Recent News

Broken Sewer Leads to Underground Leak

Aug 29th, 2017

Routine sampling by Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) employees last Friday, Aug. 25, found an underground overflow of sewage traced to a broken sewer pipe in the 2500 block of W. Lexington St.

DPW Municipal Trash Can Program receives SWANA Bronze Award

Aug 29th, 2017

Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., today announced that the city’s Municipal Trash Can Program has won the bronze award in the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Excellence Awards Program. 

DPW Receives CEAM Project of the Year Award

Aug 28th, 2017

Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., today announced that the agency has been selected to receive the 2017 CEAM Small Project of the Year Award for the proactive repair of the Southwest Transmission Main. 

TOMORROW: Dam Jam 2017!

Aug 25th, 2017

Come out to celebrate the Baltimore region’s drinking water reservoirs! The celebration will be Saturday, Aug 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event takes place at the Cromwell Valley Park (Willow Grove Nature Center) 2175 Cromwell Bridge Road.

DPW Reports Sanitary Sewer Overflows from Aug. 18 Rain

Aug 21st, 2017

An estimated 48,500 gallons of sewage mixed with rain water was released into the Jones Falls on Friday, Aug. 18, due to water infiltrating the sewer system during the heavy rains on that evening.

Dam Jam Festival! Music, Food, Crafts & Loch Raven Dam Tours

Aug 18th, 2017

Come out to celebrate the Baltimore region’s drinking water reservoirs! The celebration will be Saturday, Aug 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event takes place at the Cromwell Valley Park (Willow Grove Nature Center) 2175 Cromwell Bridge Road.

Tuesday Showers Bring Week’s Second Overflow

Aug 16th, 2017

An estimated 570,000 gallons of sewage mixed with rain water was released into the Jones Falls on Tuesday, Aug. 15, due to water infiltrating the sewer system during the afternoon’s heavy rainstorm. This overflow event followed one on Saturday, Aug. 12, also caused by infiltration from rain.

DPW Reports Sanitary Sewer Overflows From Aug. 12 Rain

Aug 15th, 2017

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works estimates that 433,000 gallons of sanitary sewer/rain water was released into the Jones Falls as a result of sanitary sewer overflows due to heavy rain on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.

State, City Leaders Celebrate the Launch of the Headworks Project

Aug 10th, 2017

 Dignitaries including Gov. Larry Hogan, Sen. Ben Cardin, and Mayor Catherine Pugh today celebrated the start of construction on the long-awaited Headworks Project at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Modified Consent Decree Covers Backups Into Buildings

Aug 9th, 2017

Baltimore’s Board of Estimates today approved the City’s modified sanitary sewer system Consent Decree draft, which includes new provisions for sewer backups, water quality monitoring, and public participation.

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