TUESDAY MARCH 9, 9 am to 6 pm, Mt. Bethel Baptist Church and St.
Mary's Center
The Emergency Management Agency is
distributing free water pitcher
filtration systems to families with children under the age of six; women who
are pregnant and mothers who are breast-feeding whose residences have lead
service lines at the following locations: Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, 75
Rhode Island Ave., NW, on Tuesday, March 9 from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and at
St. Mary's Center, 2333 Ontario Road, NW, on Tuesday, March 9 from 5:00 pm
to 9:00 pm.
SATURDAY MARCH 6 10 am - 2 pm, Reeves Center, DC Armory
Beginning Saturday, March 6 and continuing until supplies run out, the DC
Emergency Management Agency will distribute free water pitcher filtration
systems to families with children under the age of 6 but not younger than 6
months, women who are pregnant, and, mothers who are breast-feeding whose
residences have lead service lines, at the following locations and times
(bring proof of residency):
Reeves Center, 2000 14th Street, NW (open 10 am - 2 pm)
DC Armory, 2001 East Capitol Street, SE (open 10 am - 2 pm)
WASA encourages residents to drop off
water samples at one of the following
six sites (Residents may also call 787-2732, the hotline, to have samples
picked up at
their homes):
-301 Bryant Street, NW (open 24 hours/7 days a
week)
-810 First Street, NE (open Monday - Friday, 8
am - 5 pm)
-Ft. Reno Pumping Station, 3900 Donaldson
Place, NW (open Monday - Friday,
7:30 am - 4 pm; Saturdays, noon - 3 pm)
-Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant, 5000
Overlook Avenue, SW (open 24
hours/7 days a week)
-125 O Street, SE (open 24 hours/7 days a week)
-Dalecarlia Treatment Plant, 5900 MacArthur
Boulevard, NW (open Monday -
Friday, 7 am - 7 pm; closest site to Ward 3)
EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline 1-800-426-4791
National Lead Information Center 1-800-LEAD-FYI
Congressman Tom Davis, 202-225-5074/ 202-225-1492, Chair,
Government Operations Committee, oversees D.C. affairs and holds power to
help gain federal funding for healthy water for kids.