Site work and renovation of a civil project in Blacksburg, Virginia. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project; and for site work for a water / sewer project.

A study dated August 9, 2011 on the Town of Blacksburg high-pressure water system concluded that additional storage in the southern region of this pressure zone was not feasible. The FAA determined the proposed sites for storage tanks would be considered hazardous obstructions to air navigation and therefore unacceptable. The study concluded that instead of additional storage for the high system, the demand could be met by assuring the low system could deliver to the high system when needed. The Town has significantly increased the low system storage, which provides a larger reservoir of storage for the high system. An emergency generator was added to allow the Highland Park pump station to remain operable if a power outage occurred. Even with the additional storage and emergency generator, high system outages can occur if the single feed from the low system (Highland Park) is lost. An additional pump station at the Neil Street water tank will provide redundancy to reduce outages if the feed from Highland Park is lost. The additional water feed will increase reliability in maintaining adequate storage for the high water system, reduce stress on the existing pump station by alternating pumps, and provide a second feed when maintenance on tanks or pump stations is required. Project is included Town of Blacksburg Fiscal Year 2024-2029. As of July 15, 2024 *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.