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Maryland Water Quality Monitoring

There are a variety of sources of information concerning water quality in the State of Maryland.  This information can be found on websites maintained by national, state, local subdivisions, academic and non-government organizations. Listed below are examples of these sources of information:

Federal/Inter-State
Organization Information Provided Web Address
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA's Water Quality Database known as STORET http://www.epa.gov/storet/
afgas Mid Atlantic Integrated Assessment Projects
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) asdfa http://www.potomacriver.org
Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) adfasd http://www.srbc.net/
Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) adfasdf http://www.chesapeakebay.net/
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Maryland-specific Water Data http://waterdata.usgs.gov/md/nwis
State of Maryland
2009 State Water Monitoring Strategy

http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/ResearchCenter/
EnvironmentalData/Documents/www.mde.state.md.us/
assets/document/Maryland_Monitoring_Strategy2009.pdf

This report has been reviewed with concurrence by EPA.

Maryland Water Monitoring Council http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/MWMC/
http://cuereims.umbc.edu/MWMC Maryland Water Monitoring Council Clickable Map Projects
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) http://www.dnr.state.md.us

 

Eyes on the Bay

http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/
eyesonthebay/index.cfm

Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://cbf.org
Maryland’s Environmental Resource and Land Information (MERLIN) http://mdmerlin.net
Universities/Academia
University of Maryland Horn Point Laboratory (Cambridge, MD)

http://www.umces.edu/hpl

http://www.cbl.umces.edu/ Univ. of MD Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (Solomons, MD) Projects/Data

http://www.al.umces.edu/

Univ. of MD Appalachian Laboratory (Frostburg, MD) Projects
Non-Governmental Organizations
http://www.talbotrivers.org The Talbot River Protection Association Projects
http://www.herringrun.org Herring Run Watershed Projects
http://www.chesterriverassociation.org/ Chester River Association Projects/Data
http://www.corsicariverconservancy.org/ Corsica River Conservancy Projects
Local Subdivisions

http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/environment/
watersampling/index.html

http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/environment/
watersheds/ep_watershed_monitoring.html

Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management Projects/Data
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/deatmpl.asp Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection Projects/Data
http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Government/AgenciesDepartments
/PublicWorks/BureauofWaterWastewater/CustomerCare.aspx
Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water and Waste Water Projects/Data
http://www.wssc.dst.md.us/ Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Projects/Data

 
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