Fri December 18, 2020 - Northeast Edition
The Avenue News
The
Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) on Dec. 9 approved funding of more than $100 million toward major projects to protect the supply of drinking water for customers in the Baltimore region.
In addition, the new monies will be used to improve wastewater infrastructure in Baltimore City and Baltimore County to prevent sewage overflows and backups into homes and businesses.
One of the approved projects concerned improvements in the electrical system reliability at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Baltimore.
A grant of more than $63 million will help fund the construction of electrical improvements that are essential to support the operation of the Back River plant s headworks project, which will provide wet weather storage to protect treatment processes and relieve restrictions to reduce sewage backups and overflows.