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Final Totals for Sewer Overflows from Historic July Rainfalls

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.

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DPW Reports Additional Sewer Overflows Related to Weekend Heavy Rains

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) estimates that two additional sewer overflows of well over 10,000 gallons of stormwater mixed with sewage have been reported, as a result of the

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DPW Reports Sanitary Sewer Overflows

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works estimates that over 2.3 million gallons of storm water combined with wastewater overflowed into the Jones Falls Jones Falls between 6:00 p.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday, February 4.  The cause of these overflows was wet weather infiltration of the sewer mains.

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Sanitary Sewer Overflow Numbers in Steady Decline

Sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in Baltimore have been in decline for five consecutive years, falling 31 percent since Fiscal Year 2012, according to a review by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW). In the fiscal year concluded June 30, 2017, Baltimore recorded 464 SSOs. That is down from 670 SSOs in Fiscal 2012.

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DPW Repairs Leaking Portions of Aged Sewer Pipe

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.

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Sanitary Sewer Overflow Reported at Charles and Lanvale Streets

On Thursday, Sept. 14, a sanitary sewer overflow occurred at North Charles and West Lanvale Streets. This overflow began at 12:30 p.m. and lasted for approximately two hours.  This is a structured overflow site which discharged an estimated 141,000 gallons into the Jones Falls.

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DPW Reports Sanitary Sewer Overflow

A sanitary sewer overflowed into the Jones Falls at 5:20 p.m. Monday, June 19, following a period of heavy rain.  The total release was estimated to be 14,725 gallons.

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