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It’s Fall-O-Ween at Newport News Park! HRSD is joining Newport News Parks & Recreation, exibitors, and crafters for two days full of fun, crafts, and activities! We have games, prizes, and SWIFT Water for you to try! 🔗More information here: https://ow.ly/Ca6250TEY7I

It’s Fall-O-Ween at Newport News Park! HRSD is joining Newport News Parks & Recreation, exibitors, and crafters for two days full of fun, crafts, and activities! We have games, prizes, and SWIFT Water for you to try! 🔗More information here: https://lnkd.in/e--RtBeN

Last Thursday, three HRSD employees (Julia Shelton, TSD Technician; Kolby Guse, Autuomotive Technician; Pat Porto, Interceptor Inspector) shared their work experiences in the Young Professionals (YP) panel for ODU’s Environmental Engineering Student Association.

🎉✨ Feature Friday: HRSD in Action for United Way Day of Caring! HRSD volunteers recently participated in Day of Caring in Portsmouth and Newport News. This annual event is all about businesses across Hampton Roads volunteering to give back to our incredible community. In Portsmouth, volunteers tackled a litter cleanup and spruced up the landscaping at the Up Center, creating a welcoming space for all! Meanwhile, in Newport News, our team built shelves and sorted vital clothing and hygiene supplies, ensuring families are ready for the winter season. We’re proud to be part of such impactful initiatives! It’s all about coming together and making a positive impact.

🚨 In Case You Missed It🚨 Our dedicated crews worked around the clock to successfully pull a pipeline under the James River! 🌊✨ This crucial pipeline will transport sewage from the Boat Harbor Pump Station across the river to the Nansemond Treatment Plant, where it will undergo advanced treatment before recharging the Potomac Aquifer! This project is a huge step forward in enhancing our wastewater management and supporting a sustainable future. Thank you to everyone involved! For more details and pictures, check out our latest blog post! https://ow.ly/5evO50Tw845

🎉🌿✨ Guess what? We recently participated in the WaterJAM Biosolids Beauty Contest with our entry, "Windrows to Window Boxes"! 🌼🌱 ➡️Let us know what you think of our submission in the comments! Curious about biosolids? Click the link below to explore more! 🔗 https://ow.ly/vXUq50Ttw8V?

Catch the King 2024 is coming! This year's official dates are Thursday, October 17th - Sunday, October 20th! Catch the King (CTK) is an annual tide mapping event that recruits volunteers to collect flooding data during the Perigean tides—the highest tides of the year. Last year 122 volunteers across coastal Virginia collected nearly 14,000 data points on king tide flooding throughout the region! If you're interested in learning how you can be involved this year check out https://ow.ly/y4PB50TqngC

Significant milestones were reached at Boat Harbor Pump Station! We’ve successfully installed the deepest parts of the building: the piles and slabs. Now construction can continue upwards as we move on with the construction of the walls. The concrete pump in the picture is crucial—it enables us to deliver concrete to the deep and hard-to-reach parts of the project! #SWIFTVA

Thank you to Hampton Roads Alliance for this feature about SWIFT! SWIFT 💧 is not just another water treatment facility; it’s a forward-thinking solution aimed at addressing some of the most pressing environmental challenges facing the Hampton Roads region. 🔗Learn more here! https://ow.ly/mTFa50Torb0

Feature Friday🥳 Watch Errin Carter, HRSD Molecular Biologist as she discusses what she has learned about PCR Inhibition at the 2024 Wastewater Disease Surveillance Summit: https://ow.ly/7jyY50TgyGw Wastewater conducts surveillance data and analysis to supplement other public health information. HRSD contributes to both state and national surveillance programs!