Sweetser Avenue and Rotherwood Avenue Area Water Main Replacement

CANCELED: The Sweetser Rotherwood Open House scheduled for March 18th has been canceled due to concerns about COVID-19. The presentation will be videotaped and posted on Evansville Water and Sewer Utility's Facebook page with a link on Twitter. 

This project includes the installation of over 15,000 feet of 8" diameter water main pipe and related improvements on Evansville's southeast side.      

Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2020.

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Project Team

Project Owner - Evansville Water & Sewer Utility

Evansville, Indiana

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Program Manager - American Structurepoint, Inc.

Evansville, Indiana

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Project Designer - Wessler Engineering, Inc.

Indianapolis, Indiana

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Construction Manager - American Structurepoint, Inc.

Evansville, Indiana

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Contractor- Infrastructure Systems, Inc.

Orleans, Indiana

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Road Closures

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Boil Advisory Information

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Alerts and Announcements

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Project Update

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Recent Progress (May 24 to May 30)​

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• Infrastructure Systems completed connecting ¾”-1” water services on Plantation. 

• Infrastructure Systems began connecting new ¾”-1” water services on Conlin between 1700 Conlin and Weinbach. 

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Anticipated Activities for Upcoming Week (May 31 to June 6)​

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• Infrastructure Systems intends to complete the connection of new ¾”-1” water services on Conlin between 1700 Conlin and Weinbach. 

• Infrastructure Systems intends to begin connecting new ¾”-1” water services on Crystal, pending the results of water quality sampling.   

• Infrastructure Systems performed hydrostatic testing and chlorinated the new 8” C900 PVC water main on Sweetser between Lodge and Rotherwood. 

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Project Schedule​

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Phase 3- Conlin Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Early April 2020 Complete

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages)  Mid April 2020 Complete

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages)  Mid May 2020 Ongoing

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 3- Crystal Court

• Water Main Installation – Late April 2020 Complete

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Early May 2020 Complete

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages)  Early June 2020

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 3- Plantation Court

• Water Main Installation – Late April 2020 Complete

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Early May 2020 Complete

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Early June 2020 

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020 

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Phase 1- Sweetser Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Mid May 2020 Complete

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Late May 2020 Complete

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Mid June 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 1- Cass Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Late June 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Early July 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Mid July 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 1- Waggoner Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Early July 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Mid July 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Late July 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 1- Rotherwood Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Mid June 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Mid July 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Late July 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 2- Sweetser Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Early September 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Mid September 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Early October 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 2- Ridgeway Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Mid September 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Late September 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Late October 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 2- Cass Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Mid September 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Late September 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Late October 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 2- Norman Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Late September 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Early October 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Early November 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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Phase 2- Frederick Avenue

• Water Main Installation – Early October 2020

• Water Main Final Connections (water main outages) Mid October 2020

• Water Service Line Installation (individual customer outages) Mid November 2020  

• Restoration (pavement patching, lawn seeding) – Early December 2020

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