Updated below with details of a virtual public meeting on Thursday, March 9th, about the commencement of the relining work. by Mitchell Baer ANC 3F03 commissioner At the February 21st ANC 3F meeting, DC Water presented a status report on its work to reline the main and trunk sewer lines in the Soapstone Valley. From […]
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ANC 3F Feb. 21 agenda: Updates on the Soapstone sewer project and a new DC Archives at UDC
At ANC 3F‘s January meeting, DC Water indicated that the relining phase of the Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project would be getting under way by now. The DC Water reps also said they would soon schedule a separate public meeting before the relining work commenced. There have been no further public updates since, but there’s bound […]
DC Water to begin Soapstone sewer relining by the end of January
by Marlene Berlin The Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project has an air quality monitoring plan and permit that will allow DC Water’s contractor to proceed with the pipe relining phase of the project, which is set to begin later this month. “This is the agreed upon 14 days advance notice for CIPP work that will be […]
DC Water omits details of Soapstone sewer bypass pipe installation in public communications
by Marlene Berlin On Tuesday, October 25th, Tara Waterman emailed DC Water about what she described as “a pervasive acrid, chemical odor consist[ent] with vinyl chloride off-gassing” emanating from the Soapstone Valley trailhead near her Audubon Terrace home. “The contractors for DC Water are melting PVC pipe today, and presumably, this is resulting in off-gassing,” […]
Soapstone sewer updates: Public outreach, air quality permit hearing and other dates to remember
Noise-producing stream work behind Park Connecticut and Park Van Ness. A partial street closure. A farmers market meet-and-greet. DC Water’s September 14th project update email had dates for all of the above, but not for when the sewer pipe relining work might begin. Officials will be attending ANC 3F’s meeting on Tuesday, September 20th – […]
Soapstone sewer updates: A neighborhood working group is tackling issues including air pollution and noise
by Marlene Berlin A neighborhood working group has formed to work on issues that have come up as DC Water proceeds with its sewer rehabilitation project in the Soapstone Valley. The group’s members are ANC 3F Commissioner Dipa Mehta; Josh Savitch, a Soapstone neighbor who had been watching the project develop and asked Mehta how […]
DC Water says Soapstone sewer project noise is within allowed limits. That’s no comfort to its neighbors.
The noise generated by pumps diverting Soapstone Creek from one of the sewer project sites has generated noise complaints from neighboring residents. FYI this is how it sounds from 7AM – 7PM every single day. I am sure it is in violation of the DC Noise Control Act & hope that @dcra will address my […]
Soapstone sewer project update: Stream restoration under way; noise complaints, and no sewer pipe work for at least 60 days
by Marlene Berlin The sewer rehabilitation project in the Soapstone Valley is also a stream restoration project, intended both to repair damage from years of stormwater erosion and to armor the sewer lines and access points against future stormwater events. Jerrell Johnson of DC Water told ANC 3F’s July 19th meeting (watch the presentation) that […]
Local air quality expert and ANC 3F alarmed that Soapstone sewer project oversight won’t include an air quality permit
DC’s environmental agency will not require an air quality permit “at this time” for DC Water’s sewer pipe relining project in the Soapstone Valley. The reason, ANC 3F commissioners were told at their May 17th meeting, was that the DC Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) did not have the information it needed about […]
ANC 3F April 19 agenda: Soapstone sewer update; New Connecticut Ave. eateries
Soapstone Valley’s closest neighbors, some of them overlooking to the park, are keenly interested in the schedule for the sewer rehabilitation project. They want to know: When they can expect the road-building work and other staging to be complete? When will the sewer pipe relining process begin? And when and how will it affect them? […]
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