Waiting until the washing machine and dish washer are full will reduce the amount of water you use each month. Only using the machines while they’re full will conserve more water and lead to a cheaper bill. Click here to see water-efficient products.
Bay Restoration: Maryland’s Draft Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan Available For Public Review And Comment
Draft documentation of Maryland’s Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) for the Chesapeake Bay TMDL will be available for public review and comment on the MDE web site.
Idea Bank - Deposit One and Take One
Do you have any ideas you would like to share with other Smart, Green and Growing Partners? Just click on the button and send in your idea. It will be posted ASAP. Deposit one and take one.
All innovations have come from someone’s good idea or someone else’s urgent need.
Please submit your ideas to sgg@dnr.state.md.us
Features from the Idea Bank
- The NorthEast Regional Climate Center has developed an online tool to help homeowners assess whether to water their lawn on a daily basis. Check it out
- Learn about food production and consumption on the Maryland Food System
- Pure Oxygen Injection into Wastewater Outfalls
Talbot County is working to incorporate the injection of pure oxygen into submerged wastewater outfalls. The energy of the wastewater flows can transport a significant mass of oxygen into streams and rivers. Using this technique in warm weather months accelerates the oxidation of organically enriched sediments and greatly improve dissolved oxygen concentrations in waterways over large areas, creating wildlife habitats. - Use the arts to promote clean water. The town of Easton had Clean Water Week last month with music, film, art, and the latest on ways to make our local waterways clean and healthy again.
