Baltimore city’s water bill crisis has several sources, among the chief ones a 2002 consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency. The consent decree mandated that Baltimore address its aging water infrastructure and make improvements. Regulations implemented by the federal ...

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Sinkholes have indefinitely shut down parts of two downtown Baltimore streets and interrupted light rail service. News outlets report city officials announced Sunday that sinkholes at the intersection of North Howard and West Lexington streets have resulted in the closure ...

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At least one recent water main break in Baltimore was not caused by the frigid temperatures.

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Officials say raw sewage leaked into a West Baltimore stream for eight days before crews fixed a broken sewer pipe.

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The director of Baltimore’s Department of Public Works gave notice on Friday and will be replaced with a deputy, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced.

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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates is scheduled Wednesday to consider a $117,000 settlement of a federal lawsuit filed by a former city employee who alleged he was repeatedly asked to work in manholes despite his claustrophobia.

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Baltimore County will pay more than $130,000, including about $93,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs, to settle claims it required a road-maintenance worker to take unnecessary medical tests and then forced him from his job based on the results.

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The Department of Public Works says water service has been restored after a main break in east Baltimore.

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Despite a report from the city’s audit department that called for lower increases and protests from a packed room of residents about a lack of collection of $25 million in delinquent water bills, the Board of Estimates, Baltimore’s spending board. voted Wednesday to approve a three consecutive years of rate hikes for city water and sewage bills.

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Baltimore officials are close to an agreement with port and other harbor-area industries that could significantly reduce the amount those businesses would pay under the city’s proposed stormwater fee.

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