(Washington, DC) – DC Water will resume construction on M Street, NW as part of the Large Valve Replacements Project.

Beginning Monday, August 20, 2012 through Saturday, September 15, 2012, weather permitting, crews will be working in one westbound lane on M Street, NW near Key Bridge.

Crews will complete large valve replacement work, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

Impacts:
* There will be closure of one westbound lane on M Street
during work hours.
* Excavation operations at the outset of the work will
require driving of piles into the ground, resulting in
extreme noise during abbreviated periods.
* Some traffic stops and delays within the vicinity of the
project area are anticipated.

Temporary traffic signs will be set up throughout the area to alert motorists to the upcoming lane closures.

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About DC Water
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), is an industry leading multi-jurisdictional regional utility that provides drinking water, wastewater collection and treatment to 600,000 residential, commercial and governmental customers in the District of Columbia, 17.8 million annual visitors and also collects and treats wastewater for 1.6 million customers in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia.

DC Water’s service area covers approximately 725 square miles and the company operates the world’s largest advanced wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 370 million gallons per day and a peak capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day.