Patapsco River in Brooklyn Reopened
 

Anne Arundel County Department of Health
Recreational Water Quality Alert
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Department of Health
3 Harry Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401


Patapsco River in Brooklyn Reopened

May 21, 2012 -- The Anne Arundel County Department of Health has reopened the Patapsco River in Brooklyn, Maryland, from Annapolis Road downstream. The Department had ordered an emergency closing and warned against swimming and other direct water contact due to a Baltimore County pumping station sewage spill on March 25. Based on sample results from the Baltimore County Department of Health, the Patapsco River water quality has returned to its acceptable levels.

For more information on Anne Arundel County recreational waterway closures and advisories, visit www.aahealth.org or call the Water Quality Line, 410-222-7999.

Break out the swim trunks and inner tubes:D.
5th (Marty)

That water will still give you one heck of a brown tan....

Yesterday the water in Deep Creek (off the Magothy) SMELLED like a sewage plant......and the water is still icky brown.:mad:


Saw a lot of dead crabs and dead Perch up against the bulkhead....not good.

Heard a big fish kill on Furnace creek / Marley creek just happened.

Both flow into Curtis bay - then Patapsco.

Saw about a dozen dead white perch behind our house on the Magothy.. :(

My swimming days are over in the bay and rivers. That's sad because I never saw a pool the first 10 years of my life! Now I swim in the back yard...............Gary

This Shad, (at least I THINK it is a Shad) washed up under the pier at Lake Claire a few days ago.....pretty big fish. That's a size 15 shoe next to it. :D

My son and his buddy were kayaking in the Magothy yesterday. Today his buddy is at the doctors because he cut his foot and now has an infection. He has a red stripe up his leg and fever with it. They are putting him on anti-biotics and to see another doctor tomorrow :mad:

Oh my son had to have a lymphnode surgically removed 4 years ago due to an infection he got swimming in the bay.

The pollution and the problems revolving around it have us thinking we may need to move to a better location where our children can grow up and actually safely enjoy the environment around them...

Greg; Sorry to hear about your son's buddy. Sounds like it could possibly be vibro infection. Glad he got to the Dr. in time. I hope he has a quick recovery.
I have been tracking the numbers for the Chesapeake Bay Interactive Buoy System and the poor numbers that were associated with the Patapsco have now reached the Annapolis Buoy. The Gooses Buoy has the best local numbers at the present time.
5th (Marty)