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- Harford County is still under a drought watch, according to officials who monitor local water supplies; however, rainfall in the region has been running a little ahead of normal for the month of August.
- As Baltimore has moved to take the homes of hundreds of city residents for unpaid water bills as small as $350, the city water system has allowed some big businesses, nonprofits and government offices to run up delinquent accounts totaling more than $10 million, The Baltimore Sun has found.
- Perryville Commissioner Michael Dawson questions the juvenile outreach programs new summer initiative
- When the chemical difference in the water was discovered – it made tap water cloudy even after filtration and treatment – the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, which manages Loch Raven Reservoir, took precautions at the intake to fix the problem.
- Howard County announced Friday that residents can resume normal water use as the water main repair that had the county urging residents to conserve water is now complete.
- Harford County government said it has received "numerous calls" this week about cloudy or discolored tap water experienced by customers of the county's public water system. Despite the concerns raised, the county is advising residents the water is safe to drink and the discoloration is a temporary seasonal condition caused by elevated levels of manganese in the water source.
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Two recent infrastructure failures in Baltimore underscore the need for greater federal investment in the nation's water systems. - Gov. Martin O'Malley says farmers have been among them state's best partners in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.
- City officials have closed down part of Monument Street near Johns Hopkins Hospital after a sinkhole developed Wednesday afternoon and evacuated buildings in the immediate area.
- Aegis writer/editor looks back on 40 years covering Harford County and what he may or may not have learned from his experience.
- Baltimore's aging water system needs makeover; city officials identify 65 miles of lines at high risk of breaking.
- There was another heat-related death in Harford County.
- Nurses demand disclosure of chemicals used in natural gas drilling
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- Downtown traffic patterns will remain disrupted for at least three weeks as city public works crews replace a 120-year-old water main that burst Monday, city officials said Tuesday.
- A water main break in downtown Baltimore disrupted evening commutes and appeared to have a main artery "buckling."
- A water main break in downtown Baltimore disrupted evening commutes and appeared to have a main artery "buckling."
- Water that comes out of faucets in Annapolis, Leonardtown, Easton tens of thousands to more than a million years old, geologists find.
- Bagel shop concept that replicates Brooklyn water comes to Baltimore
- Residents of western Baltimore County have been asked to conserve water usage for the rest of July as Baltimore City repairs a water distribution line.
- If you witnessed the thunderstorms that hit the area Friday, June 29, you might have thought that they seemed more intense than normal.
- They are LITERALLY around the corner from each other, like a six-minute walk.
- Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. explains its response to Friday's storms and its efforts to restore power.
- Howard County Department of Public Works ask residents to conserve water in heat wave
- Administrative office building approved for Abingdon Water Treatment Plant
- Ribbon-cutting held for new plant, which would process at least 20 million gallons daily
- McCarty says customers likely are due millions more in refunds
- Charles Osborne Fisher Sr., 95, a long standing Westminster attorney, bank director, past chair of the Health Services Cost Review Commission and last surviving co-founder of Carroll Hospital Center, died June 22 at his home after a brief illness.
- Forty years after Tropical Storm Agnes caused massive flooding in Laurel, residents still remember the devastation, and city officials say the area is better prepared for storms.
- Wachs Water Services will leave the East Towson property owned by Baltimore City by the end of July.
- In a televised debate that aired live Thursday evening on Harford Cable Network, County Executive David Craig insisted any opposition to having a waste transfer station on Route 7 in Joppa is just a matter of residents being against having infrastructure in their backyards.
- Part of a Route 1 property was being proposed for a new Bel Air Plaza. The property, which was listed at 44 acres, was then part of the Durham farm. The first phase of the Bel Air Plaza was to include 15 different store locations using 100,000 square feet at a cost of $14 per square foot to construct.
- Harford County Board of Estimates approves contracts for several road repair projects
- Residents of Crofton and Odenton are being asked to limit their use of water through Monday morning after a water main break.
- Harford County Board of Estimates approves more than $3 million in health care for inmates
- A powerful stench was in the air at the Inner Harbor Saturday, as 12-year-olds Alison Chase and Marissa Westerbeke hunched over the water's edge, studying tiny crabs floating to the surface.
- When Harford County Executive David Craig first proposed building a new Havre de Grace High School a little more than a year ago, I wrote a column that was generally supportive of the concept. While I still think Craig's proposal has merit, it appears the project isn't going to fly during his time as county executive, which means it probably won't get done during my time covering the news in Harford County, either. The project appears to be doomed for years, a casualty of fiscal reality or
- For the fourth consecutive year, Baltimore officials are proposing a 9 percent increase to water and sewer rates – and the charges will continue to grow indefinitely to cover the costs of major projects, they say.
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- Harford County Board of Estimates approves contract for Robin Hood Road improvements
- Baltimore DPW is committed to reducing water meter billing errors
- Del. Pat McDonough, who stirred controversy this week when he said "roving mobs of black youth" terrorize Baltimore, shrugged off the criticism Friday that he is a shock jock looking to raise his political profile.
- Two Notre Dame Prep physics classes put a year's worth of learning to the test and built boats out of cardboard and duct tape with the intention of paddling across the school's pool.
- Two city water meter readers turned in phony numbers in at least two neighborhoods in recent months, the Department of Public Works acknowledged Tuesday, leading to more inaccurate billing by a water bureau that has been plagued by bad accounting.
- American Rivers puts Potomac, 'nation's river,' at top of its annual "most endangered" waters list, saying it's threatened by urban and farm pollution, and by threatened cutbacks in federal funding and regulations
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