Baltimore City Council
File #: 18-0111R    Version: 0 Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Metropolitan Drinking Supply
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Withdrawn
File created: 10/15/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/24/2019
Enactment #:
Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Metropolitan Drinking Supply For the purpose of investigating the quality of source water for the Baltimore Metropolitan drinking supply, the impacts of activities and land uses at City-owned reservoir lands and throughout their watersheds, costs associated with such activities and land uses; and calling on representatives of the Department of Public Works, the Environmental Police, the Department of Real Estate, the Office of Sustainability, the Department of Transportation, the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to report on such concerns.
Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Brandon M. Scott, Eric T. Costello, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Shannon Sneed, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, John T. Bullock, President Young
Indexes: Baltimore City, Drinking, Informational Hearing, Metropolitan, Water
Attachments: 1. 18-0111R~1st Reader, 2. BDC 18-0111R, 3. Real Estate 18-0111R, 4. Baltimore Metro Council - 18-0111R, 5. Baltimore Metro Council - Strategy RTG Progress Report - 18-0111R, 6. DOT 18-0111R, 7. Sustainability 18-0111R, 8. MOEM 18-0111R, 9. Complete File 18-0111R - Withdrawn
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
6/24/20190 City Council Withdrawn  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/29/20180 Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20180 The City Council Refer to Baltimore Metropolitan Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20180 The City Council Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20180 The City Council Refer to Office of Sustainability  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20180 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Transportation  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20180 The City Council Refer to Mayor's Office of Emergency Management  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20180 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Public Works  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20180 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Real Estate  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/15/20180 City Council Assigned  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/15/20180 City Council Introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available
* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Dorsey


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore Metropolitan Drinking Supply
For the purpose of investigating the quality of source water for the Baltimore Metropolitan drinking supply, the impacts of activities and land uses at City-owned reservoir lands and throughout their watersheds, costs associated with such activities and land uses; and calling on representatives of the Department of Public Works, the Environmental Police, the Department of Real Estate, the Office of Sustainability, the Department of Transportation, the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to report on such concerns.
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Baltimore City gets its drinking water from three reservoirs and their respective watersheds, and shares the supply with Baltimore, Howard, Harford, Carroll, and Anne Arundel Counties. The Director of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works is responsible for adopting and enforcing rules and regulations governing the protection of the City’s water supply and facilities. In 2005, the City and surrounding Counties agreed to ensure that the three reservoirs and their respective watersheds provide high quality raw water for the water-supply system and support environmental and aesthetic initiatives, as well as beneficial recreational uses, for surface water.

Inevitably, each of the Baltimore region’s re...

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