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Service Authority updates: DEQ consent order ended, billing problems, and large Dahlgren water discrepancy
Summary
King George County Service Authority staff reported DEQ has terminated one consent order, described two wastewater permit exceedances that have been corrected, outlined billing system failures affecting autopay and roughly 1,600 delinquent accounts, and flagged a 2.8 million‑gallon monthly Dahlgren water production vs. billing discrepancy.
The King George County Service Authority told the board it has met key corrective actions with the Department of Environmental Quality and has largely resolved issues that had been the subject of prior consent orders.
In an August operations update, utility presenter Mark Emboden reported two permit exceedances: a single‑instance E. coli exceedance at the Hopyard Wastewater Treatment Plant (Aug. 13) that the authority tied to construction around the plant’s UV treatment process, and elevated total suspended solids (TSS) at the Perkins Corner plant caused by a failed disc filter. Emboden said the Perkins Corner filter was repaired on Sept. 10 and…
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