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Showing posts with label WSSC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WSSC. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Spring- Time to Flush the Pipes

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 As part of the annual maintenance program for the regional water distribution systems in Virginia and Washington DC, on March 21st , 2022 F...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

WSSC, Winter and Water Main Breaks

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  Water main breaks can leave hundreds of people without service and can also cause serious traffic problems, making the daily commutes even...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Polar Vortex Brings Water Main Breaks to WSSC

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  from WSSC As the chart above shows, there is a direct connection between dropping water temperatures in the Potomac River and the rate of ...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Why WSSC Pipes Are Failing

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The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) provides water and sewer service to nearly 1,000 square miles in Prince George’s and Mont...
Monday, August 17, 2015

It is Not Your Imagination, WSSC Pipe Failure Has Increased

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Last Wednesday, August 12, 2015, a 20-inch pressurized sewer main on Rose Theatre Circle in Olney broke causing 270,791 gallons of raw sew...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Water Stays On In Prince George County

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From Middlesex County Last Thursday sensors that had just recently been installed on a water main began hearing the pings they were l...
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Elizabeth Ward,
Elizabeth was awarded an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and an MS ChE from NYU Tandon School of Engineering, worked as a chemical engineer for both the US EPA in DC, and at DuPont before working in finance and then becoming consultant with Washington Advisors and is the author of "The Lenders Guide to Developing an Environmental Risk Management Program." Elizabeth retired from Washington Advisors and began her volunteer career and served 10 years as the Treasurer of the Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District.
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