A quaint Maryland suburb is being plagued by a rotten stench so overpowering residents say they are unable to leave their homes.
Dundalk residents gathered at an explosive town hall meeting on Thursday night where they passionately voiced their anger about the strong sewage odor coming from a Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The situation had become so concerning that locals also said they were unable to eat the region’s famous crabs as they are fished from the putrid-smelling water.
‘The stench is so bad. Imagine the worst possible backup you’ve had in your bathroom, that’s what it smells like in our neighborhoods,’ local man John Zaganas told WBALTV 11.
‘It was in my throat so bad the other day that we could not even sit outside,’ another exasperated resident said during the meeting, which descended into a shouting match in parts.
The smell has been blamed on various operational failures at the treatment plant stretching back to May, according to a Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) inspection report.
This included excess sludge stored in large lagoon tanks that have not been processed properly and high pollutant discharge levels that may be adding to the stench.
‘They just don’t care about us. It’s been going on for years now, and it hasn’t been every day, but it’s enough to where it’s scary down here now. I don’t know what we’re breathing in, and I don’t know what we’re gonna get from it,’ Zaganas said.
Dundalk stinks! Who knew?
so where is dnr at? arent they supposed to be protecting the bay? shouldn’t they be going after the individuals who are responsible for this? why hasnt dnr stepped up and showed up with their badges and their guns and cited those responsible for this mess? oh thats right they just go afte the low hanging fruit. much easier to target working people who just want to spend a day on the water with their families! dont bother looking at the elephant in the room! dnr is not fit for purpose! you folks in baltimore have been polluting the bay forever, we here on the shore have to pay to clean up your mess, at the point of a gun from annapolis pointed at our heads! go ahead and wallow in the mess you’ve created. shame it’s affecting everyone else! you are the neighbors everyone hates!
Demon crats keep voting moore and more demon crats. if you don’t vote red this will get worse and worse.
Was a former Salisbury mayor a design consultant for the plant?
Dundalk has stunk for DECADES. If you think that is bad, head on over to Curtis Bay. My memories since childhood were the smell of Valley Proteins wafting through the summer air. It is far worse than chicken poop.