water supply

• Maryland

Rebranding of Sparrows Point bittersweet

Sparrows Point Terminal, the Hanover-based firm that owns the site of the former steel mill, has changed its name to Tradepoint Atlantic, a move the company hopes will enhance its global appeal but that evokes feelings of loss.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Jan 13, 2016

• Business

Former Sparrows Point steel mill gets new name

The developers of the old steel mill at Sparrows Point have rebranded their project as "Tradepoint Atlantic" in hopes of appealing to international companies.

By Pamela Wood

Jan 12, 2016

• Baltimore City Paper

All Wet?

• Maryland

Longtime Carroll delegate unsure about future plans

For more than 27 years, Donald Elliott has represented Carroll County at the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis. But that all ended in June when he was defeated in the primary election.

• Maryland

No lock on long-term funding

• Opinion

To stop polluting our water, start living vegan [Letter]

To stop polluting our water, start living vegan

• Maryland

Dennis Frazier, Republican [Profile]

• Maryland

Bill Tilghman, Democrat [Profile]

• Environment

Lake Erie not alone in suffering from harmful algae

Lakes infested by harmful algae closed to swimming; Baltimore's reservoirs safe - for now - but all are threatened by same nutrient pollution fouling the Chesapeake

• Baltimore City

Mt. Vernon, Pimlico first city neighborhoods to get new water meters

• Metal

Baltimore firm's plans delayed by opposition to industrial sludge in Va.

Synagro Technologies, a Baltimore-based waste management company, faces grass roots opposition to its application to spread industrial waste as fertilizer over farms in seven Virginia counties. As a result of the backlash, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has delayed signing off on Synagro's plans.

• Harford

Libraries will always be the place to be [Commentary]

As your stereotypical bookworkm-y kid, I used to love going to the library growing up. In elementary school, I checked out so many books that I had to set a limit just so I wouldn't be overwhelmed carrying them all and they wouldn't take up a ton of space in my room.

• Howard County

Alpha Ridge Landfill is state of the art facility [Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock]

Alpha Ridge is Howard County's third official landfill. The first, New Cut Landfill, operated in the Worthington Park area of Ellicott City from 1944 to 1980. The second, Carr's Mill Landfill, operated in Lisbon from 1953 to 1977. Alpha Ridge opened in 1980 on 590 acres of farmland.

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 2002 Winners

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 1999 Winners

• Harford

Craft brewery slated for North Main Street in Bel Air

A former repair auto shop on Bel Air's North Main Street could be the site of a microbrewery and restaurant and a key for development on the north side of town, according to the business owner.

• Environment

Maryland's U.S. senators press for water funding

Maryland Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski toured Baltimore's 99-year-old Montebello water treatment plant Monday to draw attention to the needs of municipalities nationwide for federal help to upgrade their aging infrastructure.

• Maryland

Westminster company hires two plumbers

Apple Plumbing & Heating, a full service plumbing company located in Westminster, added two plumbers to the Apple Plumbing Team.

• Maryland

Westminster company hires two plumbers

• Obituaries

Thomas D. McKewen, environmental service director

Thomas D. McKewen, a materials recovery and waste management expert who was the founding director of Maryland Environmental Services, died June 13 of congestive heart failure at his home in Ashburn, Va. He was 86.

• Opinion

Don't privatize Baltimore water [Letter]

City must resist the siren's song of private water industry

• Baltimore County

High flows on Gunpowder stir debate

Tucked amid the woods of northern Baltimore County is one of Maryland's natural gems – the Big Gunpowder Falls, a nationally renowned trout stream that draws anglers from far and wide to try their skills and luck in the cold, rushing water.

• Harford

Harford seeks more data on planned indoor baseball training facility's water, sewer usage

The developers of a proposed field house, which is slated for a grassy lot in front of the Arena Club in Bel Air, must provide a wealth of information about how the project will affect the surrounding water and sewage capacity before all Harford County agencies sign off on the site plan.

• Baltimore City Paper

Please To Not Use My Taxes To Pay For Murals

• Politics

City says water pipe insurance won't be available until autumn

Officials say if contractors are negligent during water-meter overhaul, the contractors will be held responsible for damages

• Harford

Aberdeen fourth-grader becomes mayor for the day

Kevin Ryan, 9, knew Tuesday wouldn't be a typical day when police sirens went off near his school, St. Joan of Arc in Aberdeen.

