Significant Water Flow Numbers from South County Flood

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Brittany Higgins

Phone: 240-313-2389

Email: bhiggins@washco-md.net

SIGNIFICANT WATER FLOW NUMBERS FROM SOUTH COUNTY FLOOD

Flood causes excessive water flow

HAGERSTOWN, MD (May 24, 2018) – Washington County Department of Water Quality experienced significant amounts of water flow at several wastewater treatment plants last week during the flooding in South County. The County would like to highlight that during this time, no service provided by the County was disrupted, and all County water services continued as normal. The County also did not experience any abnormal discharge of raw sewage from any of its plants, which can sometimes become an issue when significant amounts of water flow are caused by excessive rainfall.

2018 South County Flood Water Flow Totals

Antietam Wastewater Treatment Plant: flows reached 145,000 gallons per day – 50% greater than the previous month’s average. (Dwayne Bussard, Chief Plant Operator)

Conococheague Wastewater Treatment Plant: flows were in excess of 5 million gallons per day – twice the normal flow rate. (Terry Wray, Chief Plant Operator)

Sandy Hook Wastewater Treatment Plant: flows were in excess of 147,000 gallons per day – almost fifteen times the normal flow rate. (Dwayne Bussard, Chief Plant Operator)

Sharpsburg Water Treatment Plant: utilized a modified run schedule and maintenance crews to maintain normal water service to the town of Sharpsburg. (Kenny Smith, Chief Plant Operator)

Winnebrenner Wastewater Treatment Plant: flows averaged in excess of 660,000 gallons per day – six times the normal flow rate. (Kevin McClanathan, Chief Plant Operator)

For additional information contact Public Relations Coordinator Brittany Higgins at 240-313-2389.

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