Project Overview: HRSD, your regional wastewater treatment utility, is undertaking a project to construct a pressure reducing pumping station (PRS) and an offline storage facility. The new facility will be located on HRSD property at 1941 Wilroy Road in Suffolk and is designed to relieve pressures to the wastewater sewer system during wet weather events. What this means is during wet weather events that may cause the sanitary sewer system to be inundated with rainwater, the excess flow will be diverted from the sewer pipes to the storage facility. It will be held at the storage facility temporarily. Once the pressure on the sanitary sewer system has returned to normal, the sewage will be released from the storage facility and will flow back into the sewer pipes, where it will then continue on to the treatment plant for treatment. 

Need, Design, and Schedule: The project will help reduce the occurrence of sanitary sewer overflows, which are improvements that are mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The facility will improve system operations, increase flow capacity, and provide reliable sanitary sewer infrastructure for areas of Suffolk and Isle of Wight County. The storage facility will have a volume of 3 million gallons and will be fully enclosed with a carbon scrubbing odor control system. The existing HRSD sewer pipe along Wilroy Road will be extended from QVC Drive to the PRS to connect the PRS to the sewer system. The City’s water main pipe along Wilroy Road, directly across from the project site, will be extended by 400-feet. Construction is expected to begin in the fall of 2024 and is expected to be complete in late 2026.

If you have concerns or comments about the project, want to review the plans, or desire for us to hold an informational public open house, please call the HRSD Public Informational Specialist at (757) 460-7000 or send an email to projects@hrsd.com. Responses for an open house request must be received by July 12, 2024.

You also may visit www.hrsd.com/wilroy-pressure-reducing-station-and-offline-storage-facility for additional information.