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Sunday, August 07, 2016

Millions of gallons of sewage flowing into Patapsco River after floods

The Maryland National Guard airlifted equipment Wednesday to repair a broken sewer line in Ellicott City that has sent millions of gallons of sewage into the Patapsco River after Saturday's storm.

An estimated 5 million gallons per day have flowed into the Sucker Branch tributary of the Patapsco River, according to Jay Apperson, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of the Environment.

The overflow is one of several reported in the Baltimore area after Saturday's torrential rain that caused flooding in the Howard County town and parts of Baltimore.

The break in Ellicott City was not discovered until Tuesday, Apperson said, and crews have struggled to make repairs because a road washed out. Crews hoped to stop the overflow by Wednesday night.

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16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kinda looks like the Wicomico river always does!

Anonymous said...

Look at the bright side, they shutdown almost all rural building in our area, killing Eastern Shore jobs to make room for Western Shore spills.

Anonymous said...

Lets still blame the farmers for nutrient runoff.

Anonymous said...

Wow, they have almost caught da bury

Anonymous said...

Looks cleaner than the Wicomico River!!!!

Anonymous said...

They should barrow the Bury Fire boat for trash pickup!

Anonymous said...

Oh 1:45, don't worry, this will definitely be the fault of the farmers, the agricultural community. Somehow, some way, the leftists and the treehuggers and Kathy Phillips will blame this on the farmers. You can count on it.

Anonymous said...

But WAIT!!

Where is Kathy Phillips? Where is Gabby? Where is Maria Payan? I guess they are working on blaming the chicken farmers on this!!

Anonymous said...

Keep in mind this is millions and millions of gallons of raw sewage running into the rivers almost daily.

Important question? How many septic systems in the rural areas have breached and ran off into the rivers with raw sewage??

Anonymous said...

These spills are a drop in the ocean compared to the run off from the fields especially in the spring.

Anonymous said...

5:11,. Please share your source. The Bay model, CBF, nor the EPA agree with your assessment.

Anonymous said...

Looks better than the Wicomico Jimmy promised to clean up. It horrible what happened there. We live it with it all the time. Salisbury is one giant septic tank.

Anonymous said...

Actually, the groups/agencies you cited do agree. The vast majority of pollution flowing into the bay is from Big Ag.

Anonymous said...

I would think all the houses that fertilize their lawns would be a cause also. They account for more of the acreage in the state then the farms do. Not to mention all the roadways and the salt they use the in winter to keep them clear.

Anonymous said...

If it is the chicken farms that are polluting the water why is the Potomac River so polluted? There are no chicken houses around there.

Steve said...

8:31, have some more Kool-Aid! Listening to the CBF is like watching Archie Bunker to solve all the Bay's problems. Actually, he might be better at it!

The CBF is in this to create their own existence and paycheck., nothing more. As long as they can "grade" the Bay around the "C" and "D" level, and blame the most profitable entities for the pollution, they survive! Municipalities always get the "bye" on the fines, so there's no money there!

That leaves hard working farmers and watermen to pay, after all they are the ones paying the taxes!

Get it?