Partially Treated Wastewater Spill at Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)
Date: February 8, 2008
(Salisbury, Maryland) – The City is in the fourth year of a major upgrade to the City’s WWTP. The upgrade includes construction of many new treatment systems.
An underground process line serving one of the new systems began leaking on February 7th between 9:50 pm and 10:12 pm resulting in partially treated wastewater entering an on site stormdrain that feeds into the Wicomico River.
The Wicomico County Environmental Health Department advises that swimming, fishing, and water contact should be avoided in the Wicomico River from the City Park to the Upper Ferry. This advisory is in effect until further notice or when water samples show acceptable bacteria levels.
The partially treated wastewater spilled from the WWTP process line was approximately 173,000 gallons (roughly 9% of total flow received and fully treated).
The process line is being replaced by the upgrade contractor.
The spill was reported to the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Wicomico County Environmental Health Department.
The City will be taking samples of the Wicomico River and water quality testing will be performed.
For more information, contact James Caldwell, Director of Public Works (410) 548-3170.
A Team of Teams Making a Difference! JAMES S. CALDWELL, P.E. DIRECTOR NEWELL W. MESSICK III, P.E. DEPUTY DIRECTOR Government Office Building 125 North Division Street Salisbury, MD 21801-4940 Phone: (410) 548-3170 Fax: (410) 548-3107
Side Note: Let's not forget someone already admitted the leak started the night before and NOT just for the 22 minutes they mention!
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7 comments:
Joe & G.A.
You would do a huge service to the City of Salisbury if you would hype the efforts of Bob Caldwell to SOS.
The City is on its knees and suffers mightily from the two faced elected officials who pretend they have the best interest of the City in mind.We will probably never know their agenda but I suspect greed and the lust for power are at foot.
Here is their agenda-make Newtown an area of residential homes only especially where Tilghman, Comegys and Day live. Provide prompt emergency services to the area they live while delaying to the Camden area where "dangerous" people live. Line the pockets of all the good old boys that sit on the bank boards,developers, and SAPOA members so they can cut you in on some deals that line your own pockets as well. COnvert the residential areas within 5 mile radius of SU into student tenements and immigrant "housing stock" to destroy property value in this area and make your SAPOA buddies richer. Develop Fitzwater/Delaware into the nouveau riche area to further push up the value of Newton et al. Start said project with nearly 20,000,000 dollars of hidden taxpayer money that is off the books.
Lore Chambers -- Barrie's press agent, paid by the taxpayers -- probably wrote this drivel.
They are so full of shit they stink.
Joe can you tell me if the citizens of WICOMICO COUNTY can sue the city of Salisbury for what they have done to our river. I recently spoke to an ex-employee of the WWTP who staed that many times it is no accident that this happens?? Could this fall into a crimnal aspect?? Who do we call
You can contact Dave Pushkar with the MDE at, 410-901-4020
Between Salisbury and Hebron the river is more like a septic tank than a river.
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