Metropolitan Washington
Region
Water Supply Agencies
The following agencies withdraw water
from the Potomac River, various reservoirs, or groundwater, and then
provide state of the art treatment. The treated water is then distributed
directly to customers, or to other wholesale customers who are responsible
for distribution to customers. For information on water distributors,
please go to: http://www.mwcog.org/environment/water/watersupply/distributors.asp
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Agency/Contact
Information
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Source
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Treatment
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Distribution
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Quality
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Fairfax
Water Phone:
703-698-5800 Link to FW's Website |
Potomac
River: intake above Great Falls As a Co-op utility, FCWA benefits from storage in Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs. |
Corbalis Treatment Plant on the Potomac can treat up to 150 mgd Occoquan, Lorton Treatment Plants on the Occoquan can treat up to 112 mgd A new plant, Griffith, is under construction near the old Occoquan and Lorton plants. It will have an initial capacity of 120 mgd expandable to 160 mgd |
Service Area: large portions of Fairfax County Wholesale Customers: City of Falls Church, LCSA, PWCSA, Virginia-American Water Company. Smaller amounts to Herndon, Ft. Belvoir, Lorton Correctional Facility, Dulles International Airport Average
Demand: 135 mgd Number of Customers: 209,954 |
Read the Consumer Confidence Report on FW's website |
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Washington
Aqueduct Phone: 202-764-2753 Link to Washington Aqueduct's website |
Potomac River: intakes at Great Falls and Little Falls As a Co-op utility, Washington Aqueduct benefits from storage in Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs. |
Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant can treat up to 240 mgd McMillan Water Treatment Plant can treat up to 150 mgd |
Wholesale Customers: DC WASA, Arlington County DPW, Falls Church DES
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Consumer Confidence Reports available from DC WASA, Arlington County and Falls Church. |
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Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission Phone:
301-206-8861 |
Potomac
River: intake upstream of Great Falls As a Co-op utility, WSSC benefits from storage in Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs. |
Potomac Water Filtration Plant can treat up to 285 mgd Patuxent Water Filtration Plant can treat up to 70 mgd A replacement plant on the Patuxent is scheduled to be on-line by February of 2005. It will have a 56 mgd capacity and an estimated emergency capacity of up to 70 mgd. |
Service Area: Major portions of Montgomery County, including Gaithersburg and Takoma Park, and Prince George's County, including College Park and Greenbelt; excludes Rockville, Poolesville, Amber Meadows, and parts of Bowie Wholesale Customers: Andrews Airforce Base, Howard County DPW (future customer: Charles County) Average
demand: 167 mgd Total Connections: 408,500 |
Read the Consumer Confidence Report on WSSC's website |
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City
of Bowie Department of Public Works Phone: (301) 262-6200 Link to Bowie's website |
Groundwater | City of Bowie Water Plant can treat 5.2 mgd |
Service Area: Most of the City of Bowie (website lists locations in detail). Other parts of the city get water from WSSC. Average Demand: 2.3 mgd Maximum Daily Demand: 4 mgd Number of Customers: 25,000 |
Read the Consumer Confidence Report on the city's website |
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City
of Fairfax Department of Utilities Phone:
703-385-7920 Link to Fairfax City's website |
Goose Creek: 200 million gallons stored in Goose Creek Reservoir Beaverdam Creek: 1.3 billion gallons stored in backup reservoir |
City of Fairfax Water Treatment Plant has a capacity of 12 mgd but is capable of producing up to 18 mgd. The plant is located in Loudoun County 22 miles NW of the city |
Service Area: City of Fairfax and small portions of Fairfax County contiguous to the city Average
Demand: 8-10 mgd |
Read the Consumer Confidence Report in PDF format through city's website |
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City
of Frederick Department of Public Works Phone:
301-694-1440 Link to Frederick City's website |
Linganore Creek, Monocacy River, Fishing Creek Reservoir |
Linganore
Water Plant can treat 6 mgd and accounts for 59%
of the city's water Monocacy Water Plant can treat 3 mgd and accounts for 25% Fishing Creek Plant can treat 1.5 mgd and accounts for 16% |
Service Area: City of Frederick Average
Demand: 6.5 mgd Number of Customers: 50,000 |
Read the Consumer Confidence Report under the Public Information section of the city's website or contact Curtis Orndorff at 301-694-1169 to get a copy |
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Frederick
County Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management Phone: 301-694-1825 Link to Frederick County's DUSWM website |
Potomac River Lake Linganore |
New Design Water Treatment Plant on the Potomac can treat 6.6 mgd Lake Linganore Water Treatment Plant can treat 2 mgd |
Service Area: The New Design treatment plant serves unincorporated parts of southern and southeastern Frederick County not served by individual wells. The Lake Linganore treatment plant serves unincorporated parts of eastern Frederick County not served by wells. Average demand: 3 mgd from the Potomac; 1.5 mgd from Lake Linganore Number of Customers: 9,600 |
Read the Consumer
Confidence Report- Annual Water Quality Report |
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Town
of Leesburg Department of Utilities Phone:
703-771-2709 (Office of Public Information) Link to Leesburg's website |
Potomac River: intake 30 miles upstream from Chain Bridge Groundwater: Three town wells provide 25% of the water |
Kenneth B. Rollins Water Treatment Plant on the Potomac, just east of town can treat up to 5 mgd and is in the process of expanding up to 10 mgd |
Service Area: Town of Leesburg Average
Demand: 3.2 mgd Number of Customers: 26-27,000 |
Consumer Confidence Report available in PDF format through the town's website or by calling 703-771-2750 |
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City of Manassas Department
of Utilities Phone:
703-257-8380 Link to Manassas City's website |
Lake Manassas: intake at T. Nelson Elliott Dam on Broad Run | City of Manassas Water Treatment Plant can treat up to 14 mgd |
Service
Area: City of Manassas Wholesale Customers: PWCSA, City of Manassas Park Average
Demand: 10.5 mgd Number of Customers: >10,000 |
Read the Consumer Confidence Report on the web or call 703-257-8380 to get a copy |
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City of Rockville Department
of Public Works Phone:
301-309-3220 Link to Rockville's website |
Potomac River: intake 12 miles upstream from Chain Bridge | Rockville Treatment Plant near Potomac, MD can treat 8 mgd, and 12 mgd are kept in storage |
Service Area: 90% of the city of Rockville (the other 10% gets water from WSSC) Average
Demand: 5.3 mgd Number of Customers: 50,000 |
Copies of the Consumer Confidence Report are available in city hall and will soon be posted on the city's website. |
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