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2019 News Releases

  • April 15, 2019 - Woodstock Park Improvement Project
  • April 11, 2019 - Mathews Vacuum Pump Station Replacement
  • April 3, 2019 - HRSD Receives 2019 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for Its Sustainable Water Initiative For Tomorrow
  • April 2, 2019 - Construction Notice Orcutt Avenue and Mercury Boulevard Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project
  • March 20, 2019 - Virginia Beach Boulevard Pipeline and Pinetree Pumping Station Improvements
  • March 20, 2019 - Laskin Road Pumping Station Improvements
  • March 12, 2019 - Construction Notice Longhill Road Corridor Sewer Pipeline Replacement
  • March 12, 2019 - Providence Road Pumping Station and Pipeline Improvements
  • February 26, 2019 - Sewer Pipeline Replacement Project to Begin Along Westminister Drive
  • January 9, 2019 - Sewer Rehabilitation Project Planned for Portions of Orcutt Avenue and Mercury Boulevard

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    Cleaner Chesapeake Bay must be a common goal (Editorial) | Daily Press, April 17, 2019
    HRSD is now injecting millions of gallons of treated wastewater into our aquifer | Daily Press, April 17, 2019
    HRSD is now injecting millions of gallons of treated wastewater into our aquifer | Virginian-Pilot, April 17, 2019
    Conditions in James River lead to proposal for new chlorophyll levels | Bay Journal, April 15, 2019
    Northam announces Environmental Excellence Awards winners | Augusta Free Press, April 1, 2019
    New pump station in Phoebus draws ire of nearby homeowners | Daily Press, March 22 ,2019
    Who pays for sewer…and how much? | Southside Sentinel, March 13, 2019
    HRSD's request for Carter's Grove land delayed until April | The Virginia Gazette, March 13, 2019
    Concerns voiced over plan to discharge more treated effluent into Urbanna Creek | Southside Sentinel, March 11, 2019
    Here's what's on tap for the JCC Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, March 11, 2019
    Plan would send sewage out of county | Southside Sentinel, March 11, 2019
    Board to consider HRSD land acquisition at Carter's Grove, proposed Wawa | The Virginia Gazette, March 8, 2019
    Virginia's Aquifer Recharge Project Receives Oversight Overhaul | Water Online, March 7, 2019
    Cooks Corner sewer collection will cost county $1.6 million | Southside Sentinel, February 28, 2019
    HRSD's Williamsburg plant has its eye on the future | The Virginia Gazette, February 26, 2019
    Governor signs legislation to create oversight for HRSD water treatment project | The Virginia Gazette, February 21, 2019
    Sewage system approved for Cooks Corner project | Southside Sentinel, February 21, 2019
    Water clinic open to Suffolk, Chesapeake | Suffolk News-Herald, February 8, 2019
    JCC Planning Commission supports HRSD request for Carter's Grove land | The Virginia Gazette, February 6, 2019
    Wawa and HRSD plant expansion: Here's what's on tap for the James City County Planning Commission this week | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, February 5, 2019
    James City Planning Commission to hear HRSD request for Carter's Grove land acquisition | The Virginia Gazette,
    February 4, 2019
    Suffolk residents pay 2 to 3 times more for water than other South Hampton Roads cities | Virginian-Pilot, January 31, 2019
    Project Profile: Replenishing the Potomac Aquifer | Stormwater Magazine, January 28, 2019
    HRSD tackles Indian River challenges: 2019 River Stars Eastern Branch Award | Inside Business, January 21, 2019
    Sustained Distinguished Performance 2019: Elizabeth River Stars | Inside Business, January 21, 2019
    General Assembly bill would add oversight to HRSD's water treatment project | The Virginia Gazette, January 17, 2019
    Watermen sue city, HRSD over pollution | Suffolk News Herald, January 5, 2019
    Suffolk oysterman sues Suffolk, Hampton Roads Sanitation District over polluted oyster beds | WAVY.com, January 3, 2019

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    Media Contacts

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    Leila Rice, APR
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    E-mail: lrice@hrsd.com