Water and Sewer - Water Categories

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) requires the County to prepare a comprehensive update of the Water and Sewer Plan every three years. Between comprehensive updates, the County approves amendments to the plan (such as service area categories, new or revised policies, and technical information) through procedures described in Chapter 1 of the Plan. The County Executive, acting through the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), prepares the Plan's comprehensive updates and also provides recommendations to the Council for action on proposed amendments. DEP, with the assistance of other agencies, develops some amendments, typically those that involve policy issues or category changes that affect groups of properties. Property owners also propose amendments, usually those involving category changes for single properties or larger tracts intended for subdivision of new lots. Under state law, the County Council is responsible for approving the plan and its amendments. MDE maintains an oversight authority over the County’s Water and Sewer Plan and its amendments. The agency administers regulations that each county must follow in the preparation of its comprehensive plan, and acts to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the Plan or any Plan amendment submitted by the County. As part of this process, MDE seeks guidance from the Maryland Department of Planning for consistency with local and State planning use goals, policies and objectives. The County's Water and Sewer Plan assigns a water category and a sewer category to every property in the County. These service area categories serve two functions: They identify areas approved or planned for community water or sewer service and areas intended for service by individual (on-site) systems They identify a mechanism for staging community service for those areas planned for community service. The mechanism consists of the use of service area categories W-1 through W- 5 (for water) and S-1 through S-5 (for sewer). For more information, contact: GIS Manager Information Technology & Innovation (ITI) Montgomery County Planning Department, MNCPPC T: 301-650-5620马里兰州环境部（Maryland Department of the Environment, MDE）要求本县每三年对《给排水规划》开展一次全面更新。在两次全面更新的间隔周期内，本县需依据规划第一章所述审批流程，对规划修订案进行审议批准，修订案内容涵盖服务区域类别、新增或修订的政策条款及技术资料等。 县行政长官通过环境保护部（Department of Environmental Protection, DEP）牵头负责规划的全面更新工作，并就拟提交的修订案向县议会提供审议建议。DEP联合其他相关机构起草部分修订案，此类修订案通常涉及影响成片物业的政策调整或服务类别变更。此外，物业业主亦可提交修订申请，这类申请多针对单宗物业或拟拆分新建地块的大片区域的服务类别调整。 根据州法规定，县议会肩负规划及其修订案的审批职责。MDE对本县《给排水规划》及相关修订案享有监管权限：该部门制定各郡县编制综合规划时必须遵守的法规，并可对本县提交的规划或规划修订案作出批准、附条件批准（修改后批准）或不予批准的处理决定。在此流程中，MDE将征询马里兰州规划部的意见，以确保规划符合地方及州级规划用地目标、政策与规划宗旨。 本县《给排水规划》需为县域内每宗物业划定供水类别与排水类别。此类服务区域类别具备两项核心功能：一是明确获批或规划纳入社区供水、排水服务的区域，以及拟采用户用（现场）处理系统的区域；二是为规划纳入社区公共服务的区域提供分阶段实施公共服务的机制。该机制通过使用供水类别W-1至W-5、排水类别S-1至S-5得以实现。 如需了解更多相关信息，请联系： 地理信息系统（GIS）管理员 蒙哥马利县规划局信息技术与创新部（MNCPPC） 电话：301-650-5620