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Environmental Regulators Order Baltimore City to Expand Sewage Assistance Program - Rain or Shine
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment have ordered Baltimore City to expand a program that helps homeowners who have suffered a sewage backup due to problems in the city's aging sewer pipes, fulfilling a longtime demand of community organizations, environmental advocates, and impacted residents. Sewage backups can be devastating for residents and render a home uninhabitable, and our organizations urge the city to quickly and completely adopt the regulators’ recommendations.
Currently, city programs only help residents with sewage backups in a narrow