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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Kinda looks like the Wicomico river always does!
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.
Lets still blame the farmers for nutrient runoff.
Wow, they have almost caught da bury
Looks cleaner than the Wicomico River!!!!
They should barrow the Bury Fire boat for trash pickup!
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.
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!!
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??
These spills are a drop in the ocean compared to the run off from the fields especially in the spring.
5:11,. Please share your source. The Bay model, CBF, nor the EPA agree with your assessment.
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.
Actually, the groups/agencies you cited do agree. The vast majority of pollution flowing into the bay is from Big Ag.
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.
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.
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?
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