The Commission provides for the construction,
maintenance, and operation of water supply and
sewerage systems; it has jurisdiction over storm
drainage in Prince George's County only. It regu-
lates and inspects plumbing and gas fitting instal-
lations in both counties. The Commission has
been designated as the organization responsible
for the administration, maintenance, and opera-
tion of the Anacostia River Flood Control and
Navigation Project. As of June 30, 1980, the wa-
ter system and sewerage system of the Commis-
sion contained 3,472 and 3,427 miles of mains,
respectively.

Two major sources of water now supply the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission sys-
tem. The Patuxent River, which the Commission
has impounded with the construction of two
dams near Brighton in Montgomery County and
Laurel in Prince George's County, gives the Com-
mission a yield of up to sixty-five million gallons
a day through the Patuxent Filtration Plant. The
Potomac River supplies raw water to the Poto-
mac 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 as needed to meet bi-
county water supply requirements.

Much of the sewage from the Commission ser-
vice area is transported through trunk sewers into
the District of Columbia and is treated at the re-
gional Blue Plains Pollution Control Plant in
Washington, D.C. The Commission 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 Suburban Sanitary
Commission are near Laurel, at Piscataway Bay,
and at the Western Branch of the Patuxent River.
The Commission also operates several smaller in-
terim wastewater plants.

Ten-Year Water and Sewer Plans for Mont-
gomery and Prince George's counties, formerly
drafted by the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, are now prepared by the respective
county governments. The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission annual budget also is sub-
ject to joint approval by the governing bodies of
Montgomery and Prince George's counties. The
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has
the responsibility for setting customer rates perti-
nent to Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion functions in its Suburban Maryland service

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area. Significant legislative enactments by the
Maryland General Assembly include: Acts 1918,
Ch. 122; Acts 1920, Ch. 518; Acts 1922, Ch. 443;
Acts 1924, Ch. 189, 252; Acts 1927. Ch. 506;
Acts 1929, Ch. 362; Acts. 1931, Ch. 522; Acts
1937, Ch. 390, 391; Acts 1939, Ch. 257, 540;
Acts 1943, Ch. 451, 520, 522, 524, 526; Acts
1947, Ch. 361, 362, 733; Acts 1949, Ch. 541, 728;
Acts 1953, Ch. 357, 358, 430, 434, 521, 666; Acts
1955, Ch. 78, 79, 117, 118, 256, 647; Acts 1957,
Ch. 585, 591, 624; Acts 1959, Ch. 618, 710, 776,
779; Acts 1961, Ch. 609, 610, 741, 742; Acts
1963, Ch. 482, 483, 492, 608, 726, 828; Acts
1965, Ch. 311, 781, 810, 819, 834, 839, 896; Acts
1966, Ch. 370, 632, 637, 678, 679; Acts 1967, Ch.
53, 54, 194, 664; Acts 1968, Ch. 161, 383, 628,
703; Acts 1969, Ch. 146, 700, 728, 753; Acts
1970, Ch. 14, 337, 355, 468, 513; Acts 1971, Ch.
113, 115, 117, 335, 714, 726; Acts 1972, Ch. 96,
172, 506, 596, 597, 602, 729; Acts 1973, Ch. 193,
194, 500; Acts 1974, Ch. 618; Acts 1975, Ch.
392, 478, 498, 788, 789, 791, 813; Acts 1976, Ch.
806, 847, 848; Acts 1977, Ch. 159, 260, 287, 612,
657, 683; Acts 1978, Ch. 406, 515, 555, 754, 884,
966; Acts 1979, Ch. 429, 485, 600, 668; Acts
1980, Ch. 352, 661, 772.

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN TRANSIT
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Rose C. Kramer, Montgomery Coun-
ty

Vice-Chairperson: Raymond G. LaPlaca, Prince
George's County

Commissioners from Montgomery County:
Cleatus E. Barnett, Lanny Davis

Commissioners from Prince George's County:
Woodrow W. Miller, David G. Hartlove, Jr.

Ex officio commissioner: James J. O'Donnell, Sec-
retary, Maryland Department of Transportation

Secretary-Treasurer: Gloria B. Fischer
Executive Secretary: Gloria B. Fischer

8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 904
Silver Spring 20910 Telephone: 587-7270

The Washington Suburban Transit Commis-
sion, created by Chapter 870, Acts of 1965, con-
sists of seven commissioners, three of whom are
appointed by the Montgomery County Executive,
three by the Prince George's County Executive,
and the Secretary of Transportation, who serves