Statewide Early Warning System for the Maryland Public Water Supply
Project Start Date: 15-March-2006
Project End Date: 31-January-2011
Partners
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Chiefs/Leaders:
Davies, William J.
Objectives
The objective of this Scope of Work is to complete the installation of early-warning water quality monitoring stations at five locations-four on the middle Potomac River and one in Duckett Reservoir on the Patuxent River.
Statement of Problem
The proximity of Maryland's major water supplies to the National Capital Region creates a unique security challenge. Currently there is no system in place to rapidly detect contamination of the raw water that provides the source for much of Maryland's water supply. Continuous near real time water quality monitoring is needed to provide effective security of Maryland's raw water supplies. Without such monitoring, valuable hours would be lost before a potential contamination event is detected.
Strategy and Approach
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