Contaminant levels in Carney-area drinking water have returned to normal, according to the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, which oversees the water supply in parts of Baltimore County. Samples from July 2014 to June 2015 showed the drinking water at the Carney testing site had 61 parts per billion of haloacetic acid (HAA). The legal limit is 60 parts […]
City and county officials were working to repair two water main breaks on Monday. On Monday morning, Councilwoman Cathy Bevins reported that a “water issue” on Delegge Road in Rosedale left about 40 residents without water. On Sunday afternoon, there was a water main break near Eastern Avenue in the Harewood Park area of Chase. Councilwoman Bevins says that Baltimore […]
Residents in the Carney area will be glad to know that the recent road work along Joppa Road will be winding down this month. Councilman David Marks posted the following update on Thursday morning: “I am glad to pass along this update from the county Department of Public Works: ‘The gas upgrades will be complete by the end of this […]
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced on Thursday that county residents will have a direct line to communicate storm-related concerns to the county’s emergency managers beginning this winter season. He made the announcement during the County’s annual winter storm exercise in the Emergency Operations Center, where representatives from County agencies and regional partners work together to coordinate the County’s response […]
The county will be testing a water main in the Middle River area this week which could affect water pressure for some residents. Baltimore County tweeted the following on Monday: Local residents should plan accordingly.
A portion of East Joppa Road that was closed to traffic on Wednesday due to a water main break has been reopened to traffic. The break occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning and led to a massive sinkhole in the 4100 block of E. Joppa Road, near the intersection with Seven Courts Drive. Crews worked throughout the night to […]
Repair crews were on the scene of a water main break in Essex on Tuesday morning. The Department of Public Works says that the break took place around 7:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of Turkey Point Road. The break has left nearby Chesapeake High School without water. DPW says hundreds of other local businesses and services are also without […]
A Perry Hall water main break has left some local residents without water. The break occurred on Monday evening along the 4800 block of Forge Road, near the intersection of Forge Road and Perry Farms Road. Many residents along Forge Road have said they were still without water as of Wednesday morning. The Department of Public Works has not yet provided […]