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		<title>Officials Apologize for Delayed Response to Water Issues Near Earleville Dump, Bottled Water Given at Local Meeting; Some Wells Had 1,000 Times Max Manganese</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 22:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over 20 years, Earleville residents living near a federal shipping channel dredge spoil dumpsite fought for recognition, accountability and an immediate solution for pollution of their drinking water wells. Finally, on Saturday 5/28/16, they got an apology, free bottled water, and the concerned attention of Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration, represented by the Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). But the polluters-in-chief—the US Army Corps of Engineers—were nowhere to be seen or heard at a hastily called community meeting at Bohemia Manor High School in Chesapeake City to discuss recently disclosed high levels of manganese in both untreated wellwater and water treated with home filtration systems. The high levels of manganese—which has been linked to neurological and brain damage in young children in multiple studies and neurological problems in older adults in some research—were recorded by the Cecil County health department in 2013 and 2014 well tests, and forwarded to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in mid-2014 for review. But the federal agency only responded, with alarm bells about the manganese levels in local well tests, a few weeks ago. [SEE the exclusive CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT, published last week on 5/25/16, here: [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Faces $600 Million Tab for Bay Pollution Cleanup; New Flush Rules for Homeowners</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2011/11/cecil-county-faces-600-million-tab-for-bay-pollution-cleanup-homeowners-face-new-flush-mandates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Commissioners got the preliminary bill Tuesday on how much it will cost to comply with state and federal mandates to limit pollution flowing to the Chesapeake Bay: nearly $600 million and counting. The cost per household is calculated at about $16,000, although individual property owners with septic systems could face higher costs if they are forced to dig up existing tanks and install nitrogen-reduction systems and extend electricity lines to operate the tanks. But the Commissioners still have choices to make that could alter the overall county cost figure slightly, while easing the burden somewhat on individual homeowners. Cecil County must draft a “watershed implementation plan” (WIP) to reduce water pollution and submit it to the state in the next few weeks. County Commissioners will have some tough decisions to make — something that the current Board of Commissioners has not shown itself to be able to do without multiple delays and re-consideration on a variety of issues. Scott Flanigan, the county’s Director of Public Works and a professional engineer, has been warning the Commissioners for months that the costs of the WIP mandates would be staggering. He and his staff outlined a series of options at a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Faces Costly Bay Cleanup; Septic Users May Have to Dig Up Tanks for $20K Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bad news just keeps getting worse for Cecil County on costly sewage and environmental problems. Scott Flanigan, the county’s Director of Public Works and a professional engineer, delivered the latest bad news to the County Commissioners at a worksession Tuesday. In order to meet state mandates—as part of a federal requirement to clean up the Chesapeake Bay—Cecil County will likely have to impose new rules on old and new septic systems and pay costs for extension of sewer services into more populated areas that are currently not served by county or municipal sewer systems. Cecil County must draft a “watershed implementation plan” (WIP) to reduce water pollution and submit it to the state in the next few months, but County Commissioners will have some tough decisions to make in the next few weeks— something that the current Board of Commissioners has not shown itself to be able to do without multiple delays and much hemming and hawing on a variety of issues. Flanigan said that the county “might have to make it mandatory” to force existing homeowners in the “critical area” to spend $15,000 to $20,000 to upgrade their septic systems to so-called “highest available technology” septic systems that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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