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2008 Adopted Water and Sewer Plan

The Water and Sewer Plan is the embodiment of the County’s goals, objectives and legal requirements for providing water and sewer service in Prince George’s County. Together with other operational plans, such as solid waste, housing and transportation, the Water and Sewer Plan provides guidance for the implementation of the County’s General Plan and Area Master Plans.

The Water and Sewer Plan (the Plan) documents existing water resources and wastewater treatment capacities, and identifies needed mechanisms to meet future demand. The Plan serves as a tool to implement the land use plan found in the County’s General Plan.

The Water and Sewer Plan for Prince George's County acts as a statement of policy and as a working document. As a policy statement, the Plan implements the land use and development policies set by the County. As a working document, it guides the County planning and development processes by setting out the criteria under which both public and private water and sewer services can be provided.

For your convenience, this online version of the documents has been broken down by chapters for easier download. Please contact the Department of Environment Resources, Environmental Services Group for any additional information and comments.

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Cover (434 KB)

Table of Contents (36.8 KB)

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1-1 (1.81MB)
1.1 LEGAL AUTHORITY
1-2
1.2 PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1-2
1.3 GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
1-3
1.3.1 Intergovernmental Agreements Relating to the Plan
1-6
1.3.2 Other Regional Water Agreements and Permits
1-7
1.3.3 Other Related Agreements
1-9
1.3.4 County Initiative
1-9
1.3.5 Consent Decree
1-10

 

CHAPTER 2
FRAMEWORK FOR WATER AND SEWER PLANNING
2-1 (3.13 MB)
2.1 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR WATER AND SEWER PLANNING
2-1
2.1.1 Sewer Envelope
2-2
2.1.2 Water and Sewer Categories
2-2
2.1.3 Water and Sewer Category Maps
2-6
2.1.4 Category Change Policies and Criteria
2-6
2.1.5 Allocations of Capacity
2-10
2.1.6 Public Use Sewer Service Allocations
2-10
2.1.7 Relationship to Other Development Review Processes
2-11
2.2 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2-12
2.2.1 Physiography, Topography, Drainage and Wetlands
2-12
2.2.2 Soils
2-15
2.2.3 Aquifers
2-19
2.3 COMMUNITY PLANNING FRAMEWORK
2-21
2.3.1 Role of the General Plan in Water and Sewer Planning
2-21
2.3.2 Projected Growth Rate, Land Use and Zoning
2-23
2.4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK
2-27
2.4.1 Federal Law
2-27
2.4.2 State Law
2-29

 

CHAPTER 3
WATER PLAN FOR COMMUNITY SYSTEMS
3-1 (11.3 MB)
3.1 RESOURCES.
3-1
3.2 TREATMENT AND TRANSMISSION
3-2
3.2.1 Potomac Water Treatment Plant
3-6
3.2.2 Patuxent Water Treatment Plant
3-6
3.2.3 Water Treatment Plants using Groundwater Supplies
3-7
3.2.4 Marlboro Meadows
3-8
3.2.5 Water Withdrawal and Point of Discharge
3-8
3.3 WATER DEMAND AND PRODUCTION
3-13
3.3.1 Total Water Management
3-14
3.4 REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY/ RESPONSE PLAN
3-17
3.5 EMERGENCY WATER USE RESTRICTIONS
3-17
3.6 FINANCING
3-17

 

CHAPTER 4
SEWER PLAN FOR COMMUNITY SYSTEMS
4-1 (842 KB)
4.1 EXISTING SEWER SYSTEM
4-1
4.2 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS SERVING THE COUNTY
4-2
4.2.1 Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant
4-2
4.2.2 Parkway Wastewater Treatment Plant
4-8
4.2.3 Western Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant
4-8
4.2.4 Piscataway Wastewater Treatment Plant
4-9
4.2.5 Bowie Wastewater Treatment Plant
4-10
4.2.6 Marlboro Meadows Wastewater Treatment Plant
4-10
4.2.7 Mattawoman Wastewater Treatment Plant
4-11
4.3 FUTURE SEWER NEEDS
4-11
4.3.1 Infiltration and Inflow (I/I)
4-11
4.3.2 Regional Water Quality Initiatives in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
4-13
4.3.3 Industrial Discharge
4-14
4.3.4 Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO)
4-15
4.3.5 Biosolids Management Plan for WASA
4-16
4.4 BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT
4-17
4.4.1 Biosolids Production
4-17
4.4.2 Regulatory Requirements
4-17
4.4.3 Land Application
4-18
4.4.4 Innovative Approaches to Land Application
4-19
4.4.5 Incineration
4-19
4.5 FINANCIAL PLANNING
4-23

 

CHAPTER 5
RURAL SANITATION
5-1 (393 KB)
5.1 ONSITE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS
5-1
5.2 ONSITE SYSTEMS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION
5-3
5.2.1 Conventional Systems
5-3
5.2.2 Abandonment Policies
5-4
5.2.3 Shared Onsite Water and Sewer Facilities
5-4
5.2.4 Alternative Systems
5-5
5.2.5 Interim Systems or Waivers for Wells and Septic Systems
5-6
5.3 SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES
5-7
5.3.1 Experimental and Innovative Sewage Disposal Systems
5-7
5.3.2 Holding Tanks
5-7
5.3.3 Chemical Toilets
5-7
5.3.4 Upgrade of Existing Sewage Disposal Systems
5-7

 

 

CHAPTER 6
PROCEDURES FOR ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE PLAN
6-1 (150 KB)
6.1 PLAN ADOPTION PROCESS
6-1
6.2 AMENDMENT PROCESSES
6-2
6.3 LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT PROCESS..
6-2
6.3.1 Referral and Review Process
6-3
6.3.2 Redesignation Criteria for Legislative Amendments
6-4
6.3.3 Application Requirements
6-5
6.3.4 Refiling of Denied or Withdrawn Applications
6-5
6.3.5 Fee Schedule
6-5
6.4 ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT PROCESS
6-5
6.4.1 Redesignation Criteria for an Administrative Amendment
6-6
6.4.2 Application Requirements
6-7
6.4.3 Fee Schedule
6-7
6.5.1 Waiver Criteria – Connection to Public (Community) Water and Sewer
6-7
6.5.2 Waiver Criteria – Use of Individual Well and Septic Systems
6-8
6.5.3 Application Requirements
6-8
6.5.4 Fee Schedule.
6-8



Appendix A the State Environment Article, Title 9, Subtitle 5 (798 KB)
Appendix B the Annotated Code of Maryland Regulation Title 26, Subtitle 03 (557 KB)
Appendix C Water Category Map (695 KB)
Appendix D Sewer Category Map(685 KB)
Appendix E Glossary (30.4 KB)
Appendix F WSSC Standard Procedures #0 96-01 (1.23 MB)


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