Water and Sewer - Sewer Categories

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). 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. For more information, contact: GIS Manager Information Technology & Innovation (ITI) Montgomery County Planning Department, MNCPPC T: 301-650-5620蒙哥马利县水务与排污计划为本县内每一处不动产划定水务类别与排污类别。此类服务区类别具备两项功能：其一，明确获批或规划纳入社区水务或排污服务的区域，以及拟采用独立就地处理系统的区域；其二，为规划纳入社区服务的区域，明确社区服务的分阶段推进机制。该机制通过使用水务类别W-1至W-5（对应水务服务）、排污类别S-1至S-5（对应排污服务）的服务区类别来实现。马里兰州环境部（Maryland Department of the Environment, MDE）要求本县每三年对水务与排污计划开展一次全面更新。在两次全面更新周期之间，本县可依据计划第一章所述流程，批准对计划的修订内容（如服务区类别调整、新增或修订的政策条款及技术信息等）。本县行政长官通过县环境保护局（Department of Environmental Protection, DEP）牵头开展计划的全面更新工作，并就拟议修订案向县议会提交审议建议。县环境保护局将联合其他机构推进部分修订工作，这类修订通常涉及政策议题或影响多宗不动产的类别调整。不动产所有者亦可提出修订申请，这类申请通常针对单宗不动产的类别调整，或是拟细分出新地块的大片土地的类别调整。根据州法律，县议会负责批准计划及其修订案。马里兰州环境部对本县水务与排污计划及其修订案拥有监管权限。该部门制定了各县在编制综合计划时必须遵守的相关法规，并可对本县提交的计划或任一修订案作出批准、附条件批准（经修改后批准）或不予批准的决定。在此监管流程中，马里兰州环境部将征求马里兰州规划署的意见，以确保计划符合地方及州级规划使用目标、政策与规划宗旨。如需获取更多信息，请联系：地理信息系统管理员 信息技术与创新部（Information Technology & Innovation, ITI） 蒙哥马利县规划署（MNCPPC） 电话：301-650-5620