A reply from the waterkeeper Alliance------------
I want to thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Waterkeeper Alliance is built on the belief that our waterways belong to the people who use them for drinking and recreation and not the industrial polluters who want to destroy them for the sake of profit. We embrace strong citizen enforcement of our nation’s environmental laws and we rely on concerned citizens like you to bring matters to our attention.
We typically don’t have all the resources we’d like to tackle all the issues we hear about, but your concern about the Wicomico wastewater treatment plant is very important and certainly something we will be taking the time to look into. Wastewater treatment plants require strict Clean Water Act permits. It’s these permits which enable you and us to collect discharge information and monitoring data and see if there are or have been illicit and harmful discharges. In short, permits are the strongest tool to allow citizens to protect their waterways from polluters. Thanks to the information you’ve provided, we will be requesting from the state of Maryland all records pertaining to the operation of this plant and reviewing them for possible legal action. In the meantime, any other information about the facility you could provide – newspaper clippings on recent spills, photographs of discharges, etc. – might prove useful.
I want to thank you again for standing up for clean water. With the many negative (and false) allegations being made against us in the local media, its inspiring to know that there are those on the Eastern Shore who share our concerns.
Sincerely,
Scott Edwards
Legal Director
Waterkeeper Alliance
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
Mr. Edwards. In this case our photos, or a site visit, would probably save many many many many many many many (many) thousands of words. Please help us. Seriously.
ReplyDeletejoe, you and your blog work,bottom line. i bet the mayor and side kicks are shittin bricks now. i hope this is real. the wico-mico river deserves better. congrats to everyone who cares...
ReplyDeleteYou go JOE! If they wan't pictures you need to let them know you have a photo album FULL of pictures from the ground and the air.
ReplyDeleteAfter another 83k gallon spill last night this should be more than enough to land Barries sorry ass in hot RIVER water. This is the same woman that wants to steal the land from those on Mill St to build her water front development.
Those folks down river need to get on the stick and start a class action suit against the city. If we're going to go broke, lets go broke doing what is right instead of lining developers pockets.
SAVE OUR RIVER FROM BARRIE TILGHMAN!
I'd love to see Barrie (nobody) Tilghman have RFK Jr, arrested for trespassing. She'll make national news alright and commit suicide (political) on the same day.
ReplyDeleteYAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!! thank you!
ReplyDeleteI got a reply and noticed email addressed that Scott Edwards copied on the reply. Maybe we should be filling all their email boxes with whatever information we have, collectively.
ReplyDeleteEmail:
Michelle Merkel- MMerkel@waterkeeper.org
Kathy Phillips - coastkeeper@actforbays.org
Scott Edwards - sedwards@waterkeeper.org
Everyone, keep sending the emails to info1@waterkeeper.org--flood this organization with emails TODAY. Power to the people!
ReplyDeleteI got a response to mine.
ReplyDeleteKeep those emails going to Waterkeepers, folks.
ReplyDeleteYA HOOO
ReplyDeleteI am so greatful that someone is listening..........Thanks Joe for bringing it to our attention, and lots of us must have written. Good show...
Cruggly,
ReplyDeletebetter to have bricks in the river. But, alas, they don't flush.
Yup. Leave the chickens alone and get on the mare!
ReplyDeleteI sent e-mails to all four links above, do your civic duty, do the same.
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