Baldwin Engineers Find Sewage Possibly Being Dumped into Large Mine

The firm of Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc., whose services are employed by , informed borough officials on Tuesday night that Baldwin sewage is almost surely being dumped into a large mine.

The borough's engineers were recently when they uncovered the dumping, of which members of the Baldwin Borough Council said that they were unaware.

Engineer Larry Souleret explained that a hole inside one of the borough's manholes leads to a mine that is at least 200 feet deep. The hole leading to that mine directly abuts a stream of sewage inside the manhole.

That stream is part of the Lick Run Watershed, which is part of the Pleasant Hills Authority water sewage system.

Souleret said that his firm has no choice but to report the matter to the Department of Environmental Protection.

Borough officials have not yet decided how to address the illegal dump.

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