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Each year the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW), through the Capital Improvement Program, anticipates and acts on future water needs by building important drinking water projects. While the Baltimore Metropolitan Area is known for its abundant and high quality drinking water resources, our water supply is dependent on the average annual
precipitation and the storage capacity available within the reservoirs.
In 1966 DPW completed construction of the 12-foot diameter Susquehanna Pipeline and the Deer Creek Pumping Station, both designed to convey water from the Susquehanna River in Harford County to the Montebello Water Treatment Plants in East Baltimore. These provide a secondary source of water that can be used to meet demand during times of drought. This system, together with the City’s Loch Raven and Prettyboy reservoirs, supplies the Abingdon Water Treatment Plant with 70 percent of Harford County’s total public water supply. View Details
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