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Print Media:
Groundwater Resources on Delmarva
Somerset County: Permit Issued for Disputed Wells
Somerset County Resolves MDE Water Appropriation Issues
Walnut Park Shopping Center Opens
Terrapin Run Expert Testimony
Westminster Makes Plans to Protect Water Supply
| ALWI Designs Repair of Large Sinkhole |
On Monday July 28, 2003, the Carroll County Times reported in a copyrighted front-page story that “…about 50 homes in downtown Westminster were left without water over the weekend after a sinkhole broke a water main and…” gas mains. The Times reported that “…emergency crews from Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. closed the site to city workers until the gas mains could be safely closed…” whereupon the City of Westminster restored water service to affected residents. The sinkhole first appeared on Saturday July 26th, and continued to settle through Sunday afternoon. By the late evening, it was about 50 feet wide, 60 feet long and 20 to 30 feet deep, Mayor Kevin Dayhoff of Westminster, said to a Times reporter. Dayhoff said that sinkhole remediation work should take about a week under the control and oversight of hydrogeologists and engineers.
Following an extensive interview ALWI granted late in the afternoon of Sunday, July 27th, The Times reported that “Hydrogeologist Mark Eisner, of Advanced Land and Water Inc. and a consultant for the City of Westminster, said sinkholes typically occur where there are limestone and marble beds in the ground because both stones have calcium carbonate as a principal chemical component. Calcium carbonate erodes in the presence of water, creating a hole underground. There is an identified marble bed, called the Wakefield, in the vicinity of the sinkhole… ‘Does that mean that a sinkhole will happen?’ Eisner asked. ‘No. But it's not a shock that it does happen.’”
The full article can be viewed at The Carroll County Times Online
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ALWI Supports New High-Capacity Water Supply
EPA Presents Source Water Protection Award to Cecil County, MD.
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