The water you receive is treated, purified, and pumped to you from the CWA Octoraro Treatment Plant. In 2004, this facility produced an average of 34 million gallons of drinking water each day.

The water treated at the Octoraro Treatment Plant comes from two sources:

the Octoraro Reservoir on the Octoraro Creek, and the Conowingo Pool of the Susquehanna River. Both of these sources are in the Susquehanna River Basin.

In 2004, 86 percent of the water we treated was from the Octoraro Reservoir, and 14 percent was from the Conowingo Pool of the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna source was used primarily in January, February, and September.

We are committed to providing you with clean drinking water at all times, and the upgrades at the Octoraro Treatment Plant are part of that commitment. In the spring of 2006, we will begin several capital improvement projects.  Please see the article “Octoraro Treatment Plant Projects” for more information.