Potomac Submerged Channel Intake Study

Working to ensure continued superior water quality, WSSC is conducting a feasibility study of a submerged Potomac River intake. The submerged intake would provide access to a cleaner, safer, more stable raw water supply, reduce operational costs and allow WSSC to continue to meet increasingly stringent U.S. EPA requirements. The study began in summer 2003 and should be complete in spring 2006, and will address possible locations, construction methods, costs, environmental impacts & mitigation options and outreach activities. Please click on the links below to learn more about this project.

Prince George's County Executive Supports Study

Fact Sheet

Presentation

Final Study Reports

Initiation Report

Existing Conditions and Data Report

Potomac WFP Source Water Assessment Executive Summary

Handouts and Fact Sheets from the March Public Workshop

Plant Operations Worksheet

Workshop Water Quality Fact Sheet

Schedule of Key Milestones (Feasibility Study Schedule)

National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) Handout

NEPA Permitting Agencies

Press Releases

July 5, 2005               WSSC Examines Subsurface Rock Conditions in Potomac River

February 27, 2004    Public Workshop March 16

August 7, 2003          In Search of Cleaner, Better Water (Study Start)

Contacts

For project-related questions or comments, please contact Project Manager Mike Vitagliano, or call (301) 206-8355.

Members of the media can contact our Public Communications Office, or call (301) 206-8100.