Water Fact Sheets

Maryland Groundwater Awareness Week

• Facts About Groundwater

319 Non-Point Source

•  Nonpoint Source Program §319(h) Management and Financial Assistance

Fish and Shellfish Contamination

• Clean Water - Safe Shellfish
• Application Procedures for the Relaying of Shellstock from Polluted Waters for the Purpose of Natural Cleansing
• Shellfish Safety Guidelines for Boaters and Commercial Harvesters
• Rangia Clam
• Pfiesteria Fact Sheet

Flood Hazard Mitigation

• Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program
• Well Protection in Flood Prone Areas

Stormwater Management

• Stormwater Conservation in Your Backyard
• Stormwater and the Chesapeake Bay
• Winter Weather, Chemical Deicers, and the Chesapeake Bay
• Carwashing Fundraisers
  

TMDL

• TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Load)
• Maryland's 303(d) List

Water Conservation

• Conducting a Household Water Audit
• Conducting a Drinking Water Distribution System Water Audit
• Conducting a State Facility Water Audit
• Water Conservation Fact Sheet

Water Quality

• Bacteriological Water Quality Monitoring
• Application Procedures for the Relaying of Shellstock from Polluted Waters for the Purpose of Natural Cleansing
• Biotoxicity Testing Protocol for Industrial and Municipal Effluents - Currently Under EPA Review
• Do You Need a Discharge for Your Aquaculture Operation
• Maryland's Surface Water Quality Standards
• Protecting Our Waterways - Verifying Industry Self Monitoring
• Protecting the Bay from Toxics
• Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing
• Your Bay, Your Watershed: Pathways to the Bay: The Chesapeake Watershed

Water Supply

• Maryland’s Source Water Assessment Program Factsheet
• Wellhead Protection Program
• Arsenic Water Treatment for Individual Wells in Maryland
• Health Information about Arsenic in Drinking Water

Wetlands

• Nontidal Wetlands Regulations and Agriculture
• Nontidal Wetlands Regulations and Aquaculture
• Nontidal Wetlands Classifications
• Nontidal Wetlands Regulations and Development Activities
• Nontidal Wetlands and Forestry
• Nontidal Wetlands Regulations and Mitigation
• Nontidal Wetlands Regulations and Mitigation Bonding
• Nontidal Wetlands Regulations and the Property Owner
• Nontidal Wetlands Protection Programs
• Nontidal Wetlands of Special State Concern
• Nontidal Wetlands and Their Values
• Marsh Creation
• How to Select a Contractor
• How to Select a Shoreline Stabilization Practice
• Maintaining Your Shoreline Stabilization Practice

 

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