In a dramatic enforcement action, Maryland regulators moved Sunday to take over Baltimore’s troubled Back River sewage treatment plant after a weekend inspection found that city officials had failed to
In the two months since Maryland filed suit against Baltimore City over sewage treatment failures at its two wastewater plants, problems have worsened at the Back River site prompting state environmental officials to issue an order demanding the facility be brought into compliance within 48 hours.
Just a few days after being accused of lax oversight of polluters, the Maryland Department of the Environment filed suit against the city of Baltimore that alleges numerous and ongoing