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Anne Arundel County has started the process to update the General Development Plan. The General Development Plan (aka Plan 2040) is the vision for what Anne Arundel County should become. It sets the groundwork for future decisions on land use and zoning - where new homes and businesses go - that have an enormous impact on local and regional water quality. We want to make sure that the plan addresses improved transportation, protection of the environment, and sustainable development.

Anne Arundel County has a lot of shoreline, along streams, along rivers, and along the Chesapeake Bay. Sprawl

Clean Water Action is conducting a study of 200 homes in Baltimore City and County to test for lead contamination in drinking water.

Lead can enter water if it is present in the service lines, in-home pipes, or faucets and fixtures in your home, and if water is corrosive or has high mineral content. To learn more about how lead enters drinking water, click here.

Clean Water Action can test your drinking water for free if:

your home was built before 1986 you have not replaced the drinking water pipes in your home you can allow us to collect the sample after at least 6 hours of not using your

Update: Thank you to all of our members who sent comments. The comment period is now closed - we will update you when there is an update.

We have a problem with coal-fired power plants dumping toxic pollutants such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and selenium into our waterways. These pollutants concentrate in the food chain, and already Maryland has fish consumption advisories for mercury in over ten species.

Under the old, outdated rules coal plants were allowed to dump a nearly unlimited amount of toxic waste directly into our waters, threatening our water and the health of communities