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Animanialmanac t1_j5ejh55 wrote
This consent decree is about renovating the sewage pipes and stopping the sewage, pollution the city is dumping into the bay. I believe you are right about Baltimore County contributing more, but this is for fixing the current problems, not combining systems.
My neighborhood gets flooded with sewage in the streets and in the basements of many houses because the mistakes the city made with the sewage system. It happens every time it rains now. They need to fix that problem first before changing the whole system or making a new agency for the city and county together.
Significant_Jump_21 OP t1_j5w16th wrote
South Baltimore and NW Baltimore has huge problems w sewage.
Significant_Jump_21 OP t1_j5brc7f wrote
I went to the annual meeting about this. DPW is behind on fixing the sewer system. PLEASE send comments. ESPECIALLY if you or your neighbors had flooding in your basement or sewage backup into your basement. ESPECIALLY if you're in the south/southwest part of Baltimore. I met a ton of peeps going through the same thing from Morrell Park and West Port.
Here is the report. Read it first. Consent Decree Report
Here is the email address to send comments: DPW will accept public comments pertaining to this document for 30 days, through February 17, 2023. Comments may be submitted directly to Michael.Shipman@baltimorecity.gov.
Animanialmanac t1_j5ejote wrote
What does the private lateral restoration enforcement mean? Does this mean the city will find people if there are cracks in the private lateral line? I had the cured in place pipe fix done, there were cracks in the lateral on my side and the city side from tree roots. Will I be fined even though I already had the pipe fixed? I’m upset the city going to fine people even more for damage that came from the city.
Significant_Jump_21 OP t1_j5w0x59 wrote
Fines if you don't fix leaking pipes. More fines. This part is bad.
S-Kunst t1_j5edpo6 wrote
All the jurisdictions which piggyback on to the Baltimore water & sewer need to be involved. Its been nearly 80 years of mooching off the Baltimore city system. Rate paying is only part of the need for their involvement. Inevitable restoration and renovation of the pipes to the customer's properties is a big reality, and expanding the system or better yet capping those who are on the outer fringes to build their own systems is needed.
Decades ago MoCo & PG joined forces with the DC system to create a regional system (WSSC).
Yes, there will be a need for big inve$tment, into the Balt system, but the free ride of freeloading is over and all those moneyed property holders in the counties need to pay their share of the burden. Only then is right that they get a seat at the decision table.