WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Robert M. Potter, 1987

Jesse L. Maury, 1987; Robert P. Will, 1987;
Henry T. Arrington, 1987; Ada Koontz
Blumenschein, 1989; Gilbert B. Lessenco, 1989.

Richard G. Hocevar, General Manager

4017 Hamilton St.
Hyattsville 20781 Customer Services: 699-5600
General Offices: 699-4000
Public Affairs: 699^172
24-Hour Emergency Service: 699-4555

Engineering Department
8103 Sandy Spring Rd.
Laurel 20707 Telephone: 441-M02

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion, the governing body of the Washington Sub-
urban Sanitary District, was created in 1918
(Chapter 122, Acts of 1918).

The Commission provides for the construction,
maintenance, and operation of water supply and
sewerage systems in Prince George's and Mont-
gomery counties. Although it has jurisdiction over
storm drainage in Prince George's County only, it
regulates and inspects plumbing and gas-fitting in-
stallations in both counties. The Commission has
been designated as the agency responsible for the
administration, maintenance, and operation of the
Anacostia River Flood Control and Navigation
Project.

The two major sources of water now supplying
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
system are the Patuxent River, through the Pa-
tuxent Filtration Plant, and the Potomac River,
through the Potomac River Filtration Plant.
Much of the sewage from the Commission service
area is transported through trunk sewers into the
District of Columbia and is treated at the regional
Blue Plains Pollution Control Plant in Washing-
ton, D.C. Sewage disposal plants operated by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission are
near Laurel, at Piscataway Bay, and at the west-
ern branch of the Patuxent River. The Commis-
sion also operates several smaller waste water
plants.

Ten-Year Water and Sewer Plans for Montgom-
ery and Prince George's counties, formerly draft-
ed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com-
mission, are now prepared by the respective

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budget is subject to joint approval by the gov-
erning bodies of the two counties. The Commis-
sion has the responsibility for setting customer
rates pertinent to Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission functions in its suburban Maryland
service area.

Through its Public Affairs Office, the Commis-
sion distributes printed material on all facets of its
operation free of charge. The Plumbing and Gas-
Fitting Regulations are available for a fee. An ac-
tive Speakers' Bureau also is managed by the Pub-
lic Affairs Office.

The Commission consists of six members. Three
are from Montgomery County, and three from
Prince George's County. They are appointed to
four-year terms by the governing body of each
county (Code 1957, Art. 29).

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN TRANSIT
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Robert S. McGarry, Montgomery
County

Vice-Chairperson: Richard J. Castaldi, Prince
George's County

Cleatus E. Barnett, Carlton R. Sickles,
Montgomery County; Robert B. Ostrom, Joann
Price, Prince George's County.

Ex officio: Larry J. Saben, assignee of Secretary of
Transportation

Executive Secretary-Treasurer. Gloria B. Fischer

8720 Georgia Ave., Suite 904
Silver Spring 20910 Telephone: 565-9665

The Washington Suburban Transit Commission
was created in 1965 (Chapter 870, Acts of 1965).
The Commission administers activities and func-
tions of the Washington Suburban Transit District
and has powers to develop, on a bi-county basis, a
transportation system including mass transit facil-
ities for the needs and growth of Montgomery and
Prince George's counties.

The Commission acts as the financial conduit
through which funding of mass transportation
projects within the counties takes place. It acts as
the coordinating body for mass transit matters
within the bi-county area, and as such coordinates
mass transit activities of the two county govern-
ments with each other, with the Washington Met-
ropolitan Area Transit Authority, and with the

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