expressed its opposition to Concept A and its preference for Concept D [4]. The ACSA has asked the RWSA to leave Option A on the table. [5] The RWSA will take up the matter at its next meeting on March 22, 2011.


References

  1. 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.
  2. 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. 3.0 3.1 Web. Woolen Mills residents voice concerns about sewer pump station project, Brian Wheeler, February 17, 2011, retrieved February 18, 2011.
  4. Web. City Council wants sewer pump station upgrade to occur outside Woolen Mills neighborhood, Sean Tubbs, retrieved March 21, 2011.
  5. Web. County sewer authority wants all options on table for new pump station, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, March 18, 2011, retrieved March 18, 2011.

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