Officials recommend 3-day emergency water supply after power outage hit 1.9 million Maryland customers

A power outage at Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Water’s Potomac Water Filtration Plant pushed nearly 2 million Maryland customers into conservation mode, and now officials are urging households to keep a three-day emergency water supply at home.

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At the “Imagine a Day Without Water” preparedness event, WSSC Water joined Maryland environmental and emergency management leaders, county preparedness officials, and local fire departments to talk through water-service disruptions…

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