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Water Purification / Distribution
Frozen Pipes - The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments has information on preventing this from happening in your home on their Protect Your Pipes web page.
Request a Fire Hydrant Flow Test
Please complete the online Request for Fire Hydrant Flow Test. Your submission will be reviewed and you will be contacted with information about the processing of your request.
Bulk Water Pamphlet
DWSU Lead and Copper Monitoring Summary
List of Water Treatment Plants
Fluoridated Water Systems
The New Design System is fluoridated and supplies these communities and/or subdivisions:
- Adamstown
- Adamstown Commons
- Aspen
- Audubon
- Baldwin Estates
- Ballenger Creek Meadows
- Ballenger Crossing
- Balmoral
- Brinkley Manor
- Buckinghams Choice
- Canal Run
- Castle Hill
- Coldstream
- Countryside
- Crestwood Village
- Evergreen Point
- Fairwinds
- Farmbrook
- Foxcroft
- FSK Mall
- Green Hill Manor
- Greens
- Greenview
- Hannover
- Holly Hills
- Jefferson Tech Park
- Jug Bridge
- Kingsbrook
- Lake Anita Louise
- Lake Linganore
- Landsdale
- Linton Farm
- Manors at Ballenger
- Meadows
- Meadows at New Market
- Mountain Village
- New Market West
- Nightingale
- North Shore
- Orchard at New Market
- Oxford Estates
- Pinecliff
- Pinehurst
- Point of Rocks
- Preston
- River Oaks
- Robin Meadows
- Royal Oaks
- Saddle Ridge
- Sponsellers Addition
- Spring Ridge
- Stonebridge
- Stuart Mechanic
- Summerfield
- Supply to Barren
- Town of New Market (portions)
- Train Station Overlook
- Urbana Greens
- Urbana Highlands
- Villages of Urbana
- Wellington Trace
- Westview Park
- Westwinds
- Whispering Creek
- Winding Ridge
- Woodlands
- Woodridge
- Woodspring
- Yeagerstown
Fluoridated small water systems supply the following communities and/or subdivisions:
- Bradford Estates
- Cambridge Farms
- Clover Hill III
- Knolls of Windsor
- Samhill Estates including Harvest Ridge
- Waterside
Assessments
The Maryland Department of the Environment has completed source-water assessments for each of the County’s water supplies. These assessments are used to implement source-water protection plans, which identify and prevent potential sources of contamination from entering your drinking water supply.
Plants
Click on the plant name below for more information:
- Bradford Estates Water Treatment Plant
- Cambridge Farms Water Treatment Plant
- Copperfield Water Treatment Plant
- Fountaindale Water Treatment Plant
- Lake Linganore Water Treatment Plant
- Libertytown Apartments Water Treatment Plant
- Libertytown East Water Treatment Plant
- New Design Water Treatment Plant
- Mill Bottom Water Treatment Plant
- White Rock Water Treatment Plant
- Windsor Knolls Water Treatment Plant
Responsibilities
The Water Purification/Distribution Department is responsible for the operation of the County's water treatment plants and distribution systems.
The County's primary water treatment facilities are staffed 24 hours per day, 7 day per week. Smaller satellite facilities are staffed to provide operator attention several hours per day, 7 days per week.
This Department's certified operators provide routine daily operation of the County's water supply infrastructure to ensure that customers of the County's Public water systems receive water that continually complies with Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements.