Montgomery County is backing a 7% ceiling on next year’s WSSC Water rate increase. Prince George’s County approved 5% on Oct. 20. The 2-point gap is worth about $22 million a year to the utility that serves both counties, and for the third year in a row, the two councilsContinue Reading
WSSC Water is restarting its search for a company to design, build and run a pilot plant at its Potomac Water Filtration Plant to test treatment for PFAS, the long-lasting chemicals often called “forever chemicals,” along with other water quality targets. Separately, WSSC’s capital plan includes a PFAS treatment programContinue Reading
WSSC Water did not run federally required drug-and-alcohol database checks on about 300 of its drivers who hold commercial driver’s licenses from January 2020 through March 2026, according to an audit by the utility’s Office of the Inspector General. The audit is dated June 11, 2026, and WSSC posted itContinue Reading
WSSC Water estimates it needs $155 million in electrical upgrades at its Potomac Water Filtration Plant, the plant that lost power on September 29 and left the utility asking all 1.9 million of its customers to use water only for essential purposes. Three projects account for $130 million of that,Continue Reading
July 22, 2025 – By Javier Rivas Ongoing M-83 Highway Debate Divides MoCo Residents For over 60 years, the Midcounty Highway Extended (M-83) has been an issue for the planning of maps in Montgomery County. The proposed 8.7-mile highway envisioned to connect Clarksburg with Gaithersburg, running parallel to Route 355,Continue Reading
October 30, 2024 I attended the October 29 meeting at Clarksburg High School about the possibility of M83 being removed from the master plan (hosted by Montgomery Planning). I live tweeted the first hour and a half of presentation and Q&A sessions until the questions began to get a bitContinue Reading