BALTIMORE – A clogged sewer line led to an overflow of more than 13,000 gallons from a manhole in the 800 block of North Hilton Street, near the Gwynns Falls. The overflow started Monday, Nov. 30, and was abated Tuesday, Dec. 1 when crews from the Baltimore City Department of Public Works were able to clear grease, trash, and other debris from the sewer.

The Department of the Environment and the Baltimore City Health Department have been notified. Citizens are encouraged to avoid contact with urban streams due to possible pollution. Baltimore City is in the construction phase of the $1 billion Consent Decree rehabilitation of our sewer infrastructure.

For more information about health concerns as a result of sewer overflows please go to: http://health.baltimorecity.gov/sanitary-sewer-overflows-sso.