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and sewerage systems of the Commission contained 3,045 and 2,941 miles of mains, respectively. Two major sources of water now supply the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission system. The Patuxent River, which the Com- mission has impounded with the construction of two dams near Brighton in Montgomery County and near Laurel in Prince George's County, gives the Commission a yield of 65 million gallons a day through the Patuxent Filtration Plant. The Potomac River supplies raw water to the Potomac River Filtration Plant. This facility was opened in 1961 and has a capacity of almost 200 million gallons a day. The Potomac River plant will be expanded in stages to reach a peak production capacity of up U> 400 million gallons a day. It serves both counties. Wells located on the Potomac slopes of Prince George's County provide a third source of water. Most of the sewage from the Commission service area is trans- ported through trunK sewers into the District of Columbia and is treated at the District's Blue Plains Pollution Control Plant. The Com- mission pays for this service on a metered volume basis, and it also contributes its share to capital improvement of the Blue Plains facility. Sewage disposal plants operated by the Washington Subur- ban Sanitary Commission are near Laurel, at Piscataway Bay, and at the Western Branch of the Patuxent River. The Commission's facilities are geared to an anticipated growth of the service area population of at least 3,100,000 by the year 2000. The Commission annually reviews and updates a six-year program for development of its water and sewerage systems. (Acts 1918, chap. 122, as amended from time to time, e.g., Acts 1947, chap. 733; Acts 1949, chap. 728; Acts 1963, chaps. 430 and 434; Acts 1959, chaps. 618; Acts 1961, chap. 740; Acts 1966, chaps. 819 and 896; Acts 1966, chaps. 370 and 679; Acts 1967, chaps. 63, 64 and 713; Acts 1968, chaps. 628 and 703; Acts 1969, chap. 700; Acts 1970, chap. 468; Acts 1971, chap. 115). WASHINGTON SUBURBAN TRANSIT COMMISSION Chairman: John B. Burcham, Jr., Prince George's County Vice Chairman: Dickran Y. Hovsepian, Montgomery County Commissioners from Montgomery County: Cleatus E. Barnett, William H. Hussman. Commissioners from Prince George's County: Carlton R. Sickles, John H. Marburger, Jr. Ex officio Commissioner: Harry R. Hughes, Secretary of Transportation Executive Director: Robert W. Pully 8720 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring 20910 Telephone: 587-8770 The Washington Suburban Transit Commission, created by Chapter 870, Acts of 1965, consists of six commissioners, of whom three are appointed by the Montgomery County Executive and three by the Prince George's County Executive. Commissioners who are appointed serve at the pleasure of the Executive, and commissioners who are not appointed from among the members of the governing bodies serve for a period of three years. The Secretary of Transportation serves as an ex officio commissioner. The Commission was established to manage and control the func- tions and activities of the Washington Suburban Transit District with |
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