WSSC Water on Wednesday said its nearly 2 million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties should continue to limit their water use.
The request, put in place on Tuesday morning, followed a power outage that disrupted operations at the Potomac Water Filtration Plant, which supplies drinking water to about 75% of the utility’s customers.
On Wednesday afternoon, WSSC’s General Manager and CEO Kishia L. Powell said the system is recovering from the problem that prompted the utility to urge customers to use water for “essential” purposes only.
Powell hopes to lift the advisory soon, but she gave no indication as to when that might be.
“We are not at normal operations,” she said at an online press briefing. “But we are producing the amount of water we normally would produce from the Potomac plant.”
She said WSSC is working with Pepco to fix the power issue, but that the problem is internal — “something within the plant that we have been trying to identify.”
She emphasized that water remains safe to drink, a point underscored by Gov. Wes Moore in remarks at an unrelated event Wednesday.
“I want people to hear me loud and clear,” he said. “There is not a boil-water advisory in effect at this time.”
WSSC asks customers to continue:
- Avoiding watering lawns and other outdoor water use
- Limit toilet flushing
- Minimize the use of washing machines and dishwashers
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