FORT BELVOIR

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

In 2009, we were awarded a 50-year contract to privatize the water and wastewater utilities at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.  

Our responsibilities include system capital investment, regulatory and environmental compliance, planning, asset recapitalization, and long term operations and maintenance.
The water system distributes water purchased from the Fairfax County Water Authority along with standard water distribution system components – mains, pump stations and storage tanks. The sanitary sewer system conveys untreated sewage to the City of Fairfax system, using standard collection system components – mains and lift stations.

VENDOR INFORMATION AND FORMS

Water Quality Report

Lead Inventory Status Update to the Community at Fort Belvoir Main Post

10/04/2024

PWSID: 6059450

American Water’s Military Services Group takes water quality and the safety of the people and communities we serve very seriously. Providing safe, clean, reliable water to military service members and their families is our top priority. American Water’s Military Services Group at Fort Belvoir completed an initial inventory on main post of service lines to comply with the new Lead and Copper Rule Revisions under the Environmental Protection Agency and Virginia Department of Health Regulations. These revisions required among other items, that all community and non-transient non-community waterworks compile a list of all known service lines and create an inventory to provide to the state by October 16th, 2024. Of particular interest are service lines that are known as lead or galvanized requiring replacement, or unknown service line material. These classifications may require further action by the waterworks.

American Water’s Military Services Group at Fort Belvoir has completed its initial inventory and has found no service lines that are currently known as lead, galvanized requiring replacement, or unknown status.

An extensive review was completed by American Water to make this current determination. Methods including a review of all water systems records included:

• Distribution system maps and drawings
• Historical records on service connections installation records,
• Historical capital improvement plans
• Previous materiel evaluations
• Records conducted during the course of routine operations or capital improvement indicating materiel
• Field inspections
• Disqualification of the likelihood of lead based of construction records indicating date and or the size of the service lines.

American Water also executed a good faith effort to field verify a portion of service lines against historical records. This effort further validated historical records and that there are currently no known lead lines, galvanized requiring replacement, or unknown. American Water worked with partners on post such as the Fort Belvoir Directorate of Public Works and Belvoir’s Privatized Housing in completing these verifications.

If you have any questions about the status of your service line or its material, the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions, or about the impact or health effects of lead, please visit us at our office, call us at 571-339-8087.

You can also find our annual water quality report online at:

https://www.amwater.com/ccr/fortbelvoir.pdf

CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL INFORMATION

Cross Connection Control and Backflow protection are vital components to help protect the safety of the drinking water. American Water at Fort Belvoir has developed a Cross Connection Control Program (CCCP) that is approved by the Virginia Department of Health. The above link will take you to our webpage with more information about our program as well as provide consumer awareness, contact information, and example forms.

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS

Division 1 - General Requirements

• 01 33 00 - Submittals
• 01 77 00 - Project_closeout
• 01 78 29 - As-Built Documentation

Division 3 - Concrete

• 03 30 00 - Cast-In-Place Concrete
• 03 48 10 - Precast Concrete Manholes
• 03 48 20 - Valve Boxes and Meter Vaults
• 03 90 00 - Manhole Rehabilitation

Division 5 - Metals

• 05 53 01 - Safety Grating

Division 9 - Finishes

• 09 97 00 - Water Storage Tank Painting

Division 22 - Plumbing

• 22 11 16.11 - Water Tap and Service Installation
• 22 11 16.13 - Cross Connection Control
• 22 13 19.23 - Grease Traps
• 22 13 20 - Oil/Water Separator

Division 25 - Integrated Automation

• 25 13 13 - SCADA Telemetry Systems
• 25 14 13 - PLC Control System

Division 26 - Electrical

• 26 00 10 - General Electrical Requirements
• 26 00 20 - Electrical Materials and Methods
• 26 29 33 - Variable Frequency Drives
• 26 32 13.13 - Emergency Generator
• 26 36 23 - Automatic Transfer Switch

Division 31 - Earthwork

• 31 11 00 - Clearing and Grubbing
• 31 23 23 - Utility Backfill Materials
• 31 23 33 - Excavation Backfill and Compaction for Utilities
• 31 50 00 - Casing Installation

Division 32 - Exterior Improvements

• 32 01 00 - Pavement Repair and Restoration
• 32 13 13 - Concrete Curb, Drives, and Sidewalks
• 32 92 00 - Turf and Grasses

