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May your coffee be strong and your Friday be great! #valuewater

Happy National Intern Day! Today we're featuring our Boater Education and Pump Out Program Marina Interns🌊 Marina interns work together to provide a pump-out service and educate boaters 🚤and the public on the hazards of dumping waste into our local waterways 💧. Last year, our summer Marina interns completed 657 pump outs and removed 9,793 gallons of raw sewage. #nationalinternday 🔗➡️Learn more about the Boater Education and Pump Out Program here! https://ow.ly/P1Xg50SKhUE

Did you hear the news? 🤔 Our SWIFT Research Center is open for tours! Sign up for a SWIFT tour to learn how HRSD is providing a sustainable resource to replenish groundwater for generations to come. https://ow.ly/OF7O50SJ5aS Can't make it in person? Check out our SWIFT Virtual Tour: https://ow.ly/qFuF50SJ5aV

We’re full STEAM ahead with the REECH Foundation today at their annual #STEM camp at Norfolk State University! Looking forward to teaching over 200 students about HRSD and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.

Let's bust a myth! Wipes ARE NOT flushable (even if they're labeled flushable!) Items marketed as "flushable" are regularly found in clogged pipes and broken pumps throughout our sanitary sewer system. When a clog occurs, untreated sewage can back up into your home, neighborhood, or our waterways!

If you want to be a part of this incredible mission, check our website for job openings at www.hrsd.com/careers

Here's a sneak peek at what is happening over in Newport News! HRSD is constructing the first SWIFT Facility at the James River Treatment Plant to produce SWIFT Water® that meets drinking water standards and is suitable for recharging the Potomac Aquifer. At this site, we plan to recharge the aquifer with up to 16 million gallons a day of SWIFT Water®. This Program will help reverse declining groundwater levels, significantly reduce the amount of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Chesapeake Bay, and may reduce saltwater intrusion and land subsidence, thereby helping to ensure HRSD’s ability to protect public health and the environment in alignment with HRSD’s Mission and Promise. 🔗https://ow.ly/kcnZ50SByqK

We're halfway through the month, but there is still plenty of time to celebrate Plastic Free July! Here are six things you can swap out to celebrate Plastic Free July: 1) plastic shopping bags ➡️ reusable bags 2) paper towels ➡️ cloth towels 3) teabags ➡️ reusable tea infuser 4) plastic snack bags ➡️ reusable snack bags 5) polystyrene ➡️ eco-friendly containers 6) plastic cutlery ➡️ reusable cutlery 📸 credit: https://ow.ly/ot6U50SBxWv

EPA Awards https://ow.ly/VCWf50SxLr6 $1.9M to Help Hampton Roads Residents ‘Start Smart, Recycle Right! Congratulations to askhrgreen.org. The askHRgreen. org region-wide public awareness and education campaign is administered through the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) with support from 17 cities and counties in the region and the Hampton Roads Sanitation District. Read more about the campaign here: https://ow.ly/YTj450SxLr7

Thanks to the resilience and hard work of marine crews in Newport News, Virginia, Garney and the James River Crossing (JRX) team set a world record for the longest pullback of 42-inch DR-11 pipe. For roughly 24 hours, crews pulled 5,700 feet of pipe under the Newport News shipping channel using a pipe pusher. This new technology allowed the team to overcome pull forces and help assist the million-pound drill rig that was stationary on land. Watch this video to see how the crew completed this record-breaking operation!