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This program helped to establish a new methodology for tracking and reporting water losses consistent with the American Water
Works Association (AWWA) standards. We are reviewing strategies for reducing water loss and will look to implement many, if not
all of them over the next several years if funding is available.
Watts Branch Park Renovations - DC WASA has successfully collaborated with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the District of
Columbia Department of the Environment in a combined stream restoration and sewer rehabilitation project that will serve as the
nexus for community revitalization. When the stream restoration project was first conceived, DC WASA was consulted to perform a
routine identification of the sewers and water mains that would be impacted by the stream work. To respond, DC WASA performed
an assessment of the condition of the infrastructure in the area of the stream restoration. This assessment identified work needed for
sewer pipes within the stream and deteriorated storm water outfalls. DC WASA's goal is to rehabilitate the sewers and water mains
within Watts Branch and Marvin Gaye Park for a 50+ year useful life such that future disturbances would not be needed for sewer
repairs.
The total cost of this project is estimated to be $5.6 million. The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
has agreed to fund one-half, or approximately $2.8 million of the cost. Construction began in FY 2009 and is planned for completion
in FY 2010. This project has been deemed eligible for full ARRA funding as a Green Reserve Project due to its potential for reducing
inflow and infiltration in the sewer system.
The CSO LTCP is being implemented on a schedule included in a consent decree between the United States, the District
government and DC WASA. The decree was entered by the Court on March 23, 2005, and calls for DC WASA to complete the CSO
LTCP over a twenty-year period. CSO LTCP projects at the top of the list are those that will serve to reduce overflows to the
Anacostia River.
The benefits of our twenty-year plan are significant. When fully implemented, combined sewer overflows will be reduced by a
projected 96 percent (98 percent on the Anacostia River), resulting in improved water quality and a significant reduction in locally
generated debris from the combined sewer system in our local waterways. In addition, our clean-up efforts on the Anacostia River
are a cornerstone of the District's redevelopment initiatives including commercial, residential and other development projects.
DC WASA made great progress on its plan over the last two years. We have completed and met consent decree deadlines for most
projects that were included in the settlement of a lawsuit against DC WASA regarding implementation of the federal CSO Nine
Minimum Controls program. These projects, which were budgeted and planned by DC WASA prior to the lawsuit, are projected to
reduce combined sewer overflows by 40 percent. We estimate that work completed to date have reduced combined sewer overflows
by 36 percent. We are also underway with engineering design and construction work to separate additional combined sewer areas in
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