Legacy WSSC Bacteria Monitoring/Data

2005 Consent decree regarding sewer overflows from the WSSC sanitary sewer collection system

“Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties – On December 7, 2005 a civil consent decree between Defendant Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) and Plaintiffs the State of Maryland (MDE) and the United States of America (EPA) and Plaintiff-Intervenors (Anacostia Watershed Society, Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Inc., Friends of Sligo Creek, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Patuxent River Keeper), was entered in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland regarding elimination of sanitary sewer overflows from the WSSC sanitary sewer collection system.”

Exposed sanitary sewer pipe

Stormwater outfall – a pollutant source

“Under the terms of the consent decree, WSSC is required to implement over the next 14 years numerous reporting, monitoring, inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement remedial measures for its sewer collection system in order to eliminate sewer overflows. WSSC is also required to pay a civil penalty to the Maryland Clean Water Fund of $550,000 and a penalty of $550,000 to the United States Treasury. In addition, WSSC is required to perform supplemental environmental projects in the amount of $4.4 million toward the purchase or acquisition of Patuxent Reservoir buffer properties and easements for water supply protection; private property inflow elimination; and Western Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant winter denitrification through methanol addition. WSSC is also required to pay stipulated penalties to MDE and EPA for future sanitary sewer overflows and violations of consent order requirements.” —MDE Water Management Administration

Status: Case closed. (Reference # Civil Action No. PJM-04-3679).

