Maryland

Low Rates, Needed Repairs Lure 'Big Water' to Uncle Sam's Plumbing
2/12/2003 - It was as if someone tugged at a thread that long weekend in November, split the nation's seam and exposed a nasty wound in its guts. It happened first in downtown Baltimore. On Nov. 8, a 20-inch pipe burst, sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into the streets, closing businesses, snarling traffic and flooding the underground, where cars floated in garages. Then in Chicago, a broken water main created a 43-foot sinkhole that swallowed several cars as millions of gallons of water...

A New Frontier in Water Wars Emerges in East
In 1632, King Charles I granted Maryland the right to the Potomac River "from shore to shore." For the most basic of reasons, that is something Virginia, on the Potomac's south bank, is now fighting to overturn.

Maryland city has 31 days of water left, officials say
FREDERICK, MD — City officials say they have 31 days of water left and have been digging wells in search of new sources of water, but they could start trucking in the water as an emergency back up plan.

Wells Drying Up In Town Known For Its Water
In the tiny western Maryland town where Swiss food conglomerate Nestle SA bottles thousands of gallons of Deer Park spring water daily, some residents' wells are drying up.