April 28, 2009
Tuesday Headlines: Massive Water Main Break in Downtown Baltimore
All city buildings in downtown Baltimore and the federal and circuit courts were closed Tuesday after a massive water main break. Public Works officials had been planning repairs in the area, but the break occurred before those repairs could start. Mayor Sheila Dixon says the line that broke is about 100-years-old.
Headlines
In Indiana, the city of Richmond has issued a combined sewer overflow alert and residents are advised to avoid all contact with the East Fork and Whitewater Rivers for at least 72 hours.
Sewer Overflows persist in Milwaukee after more than 4 inches of rain fell on the area. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District is blending partially treated sewage with fully treated wastewater and in an attempt to prevent basement backups in the area served by the district and to prevent overflows of separate sanitary sewers to urban streams.
Lake Ozark, Missouri has been sentenced by a U.S. District Court in a case involving a sewage spill that occurred in the fall of 2007. As a result of the spill the city was sentenced to a $50,000 fine and five years probation.
Stimulus Spotlight
The Salt Lake City area will see improvements to its drinking water systems after receiving millions in stimulus funds to meet new pressure and capacity standards, as well as to provide safer drinking water.
Sewer Rate News
Holts Summit, Missouri
Worcester, Massachusetts
