I figured. Until the Sun article it wasn't clear that CleanHarbors was doing the work.

They probably have a discharge permit for the sanitary sewer which lists the allowable limits of their effluent. The only thing special about this is the source of the contaminated water.

I didn't get this until I read an article in the Sun, but apparently they want to treat the water at a CleanHarbors facility near the incinerator, then discharge the treated water into the municipal sewer to be treated at Back River.

I would like to know what chemicals need to be removed, how they plan to do it, what the acceptable concentration of effluent is from their treatment and how that will be confirmed. I'm actually less concerned knowing that it's a private, well known wastewater remediator doing this than wastewater treatment plant.

In addition, the explosion and fire last week has nothing to do with the treatment plant- that was a separate company that takes biosolids (which would otherwise have to be landfilled) and makes fertilizer pellets. The appropriate state and federal agencies will find out what they did wrong. The only thing Back River and this other company have in common is the byproduct of the first is an input for the second.

Murlanders are loose with pronunciation as it is, I doubt anyone will care about your spelling.

Could be worse. We could be in California- no water and fires and the too much water and landslides.

Could also get worse so ima shut up.

Wow! Thank you!

I wanna know about the abandoned hulks on the bank- what were those ships? What did they do? (One looks like a tug)

They've got stories to tell.