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Worcester County to request Ocean City buy 170,000 gpd of sewer capacity to serve The Landings and Assateague Point
Summary
County public works proposed sending sewage from The Landings and Assateague Point to Ocean City for treatment; commissioners voted unanimously to have the county president and vice president attend a work session with Ocean City to request purchase of 170,000 gallons-per-day of capacity.
Worcester County commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 16 to ask Ocean City to buy 170,000 gallons per day of sewer capacity so wastewater from The Landings and Assateague Point service areas can be sent to Ocean City for treatment.
The request was presented by Dallas Baker, the county’s director of public works, who told commissioners the county added “a 15% factor of safety” to the capacity request and explained why the county is seeking Ocean City’s treatment: The Landings treatment plant is rated for 100,000 gallons per day but its injection wells can only remove about 36,000 gpd. Baker said the county had…
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