POTOMAC

The Partnership is a voluntary association of water suppliers and government agencies focused on protecting sources of drinking water in the Potomac River basin. This coalition of water utilities and management and regulatory agencies enables a comprehensive approach to protecting raw water supplies in the basin... The Potomac River basin stretches across parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. Encompassing 14,670 square miles, it includes all of the land area where water drains toward the mouth of the Potomac... The founding members of the Partnership include water utilities serving nearly 5 million residents of the Potomac basin as well as agencies representing Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. EPA. The effort to form the Partnership began after the completion of source water assessments for the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, when the water suppliers who share the..

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