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12/30/09
A Baltimore County pumping station dumped 22 million gallons of diluted sewage into the Patapsco River Saturday night, prompting the Anne Arundel County Health Department to issue a warning against entering the river until after Jan. 4. Find Us On Facebook
Starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the station was allowed to overflow into the Patapsco for 91/2 hours, Baltimore County public works officials said. The spill is the 18th largest in the state since 2005, according to Maryland Department of the Environment officials. Warning signs have been posted in the area of the overflow. The Patapsco forms the border between Baltimore and Anne Arundel...
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SEWAGE SPILL - 2009-12-31 23:29:42
Typical of our government run facilities.Do as I say not as I do type thing.
Makes me sick that this type of things goes on all the time and yet we pay people to study why our Chesapeake bay is sick and dyeing.This is totally unacceptable especially since this has been going on for yrs , the powers that be allow it to happen over and over again.
I bet it wont be the last time we hear about this station and yet another massive spill.
I have seen this fist hand what has been done to the environment after the spills,this one and the others in this location and I can tell you it made me sick.
Its a dam shame and a disgrace !!
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Sewage - 2009-12-31 09:21:34
The failure at sewage treatment or pumping stations happen too frequently. Boats are required to contain and pump out waste, waterfront property owners are obligated to mitigate run-off. Then a government run sewage facilities dumps millions gallons of waste in to the water. Severna Park had three incidents in recent history. One while a contractor was working on a pumping station dumped millions of gallons into Cypress Creek. Another station on College Parkway failed twice, once from a basketball blocked pipes, another when underground pipe broke. Millions of gallons poured into Mill and Dividing Creeks. Contractors repairing systems must have a comprehensive plan. If they fail, they should be fined and not allowed to bid on future jobs. The County needs to install warning systems to immediate contact technicians when a pump goes down, have back ups pumps for temporary service and inspect waste pipes on a periodic basis. It does no good to have citizens work to improve water's health when facilities periodically dump millions of gallons of sewage into the watershed. This is unacceptable.
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