The Production Team provides continuous, high quality, cost-effective operation and maintenance of the WSSC's water supply dams, reservoirs, water filtration plants, water distribution facilities, wastewater collection facilities, wastewater treatment plants, biosolids management programs, and laboratories. This Team, led by the Chief of Plant Operations, is comprised of the Potomac, Patuxent, Piscataway, Parkway, Western Branch, Seneca/Damascus/Hyattstown, Laboratory Services, Systems Control, Industrial Assets Management, and Information Support Groups; and Operations Support including Energy Management.

PRODUCTION TEAM GROUP LEADERS

Steve Fulginiti

Industrial Assets Management Group Leader (ACTING)

The Industrial Assets Management Group is responsible for providing specialized in-house electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, welding, carpentry, machining, and engineering support for all of WSSC's Production facilities. The Group also manages dozens of service contracts that provide specialized maintenance services and directs the Asset Management strategies for the entire Production Team to help keep WSSC’s Production facilities operating at peak efficiency.

Reginald (Reggie) Thorpe, Sr.

Information Support Group Leader

The Information Support Group (ISG) for the Production team is responsible for maintaining the information systems related to water quality, treatment and distribution and wastewater collection and treatment in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. In addition to monitoring systems, troubleshooting and correcting problems, this group reviews current processes and researches, tests and implements technology enhancements to help the Production Team work more efficient and effectively. When appropriate, the ISG will design, develop and test new applications required to fill gaps identified within the current information systems. The impact of these changes will be communicated and coordinated as necessary.

Clarence Beverhoudt

Laboratory Services Group Leader

The Laboratory Services Group's mission is to provide the highest possible quality analytical data to the operating units of the WSSC and other organizations for the benefit of public health and environmental quality in a cost effective manner. To do so, the LSG operates and maintains a modern state of the art environmental analytical laboratory.

Gary Grey

Operations Support Manager

The Operations Support Group provides coordination of a variety of Production Team efforts such Energy Management, Safety and Training Coordination, Biosolids Management, and Team-wide Contracting and Procurement. New technologies associated with energy consumption and the deregulation of the energy market are also managed. Safety oversight, coupled with necessary training and certification, are key issues managed for the Team. Biosolids management is coordinated and managed, including day to day coordination with DC Water’s Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Kevin Selock

Parkway Group Leader

The Parkway Group produces a quality effluent at the Parkway Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) which meets or exceeds all discharge standards, beneficially utilizes the biosolids; and operates the pumping stations to collect and transport wastewater without overflows.

Robert Trimble

Patuxent Group Leader

The Patuxent Water Filtration Plant (WFP) delivers drinking water to the distribution system at an approximate average rate of 57.1 million gallons per day. Responsibilities include operation of: Patuxent WFP, Rocky Gorge Pumping Station, Pretreatment Facility, Sludge/Reclaim Pumping Station, Patuxent Finished Water Pumping Station, and T. Howard Duckett Dam.

Dale Belschner

Piscataway Group Leader

The Piscataway Group produces a quality effluent at the Piscataway Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) which meets all discharge standards, beneficially utilizes the biosolids generated in our processes, and operates the pumping stations to collect and transport wastewater without overflows.

Joe Johnson

Potomac Group Leader

The Potomac Water Filtration Plant is the larger of the Commission's two water treatment plants. The Potomac Plant delivers water to the distribution system at approximately 120 million gallons of water per day (MGD) but is capable of treating more than 280 MGD. Responsibilities include: Operation and maintenance of the Potomac WFP including major Solids Handling Facilities, Main and High Zone Pumping Stations, two Intermediate Pumping Stations and one of the largest UV disinfection systems in the country.

Sam Amad

Seneca / Damascus / Hyattstown Group Leader

The Seneca/Damascus/Hyattstown Group is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Commission's wastewater treatment and pumping facilities in Montgomery County; these include the 20 million gallon per day (MGD) Seneca Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), the 1.5 MGD Damascus WWTP, the 15,000 gallon per day Hyattstown WWTP, and 20 remote wastewater pumping stations throughout the County. The quality effluent we return to receiving streams consistently meets or exceeds all discharge standards, and the biosolids produced in the treatment process are beneficially used to amend and fertilize agricultural land in accordance with State and Federal regulations.

Karen A. Wright

Systems Control Group Leader

The Systems Control Group provides for the operation of the water distribution and wastewater collection systems, unstaffed facilities, and Control Center.

Brian D. Mosby

Western Branch Group Leader

The Western Branch Group produces a quality effluent, which meets or exceeds all discharge standards, while safely disposing of the biosolids generated in our processes. Western Branch is one of WSSC’s largest wastewater treatment plants with a design capacity of 30 MGD; serving southern Prince George’s County since 1970.