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Treatment bypass reported — Baltimore City DPW, Jul 18, 2026

Ended (as reported) · Baltimore City DPW

Source: Baltimore City DPW via MDE Reported Sewer Overflows (New for 2023), Maryland Open Data Portal (Socrata stgj-u72u), record md0021555-20260718T0545-8201-eastern-ave, updated by the source Nov 2, 2026, 10:55 AM EST, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:31 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: Baltimore City DPW (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, MD0021555). Outlet: “8201 Eastern Ave”. Location: 39.30040, -76.49230; location source: given in the source record.

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Discharge entered Back River (001) and Bear Creek (002).”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Back River, MD. Match basis: the water named in the report.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

No downstream estimate is available for this report.

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When it happened and when it was reported

Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Started

Jul 18, 2026, 5:45 AM EDT

Ended

Jul 18, 2026, 8:57 AM EDT

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

not given

Source last updated

Nov 2, 2026, 10:55 AM EST

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-03 02:31 UTC

What and how much

Type

Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps.

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

not stated

Volume

118 million gallons (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

“118000000 gallons”

Advice from Baltimore City DPW

This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.

Advice period

This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.

Basis

not stated

Source and versions

Source

MDE Reported Sewer Overflows (New for 2023), Maryland Open Data Portal (Socrata stgj-u72u)

Source record number

md0021555-20260718T0545-8201-eastern-ave

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

{
  "row": {
    "overflow_type": "Bypass",
    "facility_collection_system": "Back River WWTP",
    "npdes_no": "MD0021555",
    "start_date": "07/18/2026",
    "start_time": "05:45:00",
    "duration_day": "0",
    "duration_hour": "3",
    "duration_minute": "12",
    "overflow_address": "8201 Eastern Ave",
    "zip": "21224",
    "owner_name": "Baltimore City DPW",
    "discharge_volume": "118000000",
    "overflow_cause": "Power outage at denitrification.",
    "receiving_water": "Discharge entered Back River (001) and Bear Creek (002).",
    "county": "Baltimore",
    "penalty_id": "",
    "overflow_latitude": "39.3004",
    "overflow_longitude": "-76.4923",
    "id": "226"
  },
  "_ended_at_basis": "start + duration_day/hour/minute",
  "_coords": "as given",
  "_water": {
    "name_notes": [
      "'bear creek': the point is not near any of the 1 Maryland waters with this name: not used"
    ],
    "via": "receiving water name within Maryland (checked against the point) and county Baltimore"
  },
  "_discharger_basis": "permit/system id MD0021555",
  "_first_seen_at": "2026-11-03T02:28:49Z"
}