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Application for Redevelopment Waiver

Aug 22nd, 2018

250 West Pratt Street Plaza Redevelopment
250 West Pratt Street
Baltimore City, Maryland

DPW Dedicates Mural Created by Summer Youth Workers

Aug 17th, 2018

Youth workers assigned to the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) this summer learned what it means to be a DPW worker, collaborating with a local artist to create community-based artwork highlighting how the department serves the City of Baltimore every day.

Two Monday Downpours Lead to Overflows

Aug 16th, 2018

Two downpours on Monday, Aug. 13, resulted in approximately 592,000 gallons of stormwater mixed with sewer water spilling from the sewer system into city waterways. The overnight rain Monday morning resulted in 475,000 gallons escaping from structured overflows, while another 117,000 gallons spilled from structured overflows in the early evening.

 

Application for Qualitative Control Waiver

Aug 14th, 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE

BGE PIPELINE PROGRAM

Kresson-Orangeville

WO# 14353967

 

Application for Qualitative Control Waiver

Aug 13th, 2018

BGE PIPELINE PROGRAM UNION SQUARE PHASE 1B
WO# 14436743
HOLLINS ST BETWEEN S. MONROE ST AND S. STRICKER ST

DPW Celebrates Small Business Development Program Success

Aug 10th, 2018

At the corner of South Paca and West Streets today, Baltimore City Department of Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., visited a worksite where a small business owner and graduate of DPW’s 2016 Small Business Development Program (SBDP) cleaned a City sewer line. Christopher Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Grace Management and Construction LLC, was one of the first in his small business development class to secure a subcontract on a DPW project.

Final Totals for Sewer Overflows from Historic July Rainfalls

Aug 7th, 2018

Final reports are in for sewer/stormwater overflows that occurred during the last weeks of July.  These resulted from the heaviest rainfall in Baltimore in July on record.  Much of this overflow was released through structured outfalls, designed as part of Baltimore’s sewer system more than 100 years ago. The City will close the last of these structures once the new Headworks project is operational at Back River in late 2020.

sanitary sewer overflow

Application for Redevelopment Waiver

Aug 1st, 2018

Under Armour Site and Fields
2601 Port Covington Drive
Baltimore City, Maryland

Application for Qualitative and Quantitative Control Waivers

Jul 30th, 2018

St. Francis Neighborhood Center
2405 Linden Avenue
Baltimore City, Maryland

DPW Reports Updated Sewer Overflow Totals

Jul 30th, 2018

July has been a month of historically heavy rainfall in Baltimore, and more is in the forecast this week.  These rains have resulted in large amounts of rainwater entering the City’s sewer mains, causing overflows into streams and the harbor.  The updated overflow totals of stormwater mixed with sewer water due to rain stands at 45 million gallons for the period of Saturday, July 21, through Wednesday, July 25. 

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