City Reports Sewer Overflow

Friday Sep 27th, 2013

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BALTIMORE, MD (September 27, 2013) – The Department of Public Works announced that an 8 inch sanitary sewer overflow is ongoing into a tributary of the Gwynns Falls near the 4200 block of Franklintown Road. It is located about a third of a mile into the woods and some large downed trees will have to be moved tomorrow in order to access the site of the break. It was reported at approximately noon and crews responded immediately. Because of the location this work will be done tomorrow during daylight hours.
The overflow is estimated at 50 gallons per minute.
The Maryland Department of the Environment and the Baltimore City Health Department have been notified and the stream has been posted. In addition, permanent signs are already posted along city streams to remind citizens that urban streams are subject to pollutants. For more information about health concerns as a result of the overflows, please visit the Baltimore City Health Department website at http://www.baltimorehealth.org/water.html.

Baltimore City is entering the construction phase of a Consent Decree program to rehabilitate and replace aging sewer lines.

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