• Maryland

Carroll commissioner candidates chime in about improving infrastructure

• Baltimore City Paper

DPW to Refund $4.2 Million for Overbills on Water

• Baltimore City Paper

Public Works Museum Closes

• Maryland

Tom Zirpoli: Economic sanctions prove effective

• Maryland

Tom Zirpoli: Economic sanctions prove effective

• Baltimore City

City asks home owners to buy insurance for water meter overhaul

Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday approved a deal with a Connecticut company to offer insurance to property owners whose pipes could break during a system-wide overhaul of water meters.

• Business

Police raid 50 businesses in illegal gambling ring [50 years ago]

Sheriff William J. Kunkel along with 150 other policemen, staged the largest gambling raid in county history and one of the largest ever in Maryland. Fifty businesses, mostly bars and restaurants, were raided at the same time

• Harford

Army says tests show minimal effects from May 2 sewage in Edgewood

The Army says a 1.8 million gallon overflow of partially treated sewage from a wastewater treatment plant serving Aberdeen Proving Ground's Edgewood Area earlier this month had minimal effect on the environment.

• Harford

Bel Air bids adieu to La Chic Salon building

The building once known as La Chic Salon & Spa was torn down this week in preparation for a new dentist office at Thomas and Hays streets, one of the only projects allowed to move forward in Bel Air.

• Maryland

Maria Warburton: Do what's best for Carroll

• Maryland

Dennis Frazier: Working for a better Carroll

• Harford

Most new building in Bel Air remains on hold because of water woes

During 2013, the Town of Bel Air continued its efforts to promote sustainable growth and development, but at the same time, town officials had to stop the approvals of new construction projects as state, county and municipal officials work out town's water supply concerns.

• Baltimore County

'Poems of Warren' tells story of town lost under waters of Loch Raven Reservoir

Timonium poet Ann Kolakowski writes about lost town of Warren where her grandmother grew up and which is now the site of Loch Raven Reservoir in new collection, "Persistence: Poems of Warren, Maryland."

• Howard County

With only minor damage, Howard gets back to normal after heavy rains

Despite road closures and water levels that threatened to burst up and over stream banks, Howard County escaped Wednesday's heavy rains relatively unscathed, according to county officials monitoring the situation.

• Harford

Mt. Soma, Milton Avenue projects still drawing fire in Fallston

Several development issues remain on the Fallston community's radar, including a proposed commercial site at Route 1 and Milton Avenue and apartments slated for the historic Mt. Soma Farm near Route 1 and the Bel Air Bypass.

• Anne Arundel

Worker, 21, killed in fall from Pasadena water tower

A 21-year-old worker was killed in a fall from a Pasadena water tower Wednesday, Anne Arundel County police said.

• Travel

Sea & stay: Cruises vie to offer onboard recreation

Cruises recreation

• Harford

A watershed moment for Harford [Editorial]

Dull though the subject matter may be, it would be hard to overstate the potential impact on Harford County's of a consolidated, countywide water and sewer system.

• Baltimore City

Chili cookoff sponsors hope to taste success in fixing water tower

Looming figuratively in the background at the Roland Park Chili Cookoff on Feb. 22 was the old Roland Water Tower. The goal of the cookoff, besides getting into the spirit of the Olympics and bringing a bit of warmth to a bad winter, was also to raise money for the Greater Roland Park Open Space Campaign and its most immediate priority, to save the iconic tower from more than 80 years of pigeon poop and decay.

• Harford

Bel Air moves forward with next phase of regional water authority

The Bel Air Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday night to move forward with the second phase of establishing a regional water authority in Harford County.

• Harford

David Craig: The State of Harford County 2014

The following is the text of Harford County Executive David Craig's State of the County Address delivered to the Harford County Council on Feb. 4, 2014:

• Water Supply

Amid record number of water main breaks, Baltimore residents await fixes

All across Baltimore, public works crews are struggling to keep up with what has been a record number of water main breaks in the last month — what Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said was an "alarming rate" of problems caused in part by the extreme weather fluctuations the city has been experiencing.

• Baltimore County

Big chill bursts pipes and heats up business for plumbers

Throughout the Baltimore area, the record-breaking cold has caused water pipes to freeze and burst, unleashing rivers of water that panicked homeowners rush to stop. Plumbers say they've never been busier

• Obituaries

I. Morton "Buddy" Schindler, electrical engineer, dies at 87

I. Morton "Buddy" Schindler, an electrical engineer who oversaw the pumping operation for Baltimore's water supply system, died Friday at Sinai Hospital of complications of a fall he suffered in December. He was 87 and lived in Pikesville.