Clean Water and Stormwater Management

Clean Water and Stormwater Management

Water pollution is often the result of inappropriate land use. Businesses, such as gas stations, mortuaries, or industrial mulching facilities, may release contaminants into ground water or surface streams. Other users apply chemicals such as fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides, which end up in water. Construction projects can allow erosion to deposit sediment in water. Stormwater runoff is another source of pollution, as contaminants are washed off impervious surfaces into waterways. We support the Watershed Protection Fee.

The Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan is being designed with public input to remodel Ellicott City and decrease the City's vulnerability to flooding. See the county website for more information.