Sanitary Sewer Overflow in the Sudbrook Park Neighborhood

Caused by Pipe Damaged Due to Storms and Stream Erosion

Baltimore County’s Department of Public Works has reported a sanitary sewer overflow in the Sudbrook Park neighborhood of western Baltimore County. The overflow occurred in the Gwynns Falls (west of Silver Creek Road and north of Milford Mill Road) where a 33-inch diameter pipe was damaged due to storms and stream erosion.

The damaged pipe was reported at approximately noon on Tuesday, May 28 by a resident. County utility crews responded and set up a pump around. The pump around was completed at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 29 and the overflow was halted in the off-road area. Overflow volume is estimated at approximately 500,000 gallons. The damaged pipe, a gravity sewer line crossing the stream, is about 60 feet long. The line was inspected in 2016 and at that time considered to have a low risk of failure.

The Baltimore County Department of Health will post health warnings in the area and will issue water contact advisories when necessary on the Department’s website.