West Virginia American Water Begins Infrastructure Upgrades

• An approximately $70,000 project to replace 500 feet of 1950s-era water line with new six-inch PVC line in South Hills. The project will take place along Bridge Road beginning at Walnut Road.
• An approximately $1 million project to replace 7,500 feet of six-inch ductile iron water lines dating back to the 1940s with new eight-inch PVC lines in Cross Lanes. The project will take place along Big Tyler Road from Waycross Drive to Rocky Fork Road.

Construction activities for the South Hills project will begin on Wednesday, June 28 to accommodate the neighborhood’s annual Bridge Road Shops “BridgeFest” on Tuesday evening.  The Cross Lanes project will be completed by CJ Hughes and should be complete by December, weather permitting. Upon completion, the upgrades will improve service reliability and water flows to customers.

“This project demonstrates our commitment to provide high quality, reliable water service to our Cross Lanes customers and represents one of the $29 million in system-wide upgrades we are making in 2017,” said West Virginia American Water President Brian Bruce. “Thanks to our Distribution System Improvement program, we have dramatically accelerated our infrastructure replacement that will result in more than 34 miles of water main being replaced throughout our system this year.”

In an effort to improve communication about water system upgrades to customers, West Virginia American Water recently launched its 2017 Infrastructure Upgrade StoryMap – a user-friendly, easily accessible online map that allows customers to view details about water main replacement projects and other capital investments as they are under construction and completed.