WSSC Monitoring Sites

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Sewer Basin River Station
ID
County ADC
Map
Latitude Longitude MDE Station General Location
Broad Creek
Henson Creek
BRC001
PG
P23F12
38° 46.027’N
76° 59.718’W
Bridge crossing at Indian Head Highway and Livingston Road
Broad Creek
Henson Creek
BRC002
PG
P24C05
38° 48.160’N
76° 56.699’W
Bridge crossing at Brinkley Road and Henson Creek Trail
Cabin John
Cabin John Creek
CBJ001
MO
M35C13
38° 58.503’N
77° 9.006’W
CJB0005
Cabin John Park off MacArthur Blvd
Cabin John
Cabin John Creek
CBJ002
MO
M35A04
39° 1.551’N
77° 9.565’W
Cabin John Regional Park/Locust Grove Nature Center
Dulles Intercept
Unnamed
DSI001
MO
M34B12
38° 58.828’N
77° 13.247’W
Unnamed tributary to Potomac River that crosses MacArthur Blvd
Horsepen
Horsepen Branch
HSP001
PG
P10C07
39° 0.495’N
76° 44.784’W
Race Track Road, near Bowie Race Track, post covered bridge
Horsepen
Horsepen Branch
HSP002
PG
P10A08
39° 0.19’N
76° 45.674’W
Road crossing on 197 (Laurel-Bowie Road)
Indian Creek
Indian Creek
INC001
PG
P07G12
38° 59.076’N
76° 55.148’W
INC0030
Indian Creek Stream Valley Park at Lake Artemesia
Indian Creek
Indian Creek
INC002
PG
P07K04
39° 1.382’N
76° 54.197’W
Bridge crossing on Sunnyside Drive
Little Falls
Little Falls Branch
LFS001
MO
M40H05
38° 57.057’N
77° 6.736’W
Little Falls located at the end of Duvall Drive
Little Falls
Little Falls Branch
LFS002
MO
M40J03
38° 57.471’N
77° 6.478’W
Upstream of T intersection of Little Falls Parkway and Massachusetts Ave
Lower Anacostia
Anacostia
ANA001
PG
P12D08
38° 55.877’N
76° 56.351’W
Colmar Manor Community Park, 3000 feet downstream of Bladensburg Bridge
Lower Anacostia
Anacostia
ANA002
PG
P12D07
38° 56.344’N
76° 56.639’W
ANA0082
Anacostia Road Park adjacent to Anacostia Trail
Lower Beaverdam
Beaver Dam Creek
LBD001
PG
P12E11
38° 54.903’N
76° 55.929’W
Bridge crossing inside Smith Recycling
Lower Beaverdam
Beaver Dam Creek
LBD002
PG
P12K10
38° 55.267’N
76° 54.053’W
Beaver Road across from Anchor Construction (2300 Beaver Road)
Mattawoman
Mattawoman Creek
MTW001
PG
P37E06
38° 39.279’N
76° 59.871’W
Bridge crossing at HWY 228 (Berry Rd), east of Bealle Hill Road
Monocacy
Little Bennett Creek
MCY001
MO
M02H10
39° 16.78’N
77° 18.884’W
Frederick Road (Route 355)
Muddy Branch
Muddy Branch
MDB001
MO
M27B08
39° 4.437’N
77° 17.212’W
Intersection of Query Mill Road and Esworthy Road
Muddy Branch
Muddy Branch
MDB002
MO
M27K02
39° 6.458’N
77° 14.091’W
Bridge crossing at Route 28 (Darnestown Road)
Northeast Branch
Northeast Anacostia
NEB001
PG
P12G01
38° 58.088’N
76° 55.274’W
Bridge crossing at River Road
Northeast Branch
Northeast Anacostia
NEB002
PG
P12D05
38° 56.703’N
76° 56.329’W
NEB0002
Anacostia River Park
Northwest Branch
Northwest Anacostia
NWA001
PG
P12C05
38° 56.747’N
76° 56.843’W
NWA0002
Bridge crossing Route 1 (Rhode Island Ave) at Melrose Park
Northwest Branch
Northwest Anacostia
NWA002
MO
M31A10
39° 3.903’N
77° 1.717’W
NWA0135
Intersection of Randolph Road and Kemp Mill Road
Oxon Run
Oxon Run
OXN001
PG
P17K11
38° 50.64’N
76° 56.161’W
Bridge crossing at 23rd Parkway south of Southern Avenue
Oxon Run
Unnamed Tributary
OXN002
PG
P23E02
38° 49.376’N
76° 59.852’W
Unnamed tributary to Oxon Run adjacent to Southern Avenue and Maury Street
Paint Branch
Paint Branch
PNT001
PG
P07G12
38° 58.897’N
76° 55.238’W
PNT0001
Indian Creek Stream Valley Park at Lake Artemesia
Paint Branch
Paint Branch
PNT002
PG
P07B03
39° 1.526’N
76° 57.142’W
Bridge crossing on Powder Mill Road
Parkway
Bear Branch
PKY001
PG
P04H05
39° 5.547’N
76° 50.618’W
Bear Branch at Bowie Road
Parkway
Walker Branch
PKY002
PG
P04E02
39° 6.514’N
76° 51.946’W
Walker Branch at Brooklyn Bridge Road
Patuxent Center
Mill Branch
PTC001
PG
P15J09
38° 55.430’N
76° 42.267’W
Mill Branch at Mill Branch Road
Patuxent North
Hawlings River
PTN001
MO
M22B03
39° 10.455’N
77° 1.295’W
Hawlings River at New Hampshire Avenue (Route 650)
Piscataway
Piscataway Creek
PSW001
PG
P30J10
38° 42.202’N
76° 58.446’W
PIS0033
Bridge crossing at Livingston Road (south of Taylor Avenue)
Piscataway
Piscataway Creek
PSW002
PG
P32C05
38° 43.876’N
76° 52.87’W
Northbound side of Route 5
Rock Creek
Rock Creek
RKC001
MO
M36F10
38° 59.597’N
77° 3.725’W
RCM011
Rays Meadow Park off Freyman Drive, next to Ohr Kodesh Synagogue
Rock Creek
Rock Creek
RKC002
MO
M29F03
39° 6.125’N
77° 7.473’W
RCM0235
Bridge crossing at Avery Road
Rock Run
Rock Run
RCM001
MO
M34H13
38° 58.588’N
77° 11.008’W
Eggert Drive and MacArthur Boulevard
Seneca Creek
Seneca Creek
SNC001
MO
M17E11
39° 7.698’N
77° 20.153’W
Seneca Creek State Park
Seneca Creek
Dry Seneca Creek
SNC002
MO
M16K12
39° 7.445’N
77° 22.084’W
Route 107 (Whites Ferry Road)
Sligo Creek
Sligo Creek
SLC001
PG
P11H01
38° 58.219’N
76° 58.799’W
Sligo Creek Park near Riggs Road
Sligo Creek
Sligo Creek
SLC002
MO
M36K06
39° 0.976’N
77° 1.975’W
Sligo Creek Park near Forest Glen Road
Upper Beaverdam
Beaverdam Creek
UPD001
PG
P07K06
39° 0.963’N
76° 53.84’W
BED0001
Bridge 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)
Upper Beaverdam
Beaverdam Creek
UPD002
PG
P08F05
39° 1.311’N
77° 15.178’W
Bridge crossing on Beaverdam Road
Watts Branch
Watts Branch
WTB001
MO
M33G01
39° 2.568’N
77° 1.975’W
Intersection of Lake Potomac Drive and River Road
Watts Branch
Sandy Branch
WTB002
MO
M27F13
39° 2.681’N
77° 15.646’W
Intersection of River Road and Stoney Creek Road
Western Branch
Western Branch
WNB001
PG
P27H09
38° 47.113’N
76° 42.805’W
Mt. Calvert Historical Archeological Park
Western Branch
Western Branch
WNB002
PG
P20E05
38° 52.546’N
76° 47.911’W
Bridge crossing on Route 202 (Largo Road)