Division 33 - Utilities

• 33 01 10.13 - Pressure and Leakage Tests
• 33 01 10.15 - Disinfecting Pipeline
• 33 01 30.13 - Acceptance Testing for Sanitary Sewers
• 33 01 30.51 - Pumping and Bypassing
• 33 05 23.13 - Horizontal Directional Drilling
• 33 05 27 - Tracer Wire
• 33 05 29.11 - Stream Crossing
• 33 05 29.13 - Bridge Crossing
• 33 11 00 - Piping and Accessories - General Provisions
• 33 11 00.11 - Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe
• 33 11 00.13 - High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pipe
• 33 11 00.15 - Ductile Iron Pipe and Fittings
• 33 11 00.17 - Polyethylene Wrap
• 33 11 00.19 - Abandonment of Water Mains
• 33 11 00.21 - Cured-In-Place Pipe
• 33 12 16.11 - Gate Valves
• 33 12 16.13 - Butterfly Valves
• 33 12 16.15 - Pressure Reducing Valves
• 33 12 16.17 - Tapping Sleeves and Valves
• 33 12 16.19 - Air Release Valves
• 33 12 19 - Fire Hydrants
• 33 12 33 - Water Meters
• 33 16 13 - Ground Storage Tanks
• 33 16 13.11 - Water Storage Tank Disinfection
• 33 16 13.12 - Water Storage Tank Removal
• 33 21 00 - Drinking Water Well Requirements
• 33 31 00.11 - Gravity Sanitary Sewers
• 33 31 00.13 - Abandonment of Sewer Mains
• 33 31 00.15 - Sanitary Sewer Laterals
• 33 32 16 - Packaged Sanitary Lift Stations
• 33 32 16.15 - Medium Sized Lift Stations
• 33 32 17 - Grinder Lift Stations
• 33 34 00 - Sanitary Sewer Force Mains

STANDARD DETAILS

General 

• MSG-ST-01 - General Water and Sewer Construction Notes (1 of 2)
• MSG-ST-01A - General Water and Sewer Construction Notes (2 of 2)
• MSG-ST-02 - Trench Restoration
• MSG-ST-03 - Jack and Bore Detail
• MGS-ST-04- Electrical Safety
• MSG-ST-05 - Required Separation between Water Mains and Sanitary Sewers
• MSG-ST-06 - Chain-Link Fence
• MSG-ST-07 - Concrete Encasement Detail

Wastewater

• MSG-WW-01 - Standard Small Lift Station Detail
• MSG-WW-02 - Standard Small Lift Station Electrical Plan
• MSG-WW-03 - Pump Station Details
• MSG-WW-04 - Emergency Pump Connection Detail
• MSG-WW-05 - Standard Medium Lift Station Typical Layout Detail
• MSG-WW-07 - Clean Out Detail
• MSG-WW-08 -  (RESERVED)
• MSG-WW-09 - Standard Precast Manhole Detail
• MSG-WW-10 - Typical Outside Drop Connection Detail
• MSG-WW-11 - Doghouse Manhole Detail
• MSG-WW-12 - Connection to Existing Manhole Detail
• MSG-WW-13 - Manhole Steps Detail
• MSG-WW-14 - Manhole Frame and Cover Detail
• MSG-WW-15 - Manhole Vent
• MSG-WW-16 - Sanitary Sewer Lateral Detail
• MSG-WW-17 ( RESERVED)
• MSG-WW-18 - Force Main Discharge Manhole
• MSG-WW-19A - Force Main Cleanout
• MSG-WW-19A-Force Main Dual Cleanout Detail
• MSG-WW-20 - Sewage Air Release Valve
• MSG-WW-21 - Grease Trap

Water

• MSG-W-01 - Water Service Installation for 2" Meters
• MSG-W-01A - Water Service Installation for Smaller than 2" Meters
• MSG-W-02 - Shallow Bury Air Release Valve Assembly Detail
• MSG-W-03 - Gate Valve Box Pad Detail
• MSG-W-04 - Concrete Valve Box Pad Detail
• MSG-W-05 - Tracer Wire for Non-Conductive Pipe Detail
• MSG-W-06 - Tapping Sleeve and Valve Detail
• MSG-W-07 - Fire Hydrant
• MSG-W-08 - Thrust Block Details
• MSG-W-09 - 3" and Larger Meter Vault Detail
• MSG-W-10 - Fire Hydrant Construction Meter Detail
• MSG-W-11 - Yard Hydrant
• MSG-W-12 - (RESERVED)
• MSG-W-13 - Cutting-In Sleeve and Valve Installation Detail
• MSG-W-14 - Concrete Blocking Pad Detail
• MSG-W-15 - Blow-off Assembly Detail
• MSG-W-16 - Automatic Flushing Assembly Detail
• MSG-W-17 - 3/4"-2" DC Backflow Preventer - Exterior
• MSG-W-18 - 2" DC Backflow Preventer - Exterior
• MSG-W-19 - 3/4" - 2" DC Backflow Preventer - Interior
• MSG-W-20 - 2" DC Backflow Preventer - Interior
• MSG-W-21 - 3/4"-2" RPZ Backflow Preventer - Exterior
• MSG-W-22 -  2" RPZ Backflow Preventer - Exterior
• MSG-W-23 - 3/4" - 2" RPZ Backflow Preventer - Interior
• MSG-W-24 - 2" RPZ Backflow Preventer - Interior
• MSG-W-25A-HDPE Connection Restraints
• MSG-W-25B-HDPE Connection Restraints
• MSG-W-29- Above Ground Sampling Station

DESIGN GUIDE

Military Services Group Design Guide (Jan 2023)

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS REVISIONS LOG

2023 Revision Log (current as of Jan 2023)

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS

• EPA Guidance for Asbestos Cement Pipe Removal
• Use of Cut-Off and Ring Saws

To contact Fort Belvoir administrator or Project Manager, please email Fort.Belvoir@amwater.com or contact 571-339-8500.