The Wednesday Wetness
Baltimore's Department of Public Works has started blending water from the Susquehanna River with reservoir water to combat drought conditions and low water levels at the Prettyboy Reservoir and other locations.
The process began Friday with the opening of a valve at the Montebello Water Treatment Plant in East Baltimore.
Currently, 20% to 40% of Susquehanna River water is being added to the system, supplying households in eastern Baltimore City and Baltimore County. The blended water is undergoing a series of treatments to ensure it is safe for consumption.
"The big thing here is we are blended and so we are bringing in a small amount of the river water and it's being blended with the Loch Raven water. So, we're constantly measuring it. We are also putting something in place that if the quality degrades up at the site, we will shut those pumps down until it gets down to a good quality,” DPW Director Matthew Garbark told 11 News last Friday.
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