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Volume IV, Number 7

 November 2010

eMDE is a quarterly publication of the Maryland Department of the Environment. It covers articles on current environmental issues and events in the state. 

High School Students Monitor Water Quality with MDE

By Jay Apperson, Office of Communications

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MDE Deputy Secretary Robert Summers talks about clean water with students from Digital Harbor High School.  

Students from Digital Harbor High School and MDE staff take to the waters of the Inner Harbor. 

Senior Tamara McCoy lowers a secchi disk to test for water clarity. 

Taneara Engam, a junior at Digital Harbor High, charts the results of water quality testing. 

Digital Harbor students used professional equipment to test for water quality. 

Junior Julian Dubose tests for a suite of water quality parameters, including temperature, Ph, and dissolved oxygen.  

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Students from Digital Harbor High School in Baltimore joined Maryland Department of the Environment scientists September 22 at the Inner Harbor to mark World Water Monitoring Day. Deputy Secretary Robert Summers talked to the students about the importance of protecting water resources. The students then boarded MDE boats to test the water for temperature, pH, clarity and dissolved oxygen.

World Water Monitoring Day is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies. This is the fourth year Digital Harbor students have participated along side MDE scientists.

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