1, VA 23185
A private water service provider is wrapping up a $240,000 project that replaces about 4,000 feet of water mains in York County’s Queens Lake subdivision.
Aqua Virginia, a company that serves about 75,000 people in 35 Virginia counties, committed to a three-year project that involves replacing several old street pipes that, because of minerals and deposits that have gathered over the years, have been restricting water flow to homes.
Aqua Virginia President Shannon Becker said the company met with the Queen’s Lake community in the spring and made the residents — about 1,550 people — aware of the three-year project, which is scheduled for completion in 2016.
The costs of completing and operating the Queens Lake project are included in Aqua Virginia’s current statewide rates.
The first phase of the project — which involves replacing the pipes along Horseshoe Drive and Laurel Place — began in August, and the company is currently putting the finishing touches on pipes down Hunter Lane.
Becker said the first phase should be complete by the end of the year.
Phase two consists of replacing about 3,000 feet of water mains on Old Glory Court, a portion of Dennis Drive and Willoughby Drive, according to Manager of Strategic Communications Gretchen Toner. That phase will be completed sometime in 2015. The third phase, which will replace about 3,300 feet of water mains on the remainder of Dennis and Holcomb drives, will be completed in 2016.
Toner said after all three phases are complete, it is anticipated that additional streets will be upgraded after Aqua Virginia assesses the water quality and pressure within the system.
The company has also worked on about 4,500 feet of pipes in the York Terrace and Carver Gardens neighborhoods — located off Penniman Road and at the intersection of Route 199 and Merrimac Trail, respectively — adding a water main down the center of the system to improve water pressure. That project cost about $260,000.
