PHOTOS: Generator, Workers Prevent Sewage Overflow at Perry Hall Treatment Plant

The Richlyn Manor Wastewater Treatment Plant in Perry Hall had for about 80 straight hours Wednesday afternoon.

During , Saturday night and into Sunday morning, multiple power lines leading to the plant were .

The plant's generator began working almost immediately, said Brian Knight, a Baltimore County Department of Public Works operator.

Knight said county employees worked hard to prevent a . In the days following the storm, workers manually performed several tasks around the plant, including flushing out a holding tank. 

Outages at multiple pump stations, however, did result in spills. The in White Marsh overflowed an unknown amount of sewage into the Big Gunpowder River east of Philadelphia Road, announced Monday.