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Oct 21, 2008 6:39 am US/Eastern

Salisbury Task Force To Probe Sewage Spills

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) ― A rash of sewage spills in the Wicomico River has prompted Salisbury Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman to launch a task force to investigate.

Reports filed with the Maryland Department of the Environment show that nearly 1 million gallons of sewage have leaked from the city's treatment plant since 2005. An $80 million expansion of the treatment plant is expected to open next month, but the frequency of spills has increased this year to at least four.

Tilghman has said she takes every spill very seriously and decided to assemble this task force on the urging of the Wicomico Environmental Trust. The group's first meeting is Oct. 28.

But the task force already has critics. Salisbury Councilwoman Debbie Campbell wonders why the task force was formed if the city already has its own engineering staff.

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