DUNDALK, Md. 鈥� Maryland environment officials are ordering the state鈥檚 largest wastewater treatement plan to stop unpermitted discharges of water pollution.
太子探花 outlets report that under Thursday鈥檚 order, the Baltimore City-run Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dundalk has 48 hours to comply after an inspection 鈥渞evealed the precipitous decline鈥� in the functions of 鈥渟everal critical processes at the plant鈥� since prior inspections.
Baltimore鈥檚 Department of Public Works says it’s disappointed 鈥済iven the collaborative efforts to improve performance,鈥� but it will comply.
The plant is supposed to discharge up to 180 million gallons of treated wastewater daily into Back River, but if sewage is only partially treated, contaminated water enters the river.
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