stormwater

Tina Meyers, Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper for an environmental group called Blue Water Baltimore, is among the clean water advocates asking Maryland to issue a stronger stormwater pollution control permit for Baltimore.  A coalition of waterfront businesses and residents have set a goal of making Baltimore Harbor swimmable and fishable within eight years. 

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is building "green" alleys, parking lots and basketball courts with holes in them to absorb stormwater runoff pollution.

As Maryland prepares to go on its pollution diet, certain jurisdictions are looking into fees to help pay for the cost of reducing stormwater runoff. But critics say it’s not the right time for a regressive tax. We talk with an Anne Arundel councilman who’s proposing a measure there.  Then - WYPR managing editor for news Sunni Khalid on what he learned about how Marylanders deal with death and remembrance after spending weeks reporting the series “Last Rites.” And - where have all the critics gone?

EPA Bay Czar Jeff Corbin points to runoff pollution caused by rain storm.

Health warning on bridge over Herring Run in northeast Baltimore, which has been plagued with sewage overflows.