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Tell EPA, MDE, and Baltimore City: Expand the SOS Program for Sewage Backups
We need your help in making it loud and clear: EPA & MDE should stand their ground and require Baltimore City to clean up all sewage backups caused in part or in full by conditions in city-owned pipes. Mayor Scott and Baltimore City DPW should take responsibility for the impacts the city’s pipe infrastructure is having on Baltimore families.
Testimony on Baltimore City's 2025 Budget
Tonight is Taxpayers' Night, the annual City Council hearing on Baltimore City's budget. Read our testimony on Zero Waste, trash incineration and sewage backups below! And stay tuned for the Department of Public Works budget hearing on June 3.
Expanding Baltimore City's Sewage Backup Assistance Programs
Next week on Wednesday, the Baltimore City Council will be holding a public hearing on sewer backups into homes and the City's existing programs for helping households that have sewer backups. This week, we published a new report with Blue Water Baltimore making key recommendations for improving and expanding these programs. Read the report here, and join us at the City Council hearing next Wednesday to speak out for better support for households facing sewer backups!
WHAT: Health, Environment, and Technology Committee Hearing WHEN: Wednesday October 12th @ 10AM WHERE: Baltimore City Hall
Release: New Report Calls for Expansion of Baltimore City's Sewage Backup Assistance Programs
Blue Water Baltimore and Clean Water Action released a new report on Wednesday calling on the Department of Public Works (DPW) to expand and improve Baltimore City’s two sewage backup assistance programs: the Expedited Reimbursement Program and the Sewage Onsite Support program.
2024 Maryland Factsheets
Learn more about Clean Water Action's work in Maryland by downloading the factsheets below.