Boat Harbor Force Main 1 (BH FM1)

The existing Boat Harbor Treatment Plant in Newport News is being decommissioned to further reduce nutrients discharged to the James River Basin, supporting local water quality improvement and Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. A new pump station will be constructed at the Boat Harbor location and wastewater will be pumped to HRSD’s Nansemond Treatment Plant in Suffolk. A transmission force main will be constructed across the James River to connect HRSD’s facilities. Section 1 of the transmission force main is a design-build project to place the force main under the James River.

This project includes installation of a 48-inch HDPE transmission force main to convey the flows from Newport News to the Nansemond Treatment Plant. The shipping channel will be crossed by horizontal directional drilling, estimated at 4,400 linear feet. The remaining 20,200 linear feet of the crossing will be installed using surface methods.

L. S. Caldwell & Associates, Inc. (LSC) had responsibility for the development, implementation, and monitoring of the compliance program for the Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s (HRSD) Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) program. The SWIFT program is an innovative water treatment project in eastern Virginia designed to further protect the region’s environment, enhance the sustainability of the region’s long-term groundwater supply and help address environmental pressures such as Chesapeake Bay restoration, sea level rise and saltwater intrusion. This ten (10) year multi-billion-dollar program has various funding sources at the state and federal level and is scheduled to be completed in 2030.