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Maryland Superheroes Needed to Battle Illicit Discharges

By: Deb Courson Smith, Public News Service – MD, March 6, 2012 BALTIMORE – When Marylanders flush the toilet or pull a bathtub plug, it’s assumed the wastewater goes to a treatment facility. But that’s not always the case, as the Center for Watershed Protection discovered during its initial research into flows coming from stormwater pipes draining into local streams and creeks. Watershed ecologist Lori Lilly, a planner with the Center, says that whenever water is flowing out of those pipes on a dry day, it should be tested. “Our research has shown that 80 percent of the time there’s [...]

2017-09-27T10:30:37-04:00March 6th, 2012|
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Healthy Harbor: Swimming and Fishing Dreams Can Come True

By: Deb Courson Smith, Public News Service – MD, December 14, 2011 BALTIMORE – Swimming and fishing in Baltimore Harbor – in less than 10 years? That’s the goal of the “Healthy Harbor” initiative from the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore. Details will be finalized at a public meeting today on how to clean up the water and waterways leading to the harbor. The goal is for the water to be safe for bathers and anglers by 2020. Bill Stack, deputy director of programs at the Center for Watershed Protection, helped work on the plan. Although the water is in better [...]

2017-09-27T11:13:30-04:00December 14th, 2011|
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