Volume 2, Number 3

July 2006

eMDE is a monthly publication of the Maryland Department of the Environment. It covers articles on current environmental issues and events in the state. Additional monthly features include: MDE public meetings and hearings schedule, enforcement and compliance notes, and permitting activity. 

A stormwater outfall in Silver Spring, Montgomery County. The water is cloudy from pesticides, which were washed down a storm sewer. The water entered Rock Creek and killed over 100,000 fish from Silver Spring to the Potomac River, 10 miles away.