District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA)

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Utility Administration was a part of the DC Government. The DC Government and the U.S. Government collaborated to create the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA), a semiautonomous regional entity. Although DCWASA continues to maintain some ties with the DC Government, its finances are now separate. DCWASA provides retail water and wastewater services to its residential and commercial customers in the District, with rates for these services set by the Authority`s District of Columbia Board Members. Wholesale wastewater treatment is provided to portions of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia, as well as to the town of Vienna, Virginia.