UPDATE: A Health Alert has been issued advising residents to avoid contact with the water in the Back River. Original story below… —— ESSEX, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a statement indicating that it has has begun to take steps toward improving operations at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant after solid materials were spotted floating in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Friday filed a lawsuit in Baltimore City circuit court on behalf of the Maryland Department of the Environment to eliminate unpermitted discharges from the two largest wastewater treatment plants in Maryland: the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant. Both plants are owned and operated by Baltimore City. During […]
Emergency personnel had to rescue a worker at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant on Wednesday morning. At about 10:45 a.m., the worker fell into one of the tanks at the Essex facility while working in a trench. The Baltimore County Fire Department had to use a Stokes basket to rescue the man, who sustained injuries to his neck. He […]