2020 Water Quality Report Card is Here
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2020 Water Quality Report Card is Here

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22nd, Blue Water Baltimore held our second annual Afternoon With Your Waterkeeper event to release our 2019 water quality data. In response to current global events, we took the event online and held our very first large-scale webinar! Our water quality monitoring program hit…

Baltimore Water Watch: Presenting Our 2018 Water Quality Scores
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Baltimore Water Watch: Presenting Our 2018 Water Quality Scores

How’s the Water, Hon? Blue Water Baltimore is thrilled to announce the launch of our new water quality mapping platform: www.baltimorewaterwatch.org!  We worked with the experts at Chesapeake Commons for our new innovative approach to data visualization.  For the first time ever, we are able share in-depth information about the specific measurements of water health…

Village Blue Brings Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring to Baltimore Harbor
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Village Blue Brings Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring to Baltimore Harbor

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…

Trawling the Harbor for Trash
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Trawling the Harbor for Trash

When we survey the Inner Harbor, it is easy to see some types of trash. Plastic bottles and bags often float to the surface. But what about those smaller pieces of trash, like cigarette butts and tiny bits of expanded polystyrene foam (aka styrofoam)? On July 20th, Blue Water Baltimore’s Waterkeeper team partnered with Trash Free Maryland and the National Aquarium to do…

David’s First Blitz – Getting Your Feet Wet for Clean Water
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David’s First Blitz – Getting Your Feet Wet for Clean Water

On a bright morning in May intrepid volunteer David Farkas pulled on the waders for his first ever outfall screening blitz with Blue Water Baltimore … Our screening blitz volunteers perform a vital role in helping us identify pollution entering our waterways through Baltimore City’s stormwater system, whether in the form of sewage, water main breaks,…