Back River

Nearly 200 people attended Tuesday’s meeting hosted by the Back River Restoration Committee, many of them homeowners living along the river who expressed exasperation with the pollution from the plant — and that it could soon return to city control.

State management of the troubled Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant could end in as little as five weeks, an official from the Maryland Department of the Environment said during a community meeting Tuesday night in Essex.

Some said they’ve continued to see clumpy matter floating in Back River that they worry comes from the plant.

We’re going to make it two years’?” said county resident Joe Cooke, who lives near Todd Point along Back River.

She also hopes a riverkeeper will be designated for Back River.