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In Maryland, most of the northern Rock Creek watershed has good to excellent water quality, according to studies conducted by the county government. In 2004, to preserve water quality in partially developed areas, the county imposed restrictions on development (i.e., designation of "Special Protection Areas") in parts of this sub-watershed. [6]
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Coordination of the lake's use for water supply purposes is managed by the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB). The impoundment also collects acid mine drainage from coal mines located upstream, which improves the water quality of the river downstream.
Back River is a tidal estuary in Baltimore County, Maryland, located about 2 miles (3 km) east of the city of Baltimore.The estuary extends from Essex, Maryland, southeast for about 8.8 miles (14.2 km) [1] to the Chesapeake Bay.
Baltimore City officials are advising immunocompromised individuals, children and senior citizens to avoid drinking tap water across a large swath of its service area in the city, Baltimore County ...
The facility is located in the Technology Research Center on the UMBC campus, allowing for ample research opportunities in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. CUERE's stated mission is "to advance the understanding of the environmental, social and economic consequences of the transformation of the urban landscape through research ...
The water from Prettyboy Reservoir is transferred to Loch Raven via Gunpowder Falls rather than directly to Baltimore. It is then transferred via tunnel from Loch Raven to the Montebello Filtration Plants in Baltimore for treatment and distribution. Prettyboy Dam, completed in 1932, impounds the Gunpowder Falls to create the Reservoir.
Lake Bernard Frank (also Lake Frank), is a 54-acre (220,000 m 2) reservoir on the North Branch of Rock Creek in Derwood, Maryland, U.S., just east of Rockville.In the late 1960s it was renamed after Bernard Frank, a wilderness activist and a co-founder of The Wilderness Society. [2]