Since HRSD has provided municipal environmental services to Virginia government agencies, sharing technical expertise and resources. More than 50 agencies have benefited from environmental monitoring and analysis, training and consulting—all provided. Recommendations were made to the General Assembly, which resulted in the Sanitary Districts Law of , along with "an Act to provide for and create the Hampton Roads Sanitation District. Nearly 20, votes were cast, but the referendum fell short of a majority, leading to a revision of the Act and another referendum on November 5, This second referendum resulted in a majority vote for the creation of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District.
Since then, the facilities of HRSD have grown to provide sanitary sewer service to all major population centers in southeastern Virginia. The population served has grown from about , in to just over 1. You receive a bill for their services directly from the HRSD office every two months. What are cross connections and are they allowed in Hampton? Cross connections are ones between the sanitary sewer system and the storm water system and are not allowed, ever.
Wastewater must be treated at HRSD facilities and storm water is just rain run-off that goes directly to the Chesapeake Bay through a ditch system. What does the HRSD bill cover? It covers the cost of processing your wastewater once it is delivered to the HRSD facility through the city sewer system. What is HRSD?
They are the regional processor of the wastewater produced from your home. What kinds of things should not be put into the wastewater sewer system? HRSD's mission since its inception has been to protect public health and waters of Hampton Roads through effective wastewater treatment. We return treated effluent to nature while nurturing our delicate ecosystems and their inhabitants.
Since HRSD has provided municipal environmental services to Virginia government agencies, sharing technical expertise and resources. More than 50 agencies have benefited from environmental monitoring and analysis, training and consulting—all provided. Since its inception in , HRSD has served the region with one mission -- to protect public health and the waters of Hampton Roads by treating wastewater effectively.
We return highly treated effluent to nature in a way that continues to nurture our water's delicate ecosystems.
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