Power outage causes 400,000-gallon sewage overflow

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About 400,000 gallons of sewage gushed into the Little Patuxent River after severe storms caused a power failure at the wastewater treatment plant in Savage.

The high winds and rain knocked out power at the two main independent power sources to the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant.

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