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Is DC Water on track to start the Soapstone Valley sewer rehab in December? Get the latest at a Dec. 7 community meeting

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The interior of a Soapstone sewer pipe that has seen better days. (DC Water)

ANC 3F and DC Water are hosting a joint meeting on December 7th on the upcoming sewer rehabilitation project in the Soapstone Valley. The project, long in the works, will include relining the 110-year-old sewer pipes and a stream restoration to address stormwater erosion.

The most recent community update on the project from DC Water was at the March meeting of ANC 3F. Representatives said the work was scheduled to begin in December.

This virtual meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 7th from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the ANC 3F Zoom platform.

Comments

  1. The March 2021 meeting mentioned as the “most recent community update” in the third link in the main post was held March 16. So more than eight months have now elapsed, and we are being offered another meeting. Something seems odd about this. It’s almost like we are being fooled into thinking action is about to begin.

    At the March 16 meeting, the community was told “the work [is] scheduled to begin in December.” But DC Water has made no announcement that work will start in eight days, otherwise the ANC would have announced that work will start soon.

    DC Water and the contractors have taken no action for more than eight months. I do not want anyone to rush into killing hundreds of trees for the sake of appearing busy. But it does feel like it’s time for action, not time for more meetings.

  2. At the end of the block of Linnean south of Albemarle St., a property is posted for sale. The lot abuts the northern slope leading down to the Soapstone ravine. Properties like this one should not be developed—they should be used to restore the tree canopy at the edges of the ravine.

  3. PLEASE, I implore you to REJECT the dangerous use of toxic steam CIPP, and instead to protect the health of residents, students and businesses by using the UV CIPP alternative.
    We have a great many young children and pregnant and nursing mothers in the block along Connecticut Ave and Albemarle St whose health can be seriously impacted by endocrine disruptors and carcinogens. There is also the consideration of all of the residents and business workers who will be exposed, as well as the wild animals and birds whose habitat is directly impacted.
    It is absolute folly to endanger so many in an effort to ‘improve’ the area along the stream!

    • I agree with Ms. Beam. Stop DC Water and its contractors from using the CIPP method. Demand that they use the UV curing method.

      I hope our ANC will post a link on Forest Hills Connection to the video of the December 7 community meeting.

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