Large utilities often experience a substantial system upheaval about every 20 years. AlexRenew, the wastewater management authority for more than 300,000 people in Alexandria and Fairfax County, Virginia, is experiencing such a period with new leadership, the launch of a five-year strategic plan and the near culmination of RiverRenew, the largest infrastructure initiative in the history of Alexandria.
With a $615 million investment, RiverRenew is based on a new deep tunnel system that connects the city’s four combined sewer overflows so that runoff can be captured, treated and returned clean to the Potomac River.“The last couple of years have been a
