Drinking Water/Wastewater and Refuse /Recycling Programs Update Ragged Mountain Reservoir FO R T H E C H AR LOT TESVI L L E C I T Y C O UNC I L BY B I L L M AWY ER , E X ECUT I VE D I R EC TOR JA N UA RY 1 7 , 2 0 2 3 Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Overview ➢ Created in 1972 by joint action of the Charlottesville City Council and Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to acquire, finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain facilities to impound and treat drinking water and wastewater for the public utility customers of the City and the County (ACSA) ➢ Under direction of a 7-member Board of Directors: 3 City, 3 County, 1 jointly appointed member ◦ Charlottesville City Manager ◦ Charlottesville City Councilor ◦ Charlottesville Director of Utilities ◦ Albemarle County Executive ◦ Albemarle Board of Supervisors Member ◦ Executive Director of the ACSA ◦ Chair – Jointly Appointed Resident ➢ FY 23: 96 Full-time Employees; $42 M Operating Budget; $205 M 5-year Capital Improvement Budget 2 RWSA provides Wholesale Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment for Two Customers City of Charlottesville Department of Utilities Albemarle County Service Authority City of Albemarle Charlottesville County ACSA RWSA 3 South Fork Rivanna Reservoir Sugar Hollow Reservoir Ragged Mountain Reservoir Urban Area 3.3 Billion Gallons Beaver Creek Reservoir - Crozet Totier Creek Reservoir - Scottsville 5 Water Supply Reservoirs 4 South Rivanna WTP Observatory WTP North Rivanna WTP Urban Area Scottsville WTP Red Hill WTP Crozet WTP 6 Water Treatment Plants 5 North Rivanna WTP Scottsville WWTP Scottsville WTP Stone Robinson WWTP Moores Creek AWRRF Glenmore WWTP Urban Area WWTP 4 Wastewater Treatment Plants 6 South Rivanna Reservoir Water Supply Projects Plan (Dec 2, 2022) 5. SRR to RMR Raw Water Pipe 2027-2033 $82 M 1. SR WTP Renovation $20 M 2020-2023 1. South Rivanna WTP Renovation 2. OB WTP Renovation $23 M 2020-2023 $20 M 2020-2023 3. RMR to OB WTP Raw Water $44 M Pipe & Pump Station 2024-2028 4. Central Water Pipe 6. Raise RMR Water Level 2024-2028 4. Central Water Line $41 M $41 M 2032-2033 2024-2028 $5 M 5. SRR to RMR Raw Water Pipe $82 M 2027-2033 6. Raise RMR Water Level $5 M 2032-2033 2. Observatory WTP 3. RMR to OWTP Raw Water Pipe & Pump Station Renovation 2020-2023 City: $79 M $215 M 2024-2028 $23 M ACSA: $136 M 7 $44 M Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Overview ➢ Created in 1990 by joint action of the Charlottesville City Council and Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to acquire, finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain facilities to maintain a regional refuse disposal system in compliance with regulatory mandates for reduction, recycling and disposal of solid waste. ➢ Under direction of a 7-member Board of Directors: 3 City, 3 County, 1 jointly appointed member ◦ Charlottesville City Manager ◦ Charlottesville City Councilor ◦ Charlottesville Director of Public Works ◦ Albemarle County Executive ◦ Albemarle Board of Supervisors Member ◦ Albemarle Director of Facilities and Environmental Services ◦ Chair – Jointly Appointed Resident ➢ Manage the Ivy Material Utilization Center, McIntire Recycling Center, and Paper Sort baling facility (Meade Ave) ➢ FY 22: 92 M pounds of refuse transferred, 20 M pounds of waste diverted for reuse or recycling ➢ FY 23: 24 Full-time Employees; $6.8 M Operating Budget 8 Services we provide for our community Recycling Post-landfill closure care Paint Collection Fall and Spring HHW Refuse Disposal and Bulky Waste Days 9 Amnesty Events at the Ivy MUC 1. eWaste Collection • Saturday, April 15, 2023 • Reservations Required 2. Commercial Household Hazardous Waste Collection • Thursday, April 20, 2023 • By appointment 3. Spring Residential HHW Collection • Friday and Saturday, April 21 -22, 2023 4. Spring Bulky Waste Amnesty Days • Furniture/Mattresses: April 29, 2023 • Appliances: May 6, 2023 • Tires: May 13, 2023 New Recycling Materials Baling Facility Existing Baling Cost: $6.4 M Machine Completion: 2024-2026 Existing Baling Facility Meade Avenue Entrance Baling Facility Questions?