From the U.S. Census: The U.S. Census Bureau continues to recruit thousands of workers for temporary jobs available nationwide in advance of the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census Jobs website allows applicants to apply for a range of positions, including recruiting assistants, office operations supervisors, clerks, census field supervisors, and census takers by completing a single [...]
Water Maintenance work will close the intersection at Craven Street /Haywood Street and Riverside Drive for water valve repair work from Aug. 11-13. This is an important valve replacement project designed to maintain Asheville’s water system, to proactively replace components of the system to help ensure continuity of water service to our customers. Road closure impact This will [...]
Accomplishments since Spring 2018 Excavation for Auxiliary Spillway completed. Top of auxiliary spillway constructed Fusegate construction began in April 2019 Saddle dam reshaped, new filters and vaults installed and reseeded. Re-enforcing of Main Dam began Spring 2018. Conduit work began Winter 2019 – scheduled to be completed by July 2019 Intake Tower improvements completed May 2019 NOTE: The property received over 90 inches [...]
Navigating local government can be confusing. Especially when you’re trying to figure out who to call regarding a street or traffic issue. They go to two different departments. The Transportation Department handles the flow of traffic, such as crosswalks and traffic signals or signs. The Streets Division handles the surface conditions, like potholes and resurfacing. To help, here [...]
Before they hit the field and real waterline break and installation situations, Asheville Water Resources puts its maintenance employees to the test in a hands-on simulation setting. They get wet! Tim Burdine’s job: Ensuring that the approximately 1,700 miles of waterline in Asheville’s water system keeps flowing. Burdine, Asheville Water Maintenance Division Manager, has been on the [...]
Recent News North Fork By-pass Waterline Project Page Majority of City of Asheville main water lines are now clear (4/5/2019) Latest testing results now available for City of Asheville water (4/4/2019) Asheville leaders brief community on recent water breaks and discoloration (4/2/2019) VIDEO: City press briefing on water breaks and discoloration (4/2/2019) FAST FACTS: City [...]
Achen-Gardner Construction photo / Special to the City of Asheville Happening Now The North Fork Bridge Transmission Line Bypass Project is designed to enhance the City of Asheville’s ability to provide water to our customers under normal conditions and during extreme weather events. The project includes installation of 1,700 feet of 36-inch transmission waterline with tie-ins to [...]
At a glance Asheville Water System receiving an upgrade critical to protecting our community from water loss during a major flood, as what happened during the Flood of 2004. This involves installation of a third water transmission line. Once installed the transmission line will need to be tied into two existing transmission lines. There is the possibility this could [...]
Working all day Monday and into Tuesday evening, Asheville Water Maintenance crews were able to restore water to to all customers in the Bee Tree Road area. Water was restored to half of the Bee Tree customers on Monday. The final repair to all of the Bee Tree customers affected by this outage happened around [...]
At a glance On April 9, Asheville City Council adopted its Fees & Charges for FY 2019-2020. Fee increases are aimed at cost recovery to lessen the burden on property tax payers. There will be a modest increase to water and stormwater fees. Impact per the average household will be 70 cents a month or $8.40 for [...]