
11/03/2023
AlexRenew was proud to host Women in Tunneling this week! Visting professionals and students had the opportunity to learn about RiverRenew and see the progress our crews have made toward delivering healthier waterways in Alexandria.
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Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew) is one of the most advanced water resource recovery public utilities in the United States. We clean dirty water to protect our community and the environment. When dirty water flows from your home or business, we get to work turning it into sparkling, clean water.
AlexRenew was proud to host Women in Tunneling this week! Visting professionals and students had the opportunity to learn about RiverRenew and see the progress our crews have made toward delivering healthier waterways in Alexandria.
A lot goes on behind the scenes of our RiverRenew program each day. This week, crews continue to tie rebar and place concrete at the AlexRenew construction site – a massive undertaking!
It's the RiverRenew mascots' favorite time of year! Cloe and her crew wish every Alexandrian a safe, silly, and spectacular Halloween.
Help them celebrate the season with a new learning activity on Cloe's Corner: RiverRenew.com/cloes-corner
Beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, October 30, AlexRenew's online payment processing will be temporarily unavailable for three to six days as we upgrade AlexRenew's customer care system. We appreciate your patience during this transition.
Thank you MWCOG/Chesapeake Bay Policy Committee and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for including us in today's tour and for always supporting healthier waterways.
What a great way to finish the week! Early this morning, crews oversaw the final concrete placement for the 120-foot-deep drop shaft at our Pendleton Street construction site. The effort took several months and required over 1,770 cubic yards of concrete. Happy Friday!
AlexRenew is launching its new customer care system next week! The system includes a new and improved payment portal that will offer customers live chat assistance, additional payment and autopay options, and customizable billing notifications. Learn more https://bit.ly/46pKK56.
offers an opportunity for communities across the nation to dispose of old medications safely. On October 28th, from 10am to 2pm, bring your unused prescription drugs to a nearby collection site. Visit www.DEATakeBack.com to find one near you.
Today we participated in the Alexandria Spooky Mad Science Expo, demonstrating the science behind a few phases of our wastewater treatment process. We think we may have met a few future wastewater engineers!
The Clean Water Act is possibly the most important environmental law in the US. It protects our waterways by regulating pollution control and overseeing wastewater treatment standards at facilities like AlexRenew. Today, we celebrate 51 years of the Clean Water Act!
Take a sneak peek into our Pendleton Street site! As you can see, there are many construction activities occurring simultaneously as crews continue to set the foundations that will support our new structures. Once the diversion chamber is complete, it will redirect flows from the existing outfall to AlexRenew's wastewater treatment plant.
Alexandria! Join us this Thursday, October 19 at King Street Park from 2:00-5:00 pm to celebrate Imagine a Day Without Water. Water is invaluable and essential to everyday life. Come chat with us, as well as AlexRenew and Transportation & Environmental Services, City of Alexandria, Virginia to learn about our three Water entities in the City of Alexandria.
Reminder: Jamieson Ave will be CLOSED to all through traffic beginning this week!
The street will re-open in January 2024 following this stage of Hooffs Run Interceptor construction.
Find city-approved detours and more at RiverRenew.com/news/program-updates/jamieson
Starting next week, Jamieson Ave must close to all through traffic while RiverRenew crews complete essential sewer system upgrades.
Preview upcoming detours, including bicycle routes, and learn more about Hooffs Run Interceptor construction at RiverRenew.com/news/program-updates/jamieson
Talk about a deep concrete pour! Crews are installing permanent concrete walls to line our pumping shaft. Once the RiverRenew project is complete, the shaft will house the pumps that move combined sewage up to the surface to be processed at AlexRenew’s treatment plant.
AlexRenew is launching its new customer care system next month! The system includes a new and improved payment portal that will offer customers live chat assistance, additional payment and autopay options, and customizable billing notifications. https://bit.ly/46pKK56
As RiverRenew crews work to complete the Hooffs Run Interceptor, Jamieson Ave must close to all through pedestrian and vehicular traffic from October 2023 through January 2024.
For the latest detour route and scheduling details, visit
RiverRenew.com/news/program-updates/jamieson
Join us in recognizing . Today, we pay tribute to the Indigenous peoples who have enriched our world with their cultures and traditions.
While the top half of our Waterfront tunnel is temporarily removed to make way for mining equipment, crews have a unique view of both the tunnel and construction activities happening within the future drop shaft of our Royal Street site.
Come visit us at this evening’s open house hosted by the City of Alexandria at VRE’s Alexandria Station. Learn about upcoming and ongoing infrastructure projects on King Street and the Commonwealth Avenue Corridor.
