Remember that early estimate for how much sewage flowed into Baltimore’s waterways after a streak of storms in late July—10 million gallons? Not even close.
In a release sent out today, Baltimore’s Department of Public Works estimates the amount of mixed sewage and rainwater that overflowed from inundated city pipes between July 21-27–a period of “historic rainfall,” DPW says–at 48.15 million gallons. That includes 45 million gallons that DPW had tallied in an update last week, plus another 3.15 million gallons released from eight locations after a storm on July 27.
The city also provided a troubling update today about sewer infrastructure damaged by debris during the severe summer weather.
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