Water Wellness
Dr. Andy Lazur, State Extension Specialist on Water Quality for the University of Maryland Extension, will pick a topic for review each month on drinking water quality, wells, septic systems, ground water or pond management.
Water Wellness
Climate Change and Water Quality
Climate change is impacting our environment in many ways with events like hurricanes, drought, and floods, which affect our water quality in several ways. For example, hurricanes cause coastal flooding which can flood both public drinking water utilities and private wells subjecting them to bacterial, viral pathogens, but also surface related contaminants – fertilizers, sewage, industrial chemicals, etc. Similarly, larger and more frequent storms with increased rainfall can cause flooding impacts to water supplies and water quality.