Evening star., 1922-03-17
LINKING SEWERS
BAR TOPOI.L.UTIQN
Necessity Tor Joining Lines Of
.. c. With Maryland Again
impressed.

Necessity for connecting up the
sewers Of the District and nearby
Maryland to save Rock creek from
pollution was emphasized today
when it became known that another
source of waste matter is to be run
into the Sreek from Woodmont, Md.
Theme line to carry sewage from
Woodmont to the creek Is three
fourth's completed and will be fin
ished some time in May.
A plan to connect the sewer mains
of Washingt6n with those Of the
abutting Maryland, communities has
been under way for several years
but up to, the. present time no con-
nections have been made at the Dis
trict line. ~ So
OnIy Temporary Measure.
Emory, Bogley, q member of the
Washing gton. suburban sanitary COM
|fftission, told The Star today that the
peW woodmont sewer will be routed
to Rock creek merely as temporary
Whenever the District mains are ex-
tended to the District line, he said,
Maryland proposes to make the neces-
sary additions on it's side of the Line
to hook the two systems up and thus
remove from Rock creek the pollu-
ton which now flows into That attrac-
tive stream down into Rock Creek
Park. 80, :
Mr.. Bogley said the Maryland Iegis-
lature has given the suburban 5sani-
tary commission authority to issue
bonds to make the. necessary sewer
extensions to the District. line. He cx-
planned that Maryland cannot make
fhaSa rNtanSinnS until the SDiStFlct
mains are brought to the District line
to make the connections
The new Woodmont sewer will not
be the first to enter Rock creek.
There are others in the vicinity OF
KensinEton and Garrett Park which
now flow into the creek.
y. OMcials In Accord.
The Maryland and District authori.
ties are in hearty accord in the belief
that these sources of pollution should
be diverted from Rock creek, Mr..
Bogley said,
]. B. Gordon, sanitary engineer for
the District government, stated today
along the District line at which it is
proposed eventually to connect up the
two sewer systems.
One is near the Dalescarlia reser-
Toir at the west end OF the District
another is above Pmehurst, third at
tHe III VI NUN SESSh tIh ltStIi
and a fourth is at the east end in
the vicinity of Benning.
Mr.. Gordon said it would require
a special appropriation Of several
hundred thousand dollars to extend
the main Rock Creek interceptor to
the District line to connect up with
the Maryland sewers.
The sanitary engineer explained
that he has before him now for con-
sideration proposed agreement with
the Maryland commission on the
question of what Maryland would
pay to meet the. cost of pumping its
sewage through the District and out
into the Potomac when the linking
up plan Is carried out.
Two Sewers to BE Extended.
Mr.. Gordon, District sanitary ensi-
neer, said today that two sewers
would be extended to the District line
this year, one near the Dalecariia
reservoir and the ~other near Pine
hurst. at Beech street and Western
avenue
No further work will be possible.
however. on the main Rock Creek in
terceptor before 1924, Mr.. Gordon be-
lieves. This large sewer which will
relieve the creek Of the sewage it now
carries, was begun some years ago.