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2022 Water Quality Reports:

      Bark Hill         Freedom District        Pleasant Valley

Hampstead Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Ribbon Cutting of Hampstead Waste Water Treatment Center

New Enhanced Nutrient Tanks

Commissioner Richard Weaver welcomes attendees

Watch the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The Bureau of Utilities is responsible for the operation and maintenance of water and wastewater systems and facilities in several specific areas of Carroll County.

Water: The Bureau operates and maintains the Freedom District water service system that provides drinking water to more than 10,000 customers in the greater Eldersburg / Sykesville area.  The main component of this service system is the Freedom District Water Treatment Plant.  This facility draws raw water from the Liberty Reservoir and is capable of producing as much as 4.0 MGD (million gallons per day) of drinking water using a membrane filtration method.  The Freedom District water service system also includes three active water storage tanks with a total capacity of 2.5 million gallons and approximately 120 miles of distribution mains.  In addition to this, two groundwater sources, the Raincliffe and Fairhaven wells provide a supplemental source of drinking water to the system.  

The Bureau is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Bark Hill water service system, which became operational in May of 1993; and the Pleasant Valley water service system, in operation since March of 1991.

In addition, the Bureau conducts meter readings and replacements, fire hydrant maintenance, system flushing and other maintenance requirements.  Water quality reports for the three service systems are provided on an annual basis via the links in the area above.

Wastewater: The Bureau operates and maintains a 0.9 MGD wastewater treatment plant in Hampstead, along with 35 miles of collection lines including seven sewer pumping stations. In the Freedom District, the Bureau is accountable for the entire collection system (98 miles), which includes eleven major sewer pumping stations that feed the Maryland Environmental Services Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Pleasant Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant became operational in March 1997, serving approximately 51 residences/businesses. The Bureau is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of several Board of Education facilities: South Carroll Wastewater Treatment Plant, Winfield Sewer Pumping Station, and Runnymede Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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