Even after a snow storm, pollution monitoring must go on! In fact, pollution monitoring must go on, especially after a snow storm! When it snows, a massive amount of salt (sodium chloride) is applied to our roads. While the salt makes roads safer for driving, it wreaks havoc on our waterways. Salt can be toxic to…
Gushing water main breaks, chronic sewage overflows, and “fatbergs” in the pipes – when it comes to Baltimore’s failing infrastructure, sometimes it feels like we’re the only city dealing with these seemingly insurmountable problems. We often get asked during our Pollution 101 training events whether Baltimore is alone in its struggles for clean water, but the answer is…
Today, Blue Water Baltimore, the home of the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, announced that our tidal water quality monitoring program has achieved Tier III status through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program (EPA CBP). This is the highest standard set by EPA for non-traditional monitoring entities, and means that the tidal data we routinely…