Overview
- Officials said the overflow began around noon Wednesday near the 2200 block of Huntingdon Ave. in Remington and was stopped by 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
- Untreated sewage exited a manhole into a storm drain that feeds the Jones Falls, and state and city teams have posted warnings, visited the site, and begun water sampling and monitoring.
- Investigators suspect a broken pipe and the city constructed a bypass to prevent additional discharges, with the formal cause still under review.
- Blue Water Baltimore cautioned that the dry-weather spill was not diluted and could carry pathogens, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and other contaminants downstream.
- The episode underscores persistent infrastructure problems as Baltimore operates under a federal-state consent decree and seeks to extend its compliance deadline to 2046 after projecting about $2 billion in upgrades by decade’s end.