{"id":1773,"date":"2015-12-03T13:27:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T18:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2015-12-03T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T18:27:26","slug":"board-of-public-works-approves-funding-for-clean-water-and-the-chesapeake-bay-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2015\/12\/03\/board-of-public-works-approves-funding-for-clean-water-and-the-chesapeake-bay-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Public Works approves funding for clean water and the Chesapeake Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"
MEDIA CONTACTS:<\/span><\/h5>\n

Jay Apperson
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(410) 537-3003<\/a>
\njay.apperson@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Board of Public Works approves funding for clean water and the Chesapeake Bay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Grant will reduce pollution, improve water quality<\/em><\/p>\n

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Baltimore, MD (December 3, 2015<\/span><\/span>) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved more than $6 million in funding to improve water quality by reducing pollution from a sewage treatment plant. The Board is composed of Governor Larry Hogan, Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a smart investment and great news for citizens of the Chesapeake Bay region. The Maryland Department of the Environment thanks Governor Hogan for his leadership on this environmental priority,\u201d said Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles. \u201cUpgrading this sewage treatment plant in Washington County will help us to green and grow the state\u2019s economy and lead in the race to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay watersheds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The following project was approved yesterday:<\/p>\n

Maryland Correctional Institution Wastewater Treatment Plant Enhanced Nutrient Removal Upgrade \u2013 Washington County<\/strong><\/p>\n

A $6,186,691 Bay Restoration Fund grant to Maryland Environmental Services will help fund the planning, design and construction of the Enhanced Nutrient Removal (ENR) upgrade at the 1.6 million gallons per day Maryland Correctional Institution Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington County. After the upgrade, the facility will reduce its nitrogen discharge by 62.5 percent and its phosphorus discharge by 85 percent, significantly reducing the amount of nutrients discharged to Antietam Creek and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. Excessive amounts of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus lead to lowered levels of oxygen needed to support aquatic life in waterways, including the Chesapeake Bay. Enhanced Nutrient Removal upgrades of the state\u2019s major wastewater treatment plants are a critical component of Maryland\u2019s Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan.<\/p>\n

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MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson (410) 537-3003 jay.apperson@maryland.gov Board of Public Works approves funding for clean water and the Chesapeake Bay Grant will reduce pollution, improve water quality Baltimore, MD (December 3, 2015) \u2013\u00a0The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved more than $6 million in funding to improve water quality by reducing pollution from a  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,4,82,14,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chesapeake-bay","category-clean-water-2","category-governor-hogan","category-press-release","category-secretary-grumbles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1774,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}