{"id":9,"date":"2019-02-26T20:37:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcsawater.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2019-02-28T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:54:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wcsawater.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>About Us<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The Washington County Service Authority (WCSA) is the third largest water and sewer utility in Southwest Virginia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WCSA serves approximately 21,000 water connections and more than\u00a02,000 wastewater connections in Washington County, Va.,\u00a0and surrounding areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The WCSA water system consists of approximately 900 miles of water line, a new (2014) 12-million-gallon-per-day surface water treatment plant, a\u00a02.5-million gallon-per-day membrane filtration plant, two springs, one well, 26 pump stations and 24 water storage tanks.\u00a0The\u00a0wastewater system consists of approximately 100 miles of wastewater collection lines, 29 lift stations and two wastewater treatment plants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WCSA is a political entity chartered under the Water and Waste Authorities Act by Washington County. 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