[NOTE: this Newsletter was originally published on June 13th.] Summer Swimming Season Water Monitoring After Memorial Day, we began our summer swimming season monitoring efforts. So far, E. coli levels have been low enough that it is safe to swim at every point we monitor. Please keep in mind that E. coli levels can change …
On May 9th, the Maryland Public Service Commission granted Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® and 126 other interested parties intervenor status in the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project Update case. We would like to thank everyone that wrote to PSC asking that we be granted intervenor status. On Tuesday, June 10th, at 10:00 AM, the Maryland Public Service Commission …
Earlier this month we published our Spring Newsletter. You can read it in its original format here, or you can read a updated version below [Text in brackets is new]. Since our last newsletter, we have won an award! Thanks to Chesapeake Bay Trust, we received a grant to host the Maryland Climate Corps ‘All …
We recently opposed a special exception zoning change #2025-001-X from RC-5 (Rural Residential) to a solar farm, as the change stands to replace 15 acres of forested land home to a vernal pool and a stream. Impacts from the proposed project could carry excess sediment and warm water into the Little Gunpowder Falls. Supporting Bill 18-25 …
Please join Gunpowder Riverkeeper in attending the Virtual Hearing for MDE’s Hampstead Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge Permit. Listed Below are links to the hearing and the original document. From MDE: MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT WATER AND SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF TENTATIVE DETERMINATION AND PUBLIC HEARING Carroll County Application for State Discharge Permit 22DP0594, NDPES …