The Riverkeeper for the Gunpowder River, a tributary of the upper Chesapeake Bay, has filed a motion to join the Maryland Department of the Environment’s case against a real-estate developer for hundreds of permit violations over two years. The state is seeking significant fines and restoration of the affected waterways.
“No grass, no crabs”: Maryland community grapples with Gunpowder River mud pollution
The Gunpowder Riverkeeper and the Maryland Department of the Environment are suing the largest homebuilder in the country for water quality violations from their construction site. Meanwhile, the Joppa community grapples with the repercussions of the muddy waterways.