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Soapstone sewer updates: UV curing for final pipe segments; Stream restoration plantings begin

DC Water’s Soapstone Valley sewer project contractor will be lining the final sewer pipe segments using a method community leaders had urged from the beginning: UV curing. “We have decided to use UV for Lenore Lane, Van Ness [East] and shot 10,” DC Water’s Peter Tinubu, the project manager, told ANC 3F’s February 20th meeting. […]

Soapstone sewer rehab update: May 31 end date and some of the remaining challenges

by Marlene Berlin DC Water expects to complete the Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project and reopen the park in four months, though the work remaining includes two Soapstone sewer pipe segments that pose additional challenges. The pipes are along or near steep grades at Lenore Lane and Van Ness East. DC Water, at the January 16th […]

ANC 3F Jan. 16 agenda: CM Robert White; Soapstone sewer update

DC Water’s periodic, opt-in email updates about the Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation project can be described as spare. Previous updates might list upcoming activities, like this: Week of January 2, 2024 Perform lateral launch activities on Audubon Terrace And leave it at that. At the last ANC 3F meeting, in November, DC Water was asked […]

Soapstone sewer update: August 21 now tentative date for next relining phase; August 17 virtual meeting

On August 21st, DC Water plans to begin installing cured-in-place pipe along a new segment of the 110-year-old sewer pipe in the Soapstone Valley. The agency set out the new, tentative schedule at ANC 3F’s July 18th meeting, and has scheduled a virtual meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 17th. (See below for the […]

Soapstone sewer update: Preps for next relining phase; noisy stream restoration work on the move; new end date

Preparations are under way for relining a lengthy stretch of century-old sewer pipe along the Soapstone Valley floor. DC Water gave a progress report at ANC 3F’s June 20th meeting (video), and set out the next steps ahead of the next round of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) installation. The first section, marked above by the yellow […]

ANC 3F June 20 agenda: New website, Soapstone sewer progress report, DDOT Stormwater Retrofit Project

ANC 3F’s website at anc3f.com was inaccessible for much of the past month, but they’re working on it. A placeholder page went up recently with information on the commission’s June 20th virtual meeting, and at the meeting, the commissioners will vote on some expenditures related to getting and keeping a website up and running. Also […]

DC Water’s Soapstone sewer relining work well under way; 2nd stage to begin in May

by Marlene Berlin The relining of the 115-year-old Soapstone Valley sewer has advanced by leaps and bounds since that phase of the sewer rehabilitation project began in mid-March. The pipes that carry raw sewage through and around Soapstone Creek, predominantly on National Park Service land, are years beyond their expected life span. They are being […]

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