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About DC Water

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DC Water is

We constantly strive to be a world-class water utility. Our mission is to exceed expectations by providing high quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.

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What We Do

Drinking Water
Provide District customers with high-quality, low-cost drinking water.
Wastewater Collection
Collect used water and minimize combined sewer overflows to receiving waters
Wastewater Treatment
Receive and treat wastewater and stormwater from DC and suburbs
Fire Hydrants
Maintain and upgrade 9,500 public hydrants for fire suppression
Alerts
Emergency Water Outage
3400 block of Commodore Joshua Barney Dr. NE, Emergency Work May 30, 2023 5:30pm to May 31, 2023 5:30am (Estimated)Read more >
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On Sunday, May 28, 2023, DC Water issued a boil water advisory for some customers in Northeast. We advise customers in the impacted area to not drink or cook with their water without first boiling it for one minute. The earliest the advisory will be lifted is Tuesday, May 30. Click here to read the full advisory.

Emergency Water Outage

3400 block of Commodore Joshua Barney Dr. NE, Emergency Work May 30, 2023 5:30pm to May 31, 2023 5:30am (Estimated)
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it...

Lao

Tzu

Ancient Chinese philosopher
99
Million
gallons of water pumped everyday
681
thousand
residential customers
725
sq. miles
of total service area
1100
jobs
created in the dc area