The Poplar Point Pumping Station rehabilitation project (Division Z) is a component of the D.C. Clean Rivers Project, an ongoing effort to reduce the amount of combined sewer overflow into the District of Columbia’s waterways and improve water quality. Work includes construction of a sewage pumping station (to replace the existing station that was built in the early 1900s), a microtunnel diversion sewer, sewer overflow chamber, main outfall sewer diversion chamber, force main discharge connection chamber and a new microtunnel gravity sewer to serve the adjacent community. In all, 9,500 cubic yards of concrete has been placed. The project is expected to be completed April 2017.
Challenge:
Solution:
Year of completion
2017
Location
Situated between South Capital Street, Suitland Parkway and Anacostia
Freeway in Washington, D.C.
Construction work by
E.E. Cruz
Designer engineer
O’Brien & Gere
Developer
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
Construction time
6 months
Type of structure
Water reclamation facility - pumping station
Height
60 ft.