In the middle of a storm that flooded the East Coast and dumped two feet of snow on western Maryland, the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant in Howard County lost power.
As a result of the Oct. 29, 2012 power outage triggered by Superstorm Sandy, 19 million gallons of diluted, yet untreated, sewage poured into the river.
That’s roughly the equivalent of the amount of sewage the plant treats on an average day, though it can treat more than 50 million gallons per day on rainy days. It treats two-thirds of Howard County’s wastewater, said Steve Gerwin, Howard County’s bureau chief for utilities.
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and they use our tax dollars for WHAT!!?
And then while blaming the farmers out of one side of their mouths, they add on a "Rain Tax" to replace the ditch tax, stormwater retention $, standard storm and sewer tax and the several other taxes you already pay, but is stolen to buy other city and county projects that are the whim of the "Lords". See Joe's Monday postings of county & BOE credit card spending, Jimbo's fake bicycle props uptown making believe people ride bikes to downtown, and other lavish expenditures.
Angry enough yet?
OweMalley blew it; should of had his lap dog legislature pass a law limiting how much rain could fall.
Nope you all are wrong, there should be a crap tax, its an extra meter on your flusher. Everytime you take a crap it charges you like a vending machine.
The Shit House Tax.
How does this 19,000,000 gallon figure compare to effluent (0) from the unbuilt homes prevented by the septic laws? Why did O'Malley, Secs. Summers and Hall target the rural housing industry as the best way to Save The Bay?
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