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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Storm Damage: Flooding, Road Closures and Downed Trees

Heavy rainfall overnight on Wednesday soaked Howard County.

A rain storm that poured down on the county overnight on Wednesday caused flooding, road closures and downed trees. The storm swept through Maryland leaving approximately two inches of rainfall in an 18-hour period, according to National Weather Service (NWS) data. On Main Street in Historic Ellicott City, the Patapsco River rose so high it nearly reached the bridge that leads into Catonsville. Officials closed Main Street in the morning due to flooding and some businesses were dealing with the after-effects. Phoenix Emporium, Great Panes and Discoveries were just some of the Main Street businesses that said they experienced flooding due to the storm. “You get used to it,” said Len Berkowitz, owner of Great Panes, who was cleaning up …

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Patapsco River Goes 'Completely' Over its Bank in Ellicott City (UPDATED), Ellicott City Flooding 'You Get Used to it', Aftermath: Tropical Storm's Rainfall Totals Were Worse Than Hurricane Irene, and 2 more ›

Friday, September 23, 2011

County Seeks Input on Plan to Clean Up Waterways

Experts say Howard County is one of many jurisdictions that will need to significantly decrease pollution going into local rivers and streams.

Early next month, Howard County Public Works officials will begin laying out the second phase of a Watershed Implementation Plan, which is a roadmap to cleaning the county's waterways and, in turn, the Chesapeake Bay. In December of 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency released a "diet" for the bay–a Total Maximum Daily Load–which calls for a decrease of nitrogen and phosphorous flowing into the bay and its tributaries. Howard Saltzman of the Howard County's Storm Water Management Division says the state of Maryland asked counties to carry out plans to reduce the loads of nutrients that deplete resources in the bay. "The [Watershed Implementation Plan] is going to require us to do a whole lot more than we're doing today," said …

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Council Approves $1.56 Billion Budget After ‘Diligent’ Review (in Laurel Patch)

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