Following a period of heavy rain over the weekend, a sanitary sewer overflow took place releasing 25,819 gallons of sewage-saturated water into the Jones Falls, the Baltimore Department of Public Works reports.
The Saturday (July 1) release occurred at 4:15 p.m. at an underground “structured overflow” at the intersection of Charles and Lanvale streets, according to DPW.
The city has been under a federal consent decree to end the use of these overflow pipes, built into the city’s sewer system to relieve pressure during times of heavy rain.
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