According to the terms of a long-standing agreement, WSSC has extended public water supply infrastructure to Charles County. Charles County will relieve their current demands on the Patapsco aquifer by 1.4 mgd in the community of Waldorf through extension of the WSSC surface water source public system. Charles County has discussed purchasing additional water from WSSC, up to exceeding 5mgd. Additional public water systems within the county include the City of Bowie, located in Prince George’s County, a groundwater source distribution system supplied by six wells that can provide up to the system’s 5.2 mgd capacity to serve the northern portions of the City of Bowie. The current demand is approximately 2 mgd and not expected to reach the system capacity within the planning period addressed in this document. However, the county should develop projections of the estimated water demand for the City of Bowie based on residential and nonresidential population projections and the implementation of the city’s land use plan. If the demand is forecasted to be greater than the city’s groundwater appropriation permit, future land use plans should discuss ways to address this constraint. The remaining county residents are served by private wells that are concentrated in the southwestern, southern and eastern areas of the county. Several properties throughout the county that fall within the sewer envelope are currently on private water and/or sewer system. Individual water supply and septic systems, as well as shared systems, can only support relatively low-density development. The following have been noted as Category 6 designations within the sewer envelope: Greenbelt Park
Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Port Towns Belt Woods
National Harmony Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland Oxon Hill Farm
Rosaryville State Park
Cryptosporidium and Giardia are parasites that exist in rivers and lakes. These parasites can cause intestinal illnesses. Fecal Coliform are bacteria, which are present in large numbers in the feces and intestinal tracts of humans and other warm-blooded animals, and can enter water bodies from human and animal waste. Dieldrin is no longer produced or used. From the 1950s until 1970, aldrin and dieldrin were used extensively as insecticides on crops such as corn and cotton.
Louise M. Cosca Regional Park Also several parcels at the Duval Woods development and the Magruder Tract West in Upper Marlboro, and the Timber Highlands in Accokeek have been noted as Category 6 designations within the sewer envelope. It is not anticipated that any community water or shared septic systems in the county will require expansion within the WRE planning period. In the event that a system would require public water or wastewater, review by WSSC for available capacity in the water pressure zone and the sewer basin where the development is located would be required. Prince George’s County’s Rural Tier, approximately one-third of the land area, relies on individual well water for domestic supplies and other uses. The 2008 Water and Sewer Plan delineates the water and sewer envelope boundaries that are reviewed by the Planning Department during updates to the plan and during tri-annual water and sewer review cycles when requests for water and sewer category changes are considered. Protection of the quality and quality of this water resource is becoming more critical as regional demands on the aquifer system continue to increase, and groundwater levels continue to decline in many areas. Chapter VIII: Drinking Water and Wastewater Approved Water Resources Functional Master Plan
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