Consent Decree

The Sanitary Sewer System Consent Decree (PDF) was brought forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) against Baltimore County to force upgrades to the aging sewer infrastructure. This was necessary for compliance with the Clean Water Act and the Maryland water pollution control laws with the goal of eliminating sanitary sewer overflows.

After three years of negotiations, it has an effective "Date of Entry" of September 20, 2005. The Consent Decree outlines the agreed upon work (capital, equipment and operations improvements over multiple years) with deadlines necessary.

Following are recent reports required under the provision of the Consent Decree. They are all PDF documents that will open in a new window.

• First Quarter Calendar 2020 Report
• Calendar 2019 Annual Report
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 10B
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 16A
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 16B
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 17A
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 17B
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 22A
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 22B
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 23A
  • 2019 Flow Monitoring Map 23B
  • 2019 Map Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Basements 103
  • 2019 Map Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Basements 112
  • 2019 Map Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Basements 115
  • 2019 Map Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Basements 117
  • 2019 Map Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Basements 136
  • 2019 Map Full County Rain Gauges
  • 2019 Sewershed Map
• Consent Decree Appendix
• Fourth Quarter Calendar 2019 Report
• Third Quarter Calendar 2019 Report
• Second Quarter Calendar 2019 Report
• First Quarter Calendar 2019 Report
• Calendar 2018 Annual Report