Curious about construction activity? You can catch up with the RiverRenew team every week at our Sip 'n See events!
Learn more: RiverRenew.com/news/program-updates/sip-n-see
Tomorrow evening, AlexRenew will be supporting the City of Alexandria's open house with its regional partners to share information about ongoing and upcoming infrastructure projects slated for the King Street and Commonwealth Avenue corridors.
Members of the public are invited to an Open House hosted by the City of Alexandria and its regional partners, Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) and Virginia Railway Express (VRE), to share information on ongoing and upcoming infrastructure projects slated for the King Street and Commonwealth...
A view from above! After Hazel the TBM mined through the shaft at Royal Street, the top half of the Waterfront tunnel was removed to make room for mining equipment that will support her as she journeys under the Potomac River.
AlexRenew will launch its new customer care system this November. The system includes an upgraded payment portal that will offer customers live chat assistance, additional payment and autopay options, and customizable billing notifications. https://bit.ly/46pKK56
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We often share images and videos from underground that give you an up-close look at the RiverRenew tunnel project. As you can see, there's a lot happening on the surface here at AlexRenew too. It takes an experienced team of professionals and a huge amount of specialized equipment to complete a project of this magnitude.
Wipes are useful in a variety of ways, as household cleaners, facial tissues, make-up removers, baby wipes, etc. But even wipes that are labeled “flushable” are not actually safe to flush. They can clog toilets and sewer lines. Protect your pipes and don’t flush wipes!
Join us in celebrating 🎉
Community Listening Sessions start this week!
Instead of our normal sip’ n see events during the day this week, we’re excited to be in the community from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to answer your questions and give construction updates at each of our sites.
Our September Community Listening Sessions are coming up NEXT WEEK!
The RiverRenew team can't wait to see you there — learn more at RiverRenew.com/community/community-listening-sessions
We're here to help. To set up a payment plan today, visit alexrenew.promise-pay.com.
Have a safe and happy labor day, everyone!
New logo. Same mission. Introducing the new face of healthier waterways!
RiverRenew crews have used over 1,600 tons of rebar across the four project sites so far.
Craft personnel hand tie rebar to form supports for project components including structure bases and shaft walls
To complete Hooffs Run Interceptor construction, Jamieson Ave must close to pedestrian and vehicular traffic this fall.
For the latest detour route and scheduling details, visit RiverRenew.com/program-updates/jamieson
You may remember Wastewater Maintenance Technician Ashley Richardson from the Chesapeake Bay awareness video we posted a few months back. Today, she shares her favorite parts of the job and some of the most valuable lessons she’s learned while working at AlexRenew.
It takes six segments to build one ring of the Waterfront Tunnel. RiverRenew crews will need about about 14,000 precast segments to complete the project — that's a lot of segments!
One of the most essential safety procedures in underground construction starts above ground.
Each miner on the project has a unique brass tag they use to check “in” and “out” during the workday, making it easy to identify who's underground.
Back in 2019, we started preparing our plant for RiverRenew.
In 2023, our surroundings look very different. But our journey toward healthier waterways continues.
Take a look at how we got here: RiverRenew.com/construction/alexrenew
Fats, oils, and grease (FOG) can wreak havoc on pipes in your home and in Alexandria's sewage system. Instead of pouring FOG down the drain, just can it. Pour it into an empty canister and, once these substances have hardened, put them in the garbage with other solids.
The RiverRenew Program relies on excavators at all work sites to get the job done. Come see us at a Sip ‘n See to add Edie the Excavator, the newest RiverRenew equipment card to your collection!
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It's the RiverRenew mascots' favorite time of year! Cloe and her crew wish every Alexandrian a safe, silly, and spectacular Halloween. Help them celebrate the season with a new learning activity on Cloe's Corner: RiverRenew.com/cloes-corner
You may remember Wastewater Maintenance Technician Ashley Richardson from the Chesapeake Bay awareness video we posted a few months back. Today, she shares her favorite parts of the job and some of the most valuable lessons she’s learned while working at AlexRenew.
Marguerite the microtunnel boring machine officially finished her section of the Hooffs Run Interceptor. Now she's leaving Alexandria for her next adventure! Congratulations to our RiverRenew crews for bringing our city one step closer to healthier waterways. 🎉
The NACWA Peak Performance Award recognizes member water utilities that have a record of excellence in permit compliance. AlexRenew is proud to have won the Gold Award in 2022!
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