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DPW shares updates to its sanitary sewer water consent decree
Jan 19, 2024
https://www.wmar2news.com/local/dpw-shares-updates-to-its-sanitary-sewer-water-consent-decree
BALTIMORE — "We're not talking about people who flush paper towels or something else and cause a sewage backup of their own families poop; we're talking about other people's poop getting into their basement, and then they have to expose themselves to clean it up," says Alice Volpitta with Bluewater Baltimore.
Each year, DPW announces updates to its plan to reduce the amount of sewage backups happening in Baltimore city.
One problem, outdated pipes and sewage systems.
Fixing them hasn't happened, but DPW says it is constantly working to prevent sewage backups even with those outdated pipes.