Heavy Rainfall Causes 500K Gallon Sewer Overflow

www.wboc.com...

As a result of prolonged periods of heavy rainfall, the Town of Snow Hill reported to the Maryland Department of the Environment and Worcester County Environmental Programs that there has been a combined sewer overflow from the Snow Hill wastewater treatment plant of more than 500,000 gallons.

A CSO is an overflow event from a combined sewer system that also collects stormwater.

WCEP is advising that, as a precaution, public contact with the Pocomoke River waters in the vicinity of Snow Hill should be avoided for the next seven days.

ouch
ironic, we have sewage systems to protect our water systems.
side effect of flooding.

if global warming is real, will this happen more in the future?

This is not an unusual event. It is unusual to report it and talk about it.

How does a town of maybe 3,000 have 500,000 gallons of sewage overflow.

originally posted by: Nickn3
This is not an unusual event. It is unusual to report it and talk about it.

Then they'll blast us with it ... as ... doom porn.

I'd hope all ATSers are well aware of the news-cycle-psyop.

originally posted by: Nickn3
This is not an unusual event. It is unusual to report it and talk about it.

This is fairly common with mixed sewer systems.
Most of this spill is just rain water.

originally posted by: jjkenobi
How does a town of maybe 3,000 have 500,000 gallons of sewage overflow.

Its 499,500 gallons of rain mixed with 500 gallons of poop.

originally posted by: jjkenobi
How does a town of maybe 3,000 have 500,000 gallons of sewage overflow.

That's less than an Olympic size pool, waste treatment plant tanks are just as large or larger.

Back in the old days, all the poop went into the rivers. One of the best places to catch Maryland blue crabs was where the sewage pipe dumped into the Potomac south of Pope's Creek, according to a long dead old timer that I knew.

That’s a pretty standard amount of sewage for that size population for one day. My town for example is around 5000 and we produce about 1.8 millions litres of sewage a day. I know because I am the guy who rights down the numbers and sends the reports to the government. This kind of event is also extremely common, more so then you would ever believe. Only a small fraction of the releases make the news.

a reply to: jjkenobi

pittsburgh.cbslocal.com...

Federal prosecutors accuse the PWSA’s Aspinwall Drinking Water Treatment Plant of discharging sludge generated during the drinking water treatment process into the Allegheny from 2010 to 2017.

According to federal prosecutors, this caused plumes of discolored water sometimes several hundred feet long and solids to become visible in the river, over time creating a buildup employees called the “island.” Sometimes when the river was low, officials say birds could be seen walking on the so-called island.

The PWSA is also pleading guilty to falsifying reports about the amount of sludge it was sending the ALCOSAN’s waste treatment facility.

Pittsburgh. poster child for the rust belt.

makes me wonder what other places are doing that don't get publicity

originally posted by: Snarl

originally posted by: Nickn3
This is not an unusual event. It is unusual to report it and talk about it.

I'd hope all ATSers are well aware of the news-cycle-psyop.

Its pretty evident that that’s not the case.