Green Spotlight

Pollution in the Back Cove

Posted on June 11th, 2008 by ivyr.
Categories: Enviro-news.

Believe it or not, the Back Cove we know and love so much, is getting raw sewage dumped in it.  During storms, the water from the streets goes into the pipes, the same pipes that we use for our waste.  When the pipes over flow from so much water some of the raw sewage gets dumped in to the Back Cove.  It is a huge problem because if there is waste in the Back Cove no fish of sea creatures living there any more.  We would not be able to walk or jog around it any more.  It would become a underwater waste basket.

                                                                                                          When I talked to the mayor about the Cove he told me that the city council is spending 65 million dollars to put a new piping system in. The sewage will not get mixed with the waste and the pipes will not over flow and spill sewage in to the bay. 

Why does this affect you?  Because we will not enjoy the bay anymore.  The back Cove will turn into a huge pile of muck towering into the sky.

Twenty years ago, people just dumped their trash into the Back Cove.  That’s where all the sewage was dumped.  You could smell the stench from anywhere close enough.  That all changed though, they stopped dumping sewage in the bay and became conscious about what they had done.  They fixed it enough so the stench would go away but it is still dirty down there at the bottom of the bay.

          I am glad they are doing this 65 million dollar project, Portland needed it.  I just want to say a thank you to everyone that helped save our Back Cove.  Thanks!   - Patrick Sheils 

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