We are entrusted by our community to provide safe and reliable water, lifes most precious resource, and return clean water to our environment, all in an ethically and financially responsible manner.
MISSION:
We are entrusted by our community to provide safe and reliable water, lifes most precious resource, and return clean water to our environment, all in an ethically and financially responsible manner.
* The 8th largest water and wastewater utility in the country
* Serves approximately 460,000 customer accounts
* Provides water and sewer services to nearly 1.8 million residents
* Serves an area of nearly 1,000 square miles
* Currently employs approximately 1,500 people
WSSC OPERATES AND MAINTAINS:
* 4 reservoirs Triadelphia, Rocky Gorge, Little Seneca and Jennings Randolph with total holding capacity of 14 billion gallons (Note: both Little Seneca and Jennings Randolph are regionally shared)
* 2 water filtration plants the Patuxent (max 56 MGD) and the Potomac (max 285 MGD) plants produce an average of 167 million gallons per day (MGD) of safe drinking water
* 6 wastewater treatment plant Western Branch, Piscataway, Parkway, Seneca, Damascus and Hyattstown, with a total capacity to handle 74.1 million gallons of wastewater per day
* The Blue Plains Water Pollution Control Plant handles as much as an additional 169 MGD under a cost sharing agreement with the WSSC
* Nearly 5,500 miles of water main lines and over 5,300 miles of sewer main lines
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS:
WSSC:
* Our state-of-the-art laboratory performs 500,000 tests to ensure water safety and quality
* Has an operating budget of approximately $757.1 million, $255.0 million being used in capital and $502.1 million in operating
* Cost per million gallons of water is $1,729
* Cost per million gallons of wastewater is $2,221
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