* 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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