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House amends aquifer recharge pilot to add notices but rejects additional plain-language amendment
Summary
Delegates debated a transparency amendment for a pilot program to inject treated water into an aquifer in Anne Arundel County; the House rejected a plain-language notification amendment but members pressed for clarity on MDE testing and which wells would be notified.
House Bill 1296, establishing an aquifer recharge pilot program in Anne Arundel County, was debated on the floor after a delegate offered an amendment to require plain-language public notice about a pilot that would inject treated water into an aquifer.
The amendment's sponsor said the change would require county websites, newsletters and electronic notices to explain in plain language what the pilot involves, citing past local controversy over unrelated projects and national examples such as Flint, Michigan. The floor leader and committee members said the bill, as amended in committee and by MDE-requested language,…
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