DC Water operates Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant producing Class A biosolids and beneficial-reuse water, reducing Potomac River discharges under EPA Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Clean Rivers Project consent decree.
Blue Plains is the largest advanced wastewater plant in the world, treating 384 million gallons daily for DC, Montgomery, Prince George's, Fairfax, and Loudoun. Under the 2005 federal consent decree and Chesapeake Bay TMDL, DC Water built the Clean Rivers Project — the $2.7 billion deep-tunnel system reducing combined sewer overflows by 96% by 2030. The plant's Cambi thermal hydrolysis process produces Class A biosolids marketed as Bloom soil amendment. DOEE issues NPDES permits and monitors nitrogen and phosphorus discharge limits set by EPA Region 3.
Civil penalties for permit exceedances are administered by EPA and DOEE under the Clean Water Act, with per-day fines up to $64,618 (2024 inflation-adjusted) for major violations.
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Washington DC does not regulate lawn ornaments on private property through a specific ordinance. Statuary, religious displays, and decorative landscape eleme...
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Washington DC has no city ordinance specifically regulating inflatable holiday displays on private property. The primary city concerns are (1) public-space e...
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The District of Columbia does not impose specific install-by or take-down-by dates for holiday lights on private property. City-wide regulation is limited to...
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Washington DC requires Department of Buildings (DOB) permits for built-in outdoor kitchens that involve gas line installation, electrical work, plumbing, or ...
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Washington DC has no smoker-specific ordinance, but smokers and wood-fired ovens are open-flame cooking devices subject to IFC Section 308.1.4 in multi-famil...
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Washington DC adopts the International Fire Code (IFC) as the DC Fire Code (12-G DCMR). IFC Section 308.1.4 prohibits charcoal and other open-flame cooking d...
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