The project is being made possible through a number of partnerships. The pipeline will begin at the James River, drawing water through an existing Dominion Virginia Power Intake structure. Untreated water will flow through an existing East Coast Transport, Inc. (ECTI – a subsidiary of Tenaska) waterline already in place in the southern half of Fluvanna County to a new water treatment plant located in the County’s Pleasant Grove area. From there, the finished (drinking) water lines will traverse the county toward Zion Crossroads, with a tie-in to the Aqua System near Lake Monticello. Three options for the final pipeline’s route at the northern end of Fluvanna are proposed; one of the three routes will ultimately be selected, leading to the connection to the Louisa County Water Authority lines already in place near the intersection of Routes 250 and 15.
The map depicts the proposed route for the raw water line, the location of the water treatment plant, and proposed routes for the finished (drinking) water lines to the Zion Crossroads area.
The engineers at Timmons Group evaluated alternative routes, and are recommending a route that maintains the integrity of the Fluvanna County 2000 Comprehensive Plan currently in place and the future Comprehensive Plan that will be adopted in the near future, preserving its Rural Preservation Zones, and routing the finished water lines through designated growth areas. It also uses some existing water lines (existing ECTI raw water line) and tracks rights-of-way that minimize impact upon private landowners. This project also provides Fluvanna with the opportunity to minimize its dependence on the Rivanna River and provide redundancy for the Lake Monticello water system.
