Water Sector News

The explosion that blew out a wall at the Synagro Pelletech Facility at Baltimore’s Back River sewage treatment plant may have come as a surprise to the general public.

But state inspectors and environmental experts have been warning the city that backed-up sludge poses a threat not only to the environment but to worker safety.

They are now urging city and state officials to act quickly to address the sludge management issues they say are likely the root cause of the explosion and pose a similar danger at Baltimore’s other sewage facility, the Patapsco Waste Water Treatment Plant.