​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Welcome to Maryland Departm​ent of the Environment's Chesapeake Bay Restoration hub. The resources, provided in this hub, help show how the State is doing its part to restore an economic engine and national treasure.​ Please click on the images below to learn about Maryland's progress to meeting its restoration goals and its plan to restore a healthier Chesapeake Bay by addressing pollution across multiple landscapes. (Internet Explorer is not supported for some elements of this page) ​

Over the last two decades, Maryland has raised more than $8.4 billion through the Bay Restoration Fund (BRF). MDE has distributed those funds to upgrade 67 major wastewater treatment plants throughout the state, upgrade more than 12,500 septic systems to nitrogen reducing technologies, connected more than 1,300 homes to public sewer, and funds around 200,000 acres of cover crops per year.  This has prevented more than 8.5 million pounds of nitrogen from reaching our waterways each year. Though extremely sucessful, there is more that needs to be done! ​​ 

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