The City of Alexandria is currently repairing a damaged 10-inch sanitary sewer main along N. Pitt Street, between Cook Street and Pendleton Street. 

Waterfront parks and programming are among the priorities set by City Council when guiding Waterfront Plan implementation back in 2015. That dedication to green space, recreation, the arts, and history persists today and is exemplified by the activities and amenities along Alexandria Waterfront.

Flood Action Alexandria is the City's comprehensive initiative to address flooding issues. The City is committed to working with its residents and businesses to mitigate the impacts of flooding and build community resiliency.

The Four Mile Run Dredge Project will entail the removal of approximately 1,200 linear feet of sediment from the Four Mile Run channel, upstream and downstream of the Mount Vernon bridge.

The City of Alexandria is designing repairs for a damaged 10-inch sanitary sewer main along Franklin Street between South Patrick Street and South Alfred Street. 

In 2018, a portion of Holmes Run Trail that connects to North Morgan Street was closed due to flooding and severe erosion that undermined stability and integrity of the trail and boardwalk. In 2019, the City received historic flooding, which severely damaged three additional sections of Holmes Run Trail, including two bridge structures.  

Lucky Run is a tributary to Four Mile Run and part of the larger Potomac River watershed. The Lucky Run watershed consists of approximately 225 acres of densely developed urban land and as a result, the stream currently exhibits instability along with several unfavorable characteristic

The City of Alexandria is repairing damage to an existing 12-inch sanitary sewer main along 1200 block of North Beauregard Street between N. Morgan St. and Sanger Ave.

The City of Alexandria recently installed Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) recovery wells along Oronoco Street between North Lee and North Union Streets beginning March 2, 2021 and completed on April 30, 2021. 

The Sanitary Infrastructure Division implements the City’s Sanitary Sewer Master Plan and is responsible for planning level engineering related to sanitary sewer capital projects throughout the City.

The City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) outlines the large infrastructure projects to be undertaken across City departments during a 10-year time horizon. Eleven priority storm sewer capacity improvement projects have been identified.

The stormwater infrastructure projects presented on this webpage help the City achieve pollution reductions associated with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL as mandated through the City's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit. These projects reduce pollution entering our local waters and the Bay and provide community benefits such as improving aesthetics, safety, and protecting sewer infrastructure.

In order to address localized flooding and drainage issues, the Stormwater Management Division targets neighborhoods for spot improvement projects. These are small capital projects designed to support the increased functionality of the City’s storm sewer system, which is comprised of hundreds of miles of underground pipes, culverts, inlets, grates, manholes and “flap gates” or “check valves.”

The Strawberry Run Stream Restoration project involves the restoration of approximately 900 linear feet section of stream traveling through Fort Williams Park off of Duke Street. This restoration will complement the downstream portion of the stream which was restored in 2010.

The City performs maintenance to streams and channels throughout the city to preserve their capacity to carry 100-year floodwaters, and for repairs to erosion damage, stream corridor degradation, stabilization/restoration. The increasing frequency of intense storm events requires increasing funding for sediment and vegetation removal to ensure the conveyance capacity of these waterways as climate resiliency and adaption measures consistent with the City’s Climate Emergency Declaration. 

The purpose of the Taylor Run stream restoration is to reduce and limit the ongoing erosion, widening, and downcutting in the corridor. This effort will help to prevent pollution (sediment and phosphorous) associated with that erosion from being delivered downstream.

The City of Alexandria will be relining sanitary sewer pipes on Wheeler Ave. as part of ongoing efforts to rehabilitate the City’s sanitary sewer infrastructure. Rehabilitation efforts will utilize cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) technology.