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The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC Water) is a bi-county political subdivision of the State of Maryland [2] that provides safe drinking water and wastewater treatment for Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland except for a few cities in both counties that continue to operate their own water facilities.
Map of M-NCPPC Region. The commission is divided into seven departments, two for Montgomery county: the Department of Parks and the Department of Planning; two for Prince George's County: the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Planning; and three that are cross-county: the Department of Human Resource Management, the Department of Finance, and the Office of the General ...
The Maryland state legislature named Montgomery County after Richard Montgomery; the county was created from lands that had at one point or another been part of Frederick County. [14] On September 6, 1776, [ 3 ] Thomas Sprigg Wootton from Rockville, Maryland, introduced legislation, while serving at the Maryland Constitutional Convention, to ...
On February 1, 1951, Montgomery County's representatives in the Maryland General Assembly introduced a law to change the agency from a state-run agency to a county-run agency. [7] The law passed and was effective July 1 1951. [8] The Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control was officially established on July 1, 1951.
Esther Gelman papers, at the University of Maryland libraries. Gelman was a member of the Montgomery County Council from 1974 to 1987 and its first female president. Gelman was a member of the Montgomery County Council from 1974 to 1987 and its first female president.
The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution.The United States is a federation; consequently, the government of Maryland, like the other 49 state governments, has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders, except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.
The last new county formation in Maryland occurred when Garrett County was formed in 1872 from portions of Allegany County. [2] However, there have been numerous changes to county borders since that time, most recently when portions of the city of Takoma Park that had previously been part of Prince George's County were absorbed into Montgomery County in 1997.
Future electric generating stations in Maryland (larger than 50 MW) [13] Station Type Operator Location Capacity (MW) Waldorf: Natural gas: Competitive Power Ventures: Waldorf, Charles County: 725 [14] Natural gas: Panda Energy: Brandywine, Prince Georges County: 858 [14] Natural gas: Public Service Enterprise Group: 755 [14]