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Opinion: I’ve seen a rich, thoughtful analysis of the Soapstone sewers. The 2019 EA isn’t it.

July 22, 2019 by FHC 11 Comments

by David Jonas Bardin Ten years ago, when I served on its board of directors, DC Water started focusing on aging, gravity-flow sanitary sewers laid in beds of creeks. DC Water gave sewers in Soapstone Creek a high priority. To inspect those sewers and assess their condition, DC Water turned to a pair of engineering […]

Filed Under: News, Opinion, Soapstone Valley

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Opinion: Sewer rehab project is an opportunity for a badly-needed Soapstone stream restoration

July 17, 2019 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin We’ve been warned in the past that the Soapstone Valley Trail is endangered due to steady erosion of the stream banks. The erosion accelerates whenever we have a major storm event, and the storms have not decreased in frequency or impact since that warning in 2014. Take last Tuesday’s powerful deluge, so […]

Filed Under: News, Opinion, Soapstone Valley

Neighbors bring many questions to June 26th Soapstone sewer rehab meeting, leave with more

July 15, 2019 by FHC 12 Comments

by Marlene Berlin At the June 26th public meeting on a project that would address the century-old sewer system running through the Soapstone Valley, no one challenged the need for relining the pipes and repairing manholes. DC Water’s presentation made it clear that the pipes and manhole covers, now more than 110 years old, have […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, News, Soapstone Valley

Meet the volunteer leader keeping the Soapstone Trail walkable and enjoyable

July 2, 2019 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin If you’ve come across volunteers working on the Soapstone Valley Trail in the past year, you’ve run into JoAnn Shaner’s crew. Shaner has been the Soapstone Trail supervisor for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club since mid-2018. (PATC maintains many of our trails and is currently rebuilding a footbridge on the Melvin Hazen […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Soapstone Valley, Volunteer in Our Parks

Steam vs. UV: There may be an alternative to the pipe-lining methods DC Water plans for Soapstone sewers

June 24, 2019 by FHC 6 Comments

by Marlene Berlin At the public meeting this Wednesday on the Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation project, at least one member of the community will be asking the National Park Service and DC Water if the work has to be so invasive. As described on page 6 of Appendix E, Statement of Findings: Approximately 6,100 [linear […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Soapstone Valley

ANC 3F’s parks committee has a lot of questions about the Soapstone sewer project

June 17, 2019 by FHC 4 Comments

by Marlene Berlin A deteriorating, 110-year-old sewer system runs through the Soapstone Valley. The National Park Service and DC Water have released the environmental assessment of DC Water’s preferred plan to rehabilitate the system. The federal and city agency will hold a public meeting on this subject June 26th at the Forest Hills of DC […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, News, Soapstone Valley, Sustainability

You have until August 2 to comment on a Soapstone Valley sewer project that will keep out park users for up to 4 years

June 5, 2019 by FHC 6 Comments

The National Park Service has released the environmental assessment of DC Water’s plans for rehabilitating the century-old sewer system in Soapstone Valley. This sets in motion a 59-day public comment period on work that will keep Soapstone users out of the park for as many as four years. NPS has scheduled a public meeting on […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, Featured, News, Soapstone Valley

DC Water and NPS weeks from revealing plans for 110-year-old Soapstone sewers

April 25, 2019 by FHC 6 Comments

by David Jonas Bardin DC Water came to Tuesday night’s ANC 3F meeting to let us know they’re getting closer to revealing the latest plan to address Soapstone Valley’s 110-year-old sanitary sewer system. The environmental assessment is to be issued in the next month or so for public comments. DC Water engineer Louis Arguello spoke […]

Filed Under: News, Soapstone Valley, Sustainability

Why there are tree stumps where Linnean Avenue dead ends near the Soapstone Valley Trail

March 25, 2019 by FHC 1 Comment

by Marlene Berlin Two lots are being developed by the owner Sassan Kimiavi, just south of the 4400 block of Linnean Avenue beyond the dead end. Locations are approximate. Tree stumps can be seen from the “social” trail that leads from the dead end Street to Soapstone Valley Trail. John Anderson of DDOT’s Urban Forestry […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Parks and Streams, Soapstone Valley, Sustainability

Proposals to remove or repair century-old Soapstone sewers still under review

February 28, 2019 by FHC 1 Comment

by Marlene Berlin It’s been almost a year since our last update on the century-old sewers running through Soapstone Valley, and almost six years since DC Water and the National Park Service revealed plans to do something about them. So first, a recap: Both the National Park Service and DC Water worry the aging sewer […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, News, Parks and Streams, Soapstone Valley, Sustainability

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