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Sewer Worker Dead in Baltimore Trench Collapse

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A 15-ft-deep excavated sewer trench in Baltimore that collapsed June 5, killing a 20-year-old construction worker, was not fitted with required safety shoring, according to investigators.

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Clean Water Advocates Seek Legal Pressure in Baltimore

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Not confident that necessary sewage and water repairs will be finished on time, the Blue Water Baltimore filed this week for legal status to help enforce a federal court order that requires Baltimore to make $1.2 billion in repairs to its sewer system over the next 15 years.

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Judge OK's Baltimore Sewage Rehab Plan

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A consent decree to rehabilitate Baltimore’s century-old sewer system has been endorsed by a federal judge.

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Baltimore To Spend $1.6B on Sewerage System Upgrade

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A federal judge has endorsed a consent decree to rehabilitate Baltimore's. century-old sewer system, clearing the way for a $1.6-billion billion strategy to stop. millions of gallons of wastewater from leaking into the city's Inner Harbor and the Chesapeake Bay within the next 13 years.

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EPA Approves $202M WIFIA Loan to Baltimore

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Loan covers 21% of the $942-million of a package of wastewater treatment plant and sewer system improvements.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

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However, local jurisdictions with general taxing powers ( e.g. , Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Montgomery County) have the authority to levy a bag fee on disposable plastic carryout bags that are clogging waterways, harming wildlife, and consuming valuable landfill space to discourage the use of disposable bags or to promote bag recycling.

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Advanced Manufacturing Industry: Dynamic Advancements

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These arteries link the city with major markets along the east coast, including Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington D.C. Underground Solutions, a manufacturer of infrastructure technologies for water, sewer and conduit applications has purchased a 100,000-square-foot facility in Vineland, and J.G. and New York City.