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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.
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) was established in Maryland in 1918 and operated sewer systems in portions of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties. The commission began to install sewer connections from its service area to the Blue Plains plant in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) [2] [3] is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census , the population was 967,201, [ 5 ] making it the second-most populous county in Maryland , behind neighboring Montgomery County .
Under a stormwater discharge permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the D.C. government is implementing a stormwater management program to improve water quality in the Anacostia. [10] The governments of Montgomery County and Prince George's County also operate stormwater management programs. [11] [12]
Limestone County Water And Sewer Authority; ... Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (Montgomery County and Prince George's County) Massachusetts
The headwaters of the stream originate in the Capitol Heights area of Prince George's County, and the branch flows roughly northwest for 4.9 miles (7.9 km) to the Anacostia, which drains to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
As a mill town, Laurel was somewhat unusual in Prince George's County and was surrounded by agricultural endeavors. [ 12 ] The community was originally known as "Laurel Factory", named for its laurel trees, [ 15 ] when Edward Snowden became the first postmaster in 1837 and was a true company town, with a school and shops, and many of the mill ...
Montgomery and Prince George's counties share a bi-county planning and parks agency in the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and a public bi-county water and sewer utility in the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). [citation needed]