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===Utilities=== Darnestown's [[electric power]] is provided by [[Pepco]] (Potomac Electric Power Company), which serves much of Montgomery County, portions of [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]], and all of the District of Columbia.<ref name="PEPCOsite">{{cite web |title=Pepco - About Us |website= Potomac Electric Power Company |url=https://electricityrates.com/maryland/pepco/ |access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> [[WGL Holdings|Washington Gas]] provides [[natural gas]] service to residents and businesses.<ref name="WGLservicesite">{{cite web |title=Washington Gas Service Territory |publisher=WGL Holdings, Inc. |website=Washington Gas |url=https://www.washingtongas.com/builders-contractors/contractor-services/service-territory |access-date=2020-05-22 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930172601/https://www.washingtongas.com/builders-contractors/contractor-services/service-territory |url-status=dead }}</ref> Curbside [[municipal solid waste|garbage]], [[single-stream recycling|recycling]], and [[yard waste]] collection and disposal are not provided by the county, and independent contractors must be used.<!--<ref name="Darnestowngarbage">{{cite web |title=Darnestown Trash Pickup Services - Garbage Removal Pick Up - Darnestown |website= Titus Trash Services, Inc. |url=https://www.titustrash.com/darnestown-trash-pickup-services-garbage-removal-pick-up-darnestown/ |access-date=2020-09-02}}</ref>--> The Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station, a county [[transfer station (waste management)|waste collection facility]] located in Rockville, is available for drop off of garbage, recycling, and yard debris.<ref name="MCtransfer">{{cite web |title=Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station |publisher=Montgomery County Government |website= Department of Environmental Protection of Montgomery County, Maryland |url=https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/sws/facilities/ts/ |access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> The [[Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission]] (WSSC) provides water and wastewater treatment for Darnestown.<ref>{{cite web |title=WSSC - Project Locations |website=Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission |url=https://www.wsscwater.com/business--construction/sewer-repair-replacement--rehabi/project-locations.html |access-date=2020-05-22 |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926181725/https://www.wsscwater.com/business--construction/sewer-repair-replacement--rehabi/project-locations.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Drinking water comes from the WSSC treatment facility on the Potomac River, while sewage is treated at a plant in the District of Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Water & Sewer Service (Where Does Your Water Come From?) and (Where Does Your Wastewater Go?) |website= Department of Environmental Protection of Montgomery County, Maryland |publisher=Montgomery County Government |url=https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/water/supply/public-water.html |access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref>
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