This Saturday, April 28, the public is encouraged to safely dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medications at over 50 locations in DC and Virginia and Maryland suburbs, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Residents can bring any quantity and type of unused medication to drop-off points and safely dispose of them in minutes. The service is free and anonymous.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency ...
DC Water issued $300 million in tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds yesterday, including $100 million designated as green bonds. The senior-lien bonds sold all in one day, with a 31-year maturity priced to yield 3.19 percent.
The sale was bolstered by DC Water’s strong credit ratings, AAA by S&P Global Ratings, Aa1 by Moody’s Investor Service, and for the green bonds, GB-1 the highest possible green ...
New seven-mile long tunnel segment fills to capacity and captures approximately 170 million gallons of combined sewage, keeping it out of the Anacostia
- New tunnel segment reduces combined sewer overflows to Anacostia by more than 80 percent, holds 100 million gallons of combined sewage
- $1.6 billion investment of total $2.7 billion program for healthier District waterways
Today, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) commissioned its 7-mile-long tunnel segment that will substantially reduce combined sewer overflows to the ...
DC Water will meet with District residents in all eight wards starting this week as part of an effort to hear from customers about rates and services.
Interim General Manager Henderson Brown IV will discuss how rates are set and how the Authority sets a budget for the coming year. Brown will also give an overview of many DC Water projects, including the Clean Rivers initiative, which grew out ...
From March 26 through May 7, 2018, the disinfectant in drinking water will temporarily switch from chloramine to chlorine. The annual switch in water disinfection is part of a routine program to clean and maintain drinking water systems in the District of Columbia, Arlington County and the northeastern portion of Fairfax County.
These systems purchase treated drinking water from the Washington ...
Customers already pay lion's share of costs for important environmental effort to clean up local waterways
DC Water invites the development community (developers, builders) and the general public to attend the DC Water Public Open House, which will permit interested parties to share their thoughts on the new System Availability Fee (SAF) regulations. The revised SAF regulations, intended to recover the investment in available system capacity, are scheduled to go into effect this summer. DC Water’s ...
Temperatures in the region are nearing zero this week, causing broken water mains, frozen pipes and burst household plumbing. DC Water is currently attending to nearly 50 active water main breaks and is fielding more than 200 emergency weather-related calls per day.
In addition to the Authority’s Water Services crews, DC Water also calls upon contractors to assist when there are this many ...
This week, temperatures in the District are expected to fall into the single digits. The cold has already caused frozen or broken pipes inside DC homes. There are steps you can take to help prevent the pipes in your home from freezing or breaking.
Pipes that freeze most frequently are those that are exposed to the outside, such as outdoor hose outlets, water sprinkler lines. The other more ...
