At a Warehouse With No Water Plan, Six Toilet Trailers Just Appeared
Under federal safety standards, the units could serve up to 1,500 people — the same number the facility is designed to detain.
Approximately six portable restroom trailers and two water tanker trucks began arriving Monday at the Williamsport, Md., warehouse that federal immigration authorities are converting into a detention center planned to hold 1,500 people, according to photographs obtained by Project Salt Box.
While construction sites normally require temporary restroom facilities for workers, the Wright Road warehouse already contains basic plumbing. The building’s original plans include four toilets and sinks designed for a small warehouse staff.
Federal workplace sanitation rules require one toilet seat for every 200 workers at construction sites with more than 20 employees, according to OSHA regulation 29 C.F.R. § 1926.51. A single portable restroom trailer typically contains multiple stalls and can meet that requirement for several hundred workers. Six trailers of this type would provide sufficient capacity to satisfy the minimum sanitation standard for a workforce approaching 1,500 people.
The Williamsport facility, notably, is also planned to hold 1,500 detainees, according to documents first reported by the Washington Post in December 2025.
KVG LLC, the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania defense contractor overseeing the renovation, is not known to have a construction workforce anywhere near that size.
800 Gallons a Day, and No Plan for More
The trailers are portable sanitation units of the kind commonly used at construction sites. Rather than connecting to municipal water or sewer lines, these units typically rely on onboard holding tanks that must be periodically emptied by pump-out trucks. Water is delivered by tanker trucks in locations without a functioning connection to municipal utilities. Because they are designed for temporary deployment, they can often be installed without the permitting, utility applications, or local coordination normally required for permanent infrastructure.
Project Salt Box has reported that the warehouse currently receives approximately 800 gallons of water per day — an allocation consistent with the needs of a small warehouse crew. A detention facility housing 1,500 people would require an estimated 209,000 gallons daily.
Hagerstown, the sole water supplier for Williamsport, has received no application, inquiry, or contact from federal authorities about how that demand would be met. Nancy Hausrath, the city’s director of utilities, confirmed last month that her department had not been contacted. No state permits for sewer upgrades have been filed.
Earlier this month, three Maryland state agencies warned in writing that without significant infrastructure work, the predictable result would be sewage overflow into waterways that feed the Potomac River.
Federal Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order
The trailers had been on site for two days when, on Wednesday evening, Judge Brendan A. Hurson of the Federal District Court in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order halting all construction and renovation at the Wright Road site for 14 days.
The order, granted at Maryland’s request, found the state was likely to succeed in its argument that federal immigration authorities had violated environmental law by beginning work without first completing required reviews. The federal government has until Friday to file a compliance report with the court.
KVG did not respond to a request for comment about the purpose of the trailers and tanker trucks.
of course the government will use all the local resources to include storm sewage,roads and upkeep, electrical services.etc.
All local companies should refuse service and anyone who enters into contract locally their company names and officers should be published to the local community!
Sounds like public health hazards.