Hist and Proj Operating Receipts FY 2011 2 17 2010 - DC Water

DC WASA continues to invest in water system improvements East of the Anacostia River. Following the 2000 Systems Facilities
Plan, several of the projects that we are implementing will resolve low-pressure issues that historically have been a problem in the
southern portion of the Anacostia First High Service Area including areas near Specialty Hospital of Washington - Hadley, Greater
Southeast Hospital, Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, and Congress Heights. The result will be a new service area with higher normal
operating pressures in the southern portion of the Anacostia First High Service area. In FY 2009, the Anacostia pumping station
replacement was completed and replaced with a fully automated pumping at the same site. This will greatly improve service reliability
in the area.
Work continues on the new elevated water storage facility at St. Elizabeth's Hospital Campus. This will improve water line pressure
and reliability in the southern portion of the service area. We are continuing to work with District authorities to complete the requisite
historic review and to obtain zoning approvals. The construction of this elevated storage facility is dependent on the schedule for this
historic review, which is now underway. The zoning/permitting process for the new 2 million gallon elevated storage towers for the
proposed Anacostia 2 nd high pressure zone continued. The new water tower is to be located on the St. Elizabeth's East Campus. DC
WASA has been designated the lead agency for the Section 106 historic review process which is necessary as the entire St.
Elizabeth's Campus is both listed in the National Register of Historic Places (1979) and designated a National Historic Landmark
(1990). Two consulting party meetings were held in furtherance of the 106 process and one Zoning Commission hearing. The facility
is estimated to be in service in FY 2013.
• A major transmission main project will provide additional transmission capacity and redundancy is underway and scheduled
for completion in FY 2010. We will also replace mains that cannot withstand the increased pressure created by other system
improvements.
• A small diameter main replacement project is under construction and is schedule to for completion in FY 2010. These new
mains replace local distribution mains that cannot withstand the increased pressure created by the new pressure zone.
• While we are making small diameter main replacement in Anacostia, we will also complete lead service line replacements so
that neighborhood disruption will be minimized.
As part of this project, we are making special outreach efforts to our customers to keep them informed of project progress and the
impact the project has on their daily water service.
Water Audit - Between FY 2003 and FY 2007, DC WASA's sold vs. pumped water ratio continued to climb even as we improved our
response to broken mains and service lines while continuing to improve our metering to customers. Although AMR technology has
helped improve the accuracy of metered consumption to our customers, we remain committed to improving both the tracking and
reporting of water losses. To begin to address this issue, during the latter part of FY 2007, we implemented a water audit program.
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