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Ocean Downs: Off the Septic System

Ocean Downs Racetrack and Casino, oceandowns.com

The Worcester County Commission will hear a plan next Tuesday that would add another 18-thousand gallons to the Ocean Pines Wastewater Treatment plant at Ocean Pines.

Ocean Downs wants to lay a force main 10 feet below the bottom of Turville Creek that would extend to Gum Point Road providing access to a sewer line for homes there as well.

The venue currently uses a septic system and drain field to treat its wastewater.

Ocean Downs drew 77-thousand visitors last year.

The Worcester County planning board has already given its approval lastJuly.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.