Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
ROCK CREEK FREED
OF CONTAMINATION
FROM CHEVY CHASE
Completion of Sewage Sys-
tenn Eliminates Chief Source
of Pollution.
KENSINGT0N DISPOSAL
NEXT TO BE CONSIDERED
Trunk Line Also Being Built to
Care for Refuse in Willett
Branch.

Rock Greek as it flows through Chew!
Chase now is unpolluted by the sewage
which up to the middle of last week wa!
poured into the stream by this populou'
Maryland suburb.
Elimination of the use of Rock Creel
for sewage purposes was brought abou
by the completion of the sewage system
stretching from the District line Il
Chevy Chase Lake. This project ha'
been under construction for almost {
year and cost approximately 100000.
Winding through the southern end O.
Montgomery County, the stream fol
years had carried the refuse of almos
$4,000 acres of thickly settled Residential
territory into the District of Columbia
through the park which bears its name
and a portion of the city to the Poto'
mac River.
OdOrs UnbearabIe.
In dry years when but little watel
flowed along the creek bed, the pollu'
ton caused doors to rise and make the
banks of the stream untitled for recrea'
tional use. This condition was present
however, principally in the stretches o.
the creek in the District where the sew.
age of the sections to the north seemed
to stagnate.
Two years ago during a prolonged
drought the Washington Suburban San.
itary Commission, in charge of all sew
age and water systems In Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties, received
complaints Of unpleasant odors arising
from the creek as it flowed through
Maryland, but during the present DRY
spell no similar protests have been made
to officials of the sanitary body.
Kensington without System.
With the new sewage system in oper.
alton, T. Howard Duckett, chairman Of
the commission, declared, only Kensing.
ton still uses Rock Greek as an opeT
drain and that the waters lose by ARA.
ton before they reach Rock Greek Park
much of the contamination from thi.
source.
The new system Is a realization o.
part of the commissions plan ultimately
to eliminate the use of streams flowing
through its district as open sewers.
Eventually, Mr.. Duckett said, the
Chevy Chase sewer line will be extended
to Kensington and so entirely free Rock
sion expects to take this step, he as
serted, as soon as sufficient funds art
available, probably beginning work ir
another year.
Bethesda Line Being Built.
Another scheme is to eliminate the
use of Willett Branch as a carrier o.
Bethesda's sewage. A trunk line fol
this purpose already has been COM
pleted as far south as River road.
The Rock Greek system is composed
of a 36-inch pipe laid along the bank
OF the creek from the District line tc
Coquelin Greek, a distance of approx
mately 5000 feet, connecting with IL
inch trunk line running up Coquelir
Creek to Connecticut avenue just south
Of Chevy Chase Lake, distance Of
2,400 feet.
Under an agreement with the Mary
land authorities, the District of Colum.
bia Engineering Department constructed
an intercepting sewer to the boundary
between the two jurisdictions to receive
the Maryland sewage, which is carried
through the Districts mains to the Po-
tomac River below the city. a
This connection was made Wednesday
and the new system put into operation
According to Mr.. Duckett a clearing oil
the waters Of Rock Greek took place
almost at once.