Best Water/Environment: Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks and Wet Weather Equalization Facilities Improvements
Photos courtesy Clark Construction Group LLC
Aging infrastructure at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, originally constructed in 1907, created the potential for significant overflows during major storms into neighboring waterways, including Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and, ultimately, the Chesapeake Bay. In 2002, the city of Baltimore entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Dept. of Justice and Maryland Dept. of the Environment to address the issue.