The Appomattox River Water Authority was formed in the 1960s to own/operate a regional water supply and sell drinking water to the cities of Colonial Heights and Petersburg as well as Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. The information below is updated frequently to communicate current information on Chesdin Reservoir and its environment.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
ARWA Update
Today we started flushing of our transmission mains to remove any sediment or film that has accumulated or built up on the pipe walls since we flushed last Spring. We are doing this as part of changing the corrosion inhibitor we add to the filtered water here at the plant. These products bind up any remaining manganese to prevent discoloration of the water as it flows between our plant and your tap. These products also help protect the waterlines and storage tanks it flows through from corrosion. This is the first of several additional steps we are implementing or investigating to give our Operators the tools they need to remove manganese even after storm events. We will refill the storage tanks in our customers' distribution systems tonight so we can complete flushing our mains tomorrow and return our transmission system to normal function.
