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Williamsburg to replace aging water main near Colonial Parkway with federally funded design work
Summary
City staff told council they will replace a 60-year-old 8-inch cast-iron line with a 12-inch ductile-iron main to reduce leakage and add redundancy; $1.444 million in EPA grant funds cover the bulk of the $1.8 million project and council approved a $269,452 purchase order for engineering design services to WRA.
City public works staff asked the Williamsburg City Council on March 12 to authorize engineering design work for the Colonial Parkway water-line replacement project, a move officials said is needed after recurring leaks forced the existing 8-inch cast-iron main out of service.
"The existing water line is a 60-year 8 inch cast iron pipe that has been having problems experiencing leakages..." a project presenter said, describing the line’s…
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