The DC Water Stakeholder Alliance, a community advisory group, is coming together for a new term, with a new sense of urgency and a new slate of members to help address major issues impacting the Authority and our community. The panel includes individual District residents, elected officials, community organizations and business leaders with an array of expertise and interests.

The Alliance will work side-by-side with DC Water to provide input on a new set of challenges facing the water industry from federal mandates to replace lead service lines to aging infrastructure and holding polluters ...

Remaining lane closures to continue 22nd St NW from Massachusetts Ave to P St and Florida Ave NW

Repairs are progressing on a nine-foot sewer tunnel that has closed a section of 22nd St NW since early July, allowing DC Water and its contractor to reopen one northbound lane of this key corridor to vehicular traffic. Emergency repairs are expected to continue for another six months pending weather or unforeseen issues that affect the schedule. During this time, the remaining lanes will be closed, however, portions of the road may reopen as work progresses.

Since July, DC Water and its contractor ...

Helicopters used to drop off workers and drilling equipment mid-river 

It’s not every day you see a helicopter carry a 14-ton drill rig and workers dangling mid-air over the Potomac River but if you are around Great Falls you might catch a glimpse this week. Today, DC Water began drilling for rock core samples to evaluate options for rehabilitating a sewer line across the Potomac.

The work will continue from dawn to dusk each day through January 31. A Sikorsky S-64E helicopter – similar to the ones used to fight wildfires - transports the drill rig, while a second MD-500 helicopter carries ...