Design Build Construction of $15.2M Water Reuse System in Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, Virginia received $6,500,000 in federal grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the $15,200,000 design build construction of piping and facilities to convey up to 4,600 gpm of treated effluent from the Noman Cole Pollution Control Plant to the Covanta Energy Resource Recovery Facility for use as cooling water, and to Laurel Hill Golf Course and Lower Potomac Park for use as irrigation water. The use of reuse water instead of potable water reduced nutrients discharged to the Chesapeake Bay, preserved 1.5 MGD of drinking water, and improved the County public water supply drought resistance. The project was divided into five piping design segments and a separate facility design package to allow early construction start on some portions of the work, while the more complex project components were still being designed and permitted. The project is described herein.