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New agreements show slow progress in fixing Baltimore sewer spills

June 6, 2016 | By Jennifer Kunze

One of my favorite places to ride my bike in Baltimore is the Jones Falls Trail between North Avenue and Druid Hill Park. The trail follows the last section of the Jones Falls before it flows underground in pipes underneath downtown on its way to the Inner Harbor, in a narrow stream valley below the

This sign along the Jones Falls Trail warns walkers, runners, and bikers of the sewer pipe that empties into the Jones Falls below the trail. Photo by Jennifer Kunze

Photo by Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 2004.

Our disconnect with water: Scott Pond and linking individual actions to the health of our waters

May 9, 2016 | By Johnathan Berard

Earlier this month, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Department of Health released an advisory to avoid contact with Scott Pond in Lincoln, Rhode Island due to the presence of blue-green algae in the water.

Not only should adults avoid contact with the water, it said

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