Topic - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) provides safe drinking water and wastewater treatment for Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. It was established on May 1, 1918. It is the eighth largest water and wastewater utility in the United States. The WSSC serves over 1.8 million people in an approximately of water and sewer mains. - Source: Wikipedia

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Construction manager John Hoffman stands in front of two concrete pipe adapters which will hold in place a 54 inch duct-tile iron pipe that sits ready to replace a pipe from 1965 along Forrestville Rd. near Andrew's Air Force Base, Suitland, Md., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Prince George's County will be without water for the next 3-5 days as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission prepares to repair a 54-inch water line which is close to bursting. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Phebie Warren, the director of the Little Busy Bee day care center in Ft. Washington, Md., loads her trunk with bottled water as a large portion of Prince George's County will be without water for the next 3-5 days as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission prepares to repair a 54-inch water line which is close to bursting, Ft. Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Construction manager John Hoffman stands in front of two concrete pipe adapters which will hold in place a 54 inch duct-tile iron pipe that sits ready to replace a pipe from 1965 along Forrestville Rd. near Andrew's Air Force Base, Suitland, Md., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Prince George's County will be without water for the next 3-5 days as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission prepares to repair a 54-inch water line which is close to bursting. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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