Baltimore Seeks 16-Year Extension on Fix for Problematic Sewers that Fuel Bay Pollution

 From Chesapeake Bay Magazine:

Twenty-three years after agreeing to fix Baltimore’s leaky sewer system, city officials say they won’t be able to finish the job by 2030 as promised. Now, they are asking Maryland and federal regulators to extend the deadline for another 16 years—to 2046—which they acknowledge still may not be enough.

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Baltimore Seeks 16-Year Extension on Fix for Problematic Sewers that Fuel Bay Pollution

Sewage pollution in the Philadelphia-Camden region

 From Environment America:

"Camden County: Sewage flows into waterways an average of 76 days per year."

"From 2016 to 2024, untreated sewage mixed with stormwater flowed from each of the region’s combined sewage outfalls into local waterways on an average of 76 days a year."

Baltimore Dept of Publc Works admits to not treating waste.

From Fox 45 (WBFF-TV) Baltimore, MD:

Baltimore DPW [Department of Public Works] addresses wastewater treatment concerns at community meeting.

DPW Director Matthew Garbark: "Once those are up and running, we'll have even better quality product that we're actually treating." 

Is this an admission that they are not currently treating wastewater before releasing it into the environment? 

Takeaway - It isn't the boaters! 

245K gallons of sewage overflows in Ellicott City, MD

From WBAL:

245K gallons of sewage overflows in Ellicott City, MDE says