Pumping Station Renovations On Course

Renovations to the Reisterswood Sewage Pumping Station are coming in on budget, and on schedule, according to Baltimore County officials.

“There have been no problems that we know of,” said David Fidler, spokesman for the Baltimore County Department of Public Works. “It’s gone fairly well.”

Fidler anticipates that work on the Cedarmere Road station, which began in April of this year, will be finished by September.

In the meantime, the project’s budget is listed as approximately $800,000. Fidler noted that the project has been within budget expectations.

The department’s website states that the rehabilitation of the Reisterswood station is part of the county’s agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency “to improve the sanitary sewer system and prevent future sewage overflows.”

According to Fidler, the two-pump station was originally built in 1972.

“It’s just a rehab job,” he said.

When the renovations to the station are complete, it will be slightly enlarged—similar in size to the Stevenson Pumping Station in Pikesville, Fidler added.

In addition, most of the work being done is subterranean, while the station’s control panel is being enlarged. A supplemental power source is also being installed.

“Much of the work is a safety enhancement to prevent sewage overflows,” Fidler said.

But unlike the Stevenson pumping station project, which has drawn ire from some community members who want that station moved, the Reisterswood project hasn’t caused any issues for residents.

“It doesn’t seem to have made much of a blip in the community,” Fidler said.