Appomattox River Water Authority
About ARWA
Appomattox River Water Authority
The original treatment plant had a rated capacity of 22 million gallons per day (mgd) and two expansions have increased the capacity first to 46 mgd in the early 1980s and then to 96 mgd in 2007.
The Authority participates in the Partnership For Safe Water program which is sponsored by the American Water Works Association, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Association of Water Companies, and the Water Research Foundation. The drinking water quality standards for participation in this program are stricter than the regular standards of either the EPA or the Virginia Department of Health. ARWA is one of only two water plants in Virginia that has received the Directors Award for compliance with these standards for ten or more consecutive years.
Service Area
 
Chesterfield CountyCity of Colonial Heights Dinwiddie County City of Petersburg Prince George County |
Board of Directors
| Chairman | Thomas L. Mattis, City Manager, Colonial Heights |
| Vice-Chairman | William E. Johnson, III, City Manager, Petersburg |
| Secretary/Treasurer | Percy C. Ashcraft, County Administrator, Prince George County |
| Assistant Secretary/Treasurer | W. Kevin Massengill, County Administrator, Dinwiddie County |
| Other Members | James J. L. Stegmaier, County Administrator, Chesterfield County |
Management Staff
| Robert C. Wichser, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, Executive Director, Appomattox River Water Authority and South Central Wastewater Authority |
| James C. Gordon, Assistant Executive Director, Appomattox River Water Authority and South Central Wastewater Authority |
| Melissa B. Wilkins Accounting/Office Manager |
| Michael Callen, Operations Manager |
| Raymond J. Burpoe, Maintenance Manager, Appomattox River Water Authority and South Central Wastewater Authority |
| Gerald L. Martin, Chief of Maintenance, Appomattox River Water Authority and South Central Wastewater Authority |
| Novelle C. Wilkerson, Laboratory Manager, Appomattox River Water Authority and South Central Wastewater Authority |
