As toilet paper is now so hard to find, many District residents and employees are turning to alternatives. If you must use something other than toilet paper, please be sure to discard it in the trash.
Only toilet paper is designed to break apart in pipes and sewers. Toilet paper goes through extensive testing to ensure that it disintegrates as it is flushed, other products remain intact and ...
- Routine disinfectant switch begins next week, continues into May
- Regional drinking water system meets all Federal and state safety standards
- Easy steps to eliminate any temporary change in water taste
- Virus transmission is not a risk in drinking water
The District of Columbia, Arlington County and the northeastern Fairfax County will clean out their tap water network starting Monday—a safe ...
(Washington, DC) – DC Water’s contractor will install extensometers on the 800-block of Rhode Island Avenue NE. This work is a part of the Northeast Boundary Tunnel Project, dcwater.com/NEBT. Extensometers are deep borehole monitors installed to measure any soil displacement during the construction of the tunnel.
The contractor will install two extensometers in the westbound center lane of Rhode ...
Please leave packaged water for those who need it. Tap water costs less than bottled water and is safer for the environment.
Mr. Gadis and water authority Leaders from 18 different states and the District signed onto the letter that was delivered today.
Disconnected residents will have their service restored upon request, assuring that every residential customer in the city has access to clean water.
On Thursday, March 19, CEO and General Manager David Gadis sent a message via email to customers detailing the latest steps we are taking to protect them and our employees. Click the link below to read the full message:
Message to Customers from CEO and General Manager David Gadis
The message includes important information about temporary modificatons to our Customer Service call options ...
Until further notice, DC Water is suspending all planned water shutoffs for non-critical activities such as plumber or developer connections to the water system (including taps and abandonments) and for work associated with capital improvement projects. Crews will only perform water shutoffs when necessary to perform emergency repairs.
DC Water is taking steps to ensure customers have access to safe, clean water during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has spread across the world and is now a rising public health concern in the District. The utility has already suspended service disconnections for non-payment and is also waiving late fees and offering more lenient repayment terms for customers who fall behind on ...
DC Water recently shared a detailed outline of both the progress made on cleaning waterways but also the authority’s plan to continue with current and future construction. The Clean Rivers project is intended to restore the health of local waterways by diverting combined stormwater and sewage away from the Anacostia and Potomac River and Rock Creek and instead treat it at Blue Plains. In the two ...
