Dear Chemical Society of Washington colleagues,
The AIChE National Capital Section cordially invites interested CSW members to join us for a tour of:
AlexRenew’s wastewater treatment plant and Educational Lobby
AlexRenew Environmental Center
1800 Limerick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 (Walkable from the Eisenhower Ave. Metro station)
8:30 a.m. Friday, December 4 (estimated duration 1.5 hours)
RSVP: slawski_brian@yahoo.com
Please let me (Brian) know if you’d like to attend; I’ll send you a confirmation. There is no cost for the tour, other than street parking. (Last I checked, weekday parking on Hooffs Run Drive was $5 for the whole day.) We’ll have to cap the attendance at 20 people.
AlexRenew (Alexandria Renew Enterprises) is a public agency charged with treating wastewater for the City of Alexandria and parts of Fairfax County. I know this may be a tough sell as a tour, but I’ve taken it before, and it’s great. Their odor-control measures are remarkably effective—they’re next door to (and below) athletic fields, luxury apartments, retail, and office buildings—and their process makes very clever use of a small footprint.
In case you have additional time afterwards, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is a couple of blocks to the north. The atrium of the central Madison Building is open to the public; it has a coffee shop, some historical patent models on display, and the small but very impressive National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum.
Best,
Brian Slawski
Director of Programs & Events, AIChE NCS
