Mayor directs DPW to deny request to discharge processed Ohio wastewater into Baltimore system
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WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Mayor: DPW to deny request to discharge Ohio wastewater into Baltimore system
WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Mayor: DPW to deny request to discharge Ohio wastewater into Baltimore system
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott asked the Department of Public Works to modify Clean Harbor's discharge permits that would deny contaminated wastewater from being sent from Ohio to the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Clean Harbors told city and county officials last week that they planned to treat 675,000 gallons of contaminated water from East Palestine, Ohio at their Baltimore facility and release it into the city's wastewater system.
Maryland legislators are scrambling to halt the impending treatment of chemical waste from East Palestine, Ohio, at a troubled Baltimore wastewater facility after receiving the news Friday afternoon.