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Soapstone Valley sewer update: DC Water posts 2011 report

August 1, 2019 by FHC

The cover of the March 2011 report.

The 2011 DC Water report referenced in David Jonas Bardin’s July 22nd piece (Opinion: I’ve seen a rich, thoughtful analysis of the Soapstone sewers. The 2019 EA isn’t it.) is now available for download at DCWater.com.

From David:

In 2013, DC Water dialogued with a group of us about sewers in Soapstone Valley. We used as our study text DC Water’s 2011 report prepared by a pair of engineering firms. DC Water gave me a hard copy then and a digital copy a few weeks ago. It is a rich, thoughtful document with data, context and analysis – paragraphs and photos, maps and tables. All in all, an excellent product. So it’s good news that [Tuesday] DC Water posted all of it online to give everyone ready access.

Here’s a roundup of news and opinion on the Soapstone sewer project. NPS is accepting public comments on the Soapstone Valley Park Sewer Rehabilitation Environment Assessment through this Friday, August 2nd.

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Comments

  1. Pat Kasdan says

    August 20, 2019 at 2:15 pm

    Thanks for posting the 2011 DC Water report which states, “Sewer segments between manholes M-9768 to M-9765 were observed to be previously lined and are in need of no further improvements at this time (p. 2-13)….
    “All segments have defects that need to be addressed by either pipe replacement or rehabilitation with the exception of the two sections previously rehabilitated (p. 2-14, Table 2-2).”
    According to the 2019 Environmental Assessment these already relined sewer pipes lie in the area of greatest proposed tree removal, see Appendix B, Figure 5, Tree Impacts, Sheet 1 of 3.
    Can DC Water be persuaded NOT to reline already relined sewer pipes, and thereby save some of the 370+ trees slated for destruction?

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