Meet our Staff Join our mission to help every Baltimore resident get clean water and green neighborhoods. Baltimore thrives when our waterways are clean. Christina Akins | Human Resources Generalist As the Senior Human Resources Coordinator, Christina oversees various functions such as recruiting, onboarding and training for Blue Water Group and its employees. She is here to be…
After leading Blue Water Baltimore for almost four years as our Board Chair, Fiona Newton is passing the torch to Kevin Shea in January 2019. We sat down with Fiona to talk about her journey with our organization, what she sees for the future, and what people might be surprised to know about her. …
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…
On Saturday, June 27 the Baltimore region was drenched with over three inches of rainfall in a matter of hours. Whenever large rainstorms like these hit Baltimore, stormwater runoff leaks into our sanitary sewer system through cracks in aging pipes. As a result, the capacity of sewage pipes is overwhelmed and causes massive sewage overflows…
New water quality advisory signage may now be found at access points to rivers and streams in the Baltimore area in an effort to inform the public regarding specific health-related waterway precautions. Advisory Signage The advisory signage from Baltimore City states, “Urban streams are subject to pollutants and runoff. Contact with the water should be…
Imagine you are out kayaking in the Gwynns Falls on a hot and sunny day in mid-July. It hasn’t rained in a week, yet somehow as you paddle past a large stormwater outfall you see a steady flow of water discharging into the river. Would you think this is strange? After all, it has been…