A downpour late on Friday, Aug. 31, resulted in approximately 6.4 million gallons of stormwater mixed with sewer water spilling from the sewer system into city waterways. 

Routine sampling by Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) inspectors in May found a slow seepage of sewer water that was traced to a leaking house connection in the 2900 block of Woodland

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) estimates that 2.1 million gallons of rain water combined with waste water was released from three structured overflows, into the Jones Falls, during heavy rains on Thursday, September 29. These occurrences were announced last week.  

This past Friday, May 6, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works reported that a sanitary sewer had overflowed into the Jones Falls. The overflow stopped around 5:00 p.m.