Raw sewage in Evitts Creek area

From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News

January 25, 2008 11:11 am

— CUMBERLAND - A sewer line break next to the Evitts Creek Pump Station off Messick Road resulted in a raw sewage overflow in the area.
The Allegany County Health Department is advising the public to avoid water contact in the area, down to and including the confluence with the Potomac River and 100 yards downstream.
The Cumberland Waste Water Treatment Plant staff discovered the break Thursday around 8 a.m. The sewage line services the Bedford Road, Baltimore Pike and Mason's Barn area. For more information, call (301) 722-2000 or (301) 759-5040.