Pilot Monitoring for 14 Pesticides in MD Surface Waters

Publication date: 3/1/1984 | Type of document: Report

Monitoring of pesticides in Maryland surface waters.

The Potential for Nutrient Loadings from Septic System To Ground & Surface Water Resources & Chesapeake Bay (14.3 MB)

Publication date: 4/15/1997 | Type of document: Report

A report on nutrient loadings from septic systems to ground and surface water resources & the Chesapeake Bay.

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries

Publication date: 6/1/2003 | Type of document: Report

EPA has defined the water quality conditions through the Chesapeake Bay-specific water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen, water clarity and chlorophyll a in this publication.

Linking Land & Water, Riparian Forest Buffer Initiative

Publication date: 1/1/1998 | Type of document: Report

This is a report on Linking Land 7 Water, Riparian Forest Buffer Initiative.

Glossary of Water Quality Terms (106 KB)

Publication date: 4/14/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet defines commonly used water quality terms

New Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Criteria: Chlorophyll a and Water Clarity (108 KB)

Publication date: 4/14/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This reprint from the July/August 2001 Bay Journal overviews the chlorophylla and water clarity criteria underdevelopment in 2001

Storm Water Management and the Chesapeake Bay (224 KB)

Publication date: 9/1/2001 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This backgrounder answers commonly asked questions about storm water management in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a - 2007 Addendum (5.73 MB)

Publication date: 7/1/2007 | Type of document: Report

This document represents the second formal addendum to the 2003 Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria document.

Suspension Feeders: A Workshop to Assess What we Know; Don't Know and need to know to determine their effects on water quality

Publication date: 12/1/2002 | Type of document: Report

Suspension Feeders: A Workshop to Assess What we Know; Don't Know and need to know to determine their effects on water quality.

Third Biennial International Water Trails Conference

Publication date: 2/1/2000 | Type of document: Report

Edited verbatim proceedings of the water trails conference held in Shepherdstown, WV, October 9013, 1998. Discussion topics include: a keynote speech by U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, Middle Potomac Water Trail, water trail case studies, status and trends of water trails, getting started, sustaining trails, ecotourism, Federal role in water trails, State and Provincial programs, and Chesapeake Bay water trail workshop.

Next Steps for Bay Water Quality Restoration (111 KB)

Publication date: 4/15/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This Backgrounder highlights milestones in Bay water quality restoration between April 2003 and 2010.

Integrating Build-Out analysis and Water quality Modeling to Predict the environmental Impacts of alternative Development Scenarios

Publication date: 3/1/1998 | Type of document: Report

Background information on the use of build-out analysis and water quality/environmental modeling as land planning and water quality predictive management tools.

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Models

Publication date: 2/1/2005 | Type of document: Brochure

This brochure describes the application of the linked Airshed Model, Watershed Model, and Estuarine Water Quality Model in Chesapeake Bay water quality management

Interpolator - Chesapeake Bay and Tidal Tributary River Interpolator Tool

Publication date: 4/1/2000 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

The Chesapeake Bay and tidal Tributary River Interpolator is a standalone application that interpolates water quality sample concentrations on the surface or throughout the 3D volume of the Bay and tidal tributaries.

Chesapeake Bay Water Column Contaminants Critical Issue Forum Proceedings

Publication date: 7/1/1993 | Type of document: Report

Representatives from the Bay basin jurisdictions presented findings from their respective water column contaminant monitoring programs, with emphasis on concentration ranges observed at Bay tidal water stations.

Water Quality Protection and Restoration, An Innovative Approach (119 KB)

Publication date: 4/14/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet reviews the regulations guiding Bay restoration and provides an overview of the transition to the new water quality criteria.

Frequently Asked Questions About Restoring Chesapeake Bay Water Quality (199 KB)

Publication date: 4/15/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This Backgrounder answers commonly asked questions about the new living resource-based approach to restoring Bay water quality.

Forested Riparian Zones and Benefits to Anadromous Fish (98 KB)

Publication date: 11/11/2001 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

Riparian forests are essential interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They intercept surface runoff, subsurface flow and deeper ground water flows for purposes of removing or buffering effects from nutrients, pesticides or other pollutants which could otherwise enter streams and other larger bodies of water.

Guide to Using Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality Monitoring Data

Publication date: 3/1/1993 | Type of document: Report

This document describes the Chesapeake Bay Mainstem Water Quality Monitoring Program in general and provides detailed information about the existing program data base.

What is Dissolved Oxygen and Why is it Important to the Chesapeake Bay? (179 KB)

Publication date: 7/12/2004 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

Dissolved oxygen is vital to the health of the living resources in Chesapeake Bay. This background fact sheet explains the sources of dissolved oxygen, the role dissolved oxygen plays in the Bay ecosystem, and explains low dissolved oxygen conditions sometimes observed in the Bay.