State’s MTBE plans assailed
Even before they have been published, proposed new state regulations aimed at preventing groundwater contamination by a noxious gasoline additive are coming under fire from both sides. Gasoline dealers and...
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Vapor leakage seen as threat
Leaks of gasoline vapors from supposedly leak-free underground storage tanks - as Maryland regulators suspect occurred near Fallston recently - threaten to undermine the gains of a 20-year national effort...
Residents angry over handling of MTBE leak
As the investigation of groundwater contamination around Fallston drags on, residents of the Harford County community are questioning the Maryland Department of the Environment's handling of a problem that has...
Possible vapor leaks found at fuel station
As many as 17 potential fuel vapor leaks have been found at an Exxon service station that state officials believe is a prime suspect in contaminating at least 127 Fallston-area...
State considers new MTBE rules
As new, more sensitive testing began yesterday for the source of a gasoline additive that has contaminated at least 127 Fallston area wells, state environmental officials are weighing new regulations...
Microbes fight gas additive
PORT HUENEME, Calif. -- Almost hidden by a low stockade fence, an unassuming tangle of white plastic pipe and metal tanks on the parade ground of a Navy base here...
MTBE still fouls half of Calif. city’s water
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Miriam Cardenas was puzzled when she first saw the strange reading in the water-quality report she got back from the laboratory. As chief water chemist for...
Fallston wells to be retested
Many of the approximately 200 wells in the Fallston area tested for a gasoline additive will be retested, officials said yesterday after residents questioned the reliability of an earlier sampling...
Trouble under ground
A potentially cancer-causing chemical has cropped up intermittently for 13 years in the ground water around an Exxon service station in Harford County, which this month became the epicenter of...
More tainted wells found
Testing of wells in a Harford County community has found a potentially cancer-causing chemical in the drinking water of at least 11 more homes and businesses, bringing to 28 the...