A stubborn discharge from a series of breaks in an 89-year-old sewer pipe under the 2500 block of W. Lexington Street has been stopped, about a month and a half after the breaks were diagnosed.
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works estimates that over 41,000 gallons of wastewater overflowed into the Jones Falls between Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, and this morning, Monday, October 23, 2017.
Today, DPW was honored to receive the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) Gold Award for Exceptional Utility Performance. This award comes just as DPW Director Rudy S. Chow, P.E., is appointed to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB), an arm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works estimates that 11,000 gallons of rainwater, mixed with sewer water, overflowed into the Jones Falls following heavy downpours on the morning of Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.
Crews working for the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) diverted this weekend what had been an ongoing sewage leak from an 8-inch line that was discovered inside a much larger storm drain in the Clipper Mill area.
Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds residents that Columbus Day is a City holiday and that DPW offices will be CLOSED Monday, October 9, 2017.
