20-Year Study Reveals How Gwynns Falls’ Water Quality Is Affected

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The heavy rains during the past 24 hours are now pouring into waterways, like the Gwynns Falls, which runs through Baltimore and Baltimore County.
“In the Baltimore region, we have a little over 45 percent impervious surface, that’s things like roads and parking lots,” says Blue Water Baltimore scientist Alice Volpitta. “Things that keep the rain from slowly draining into the soil.”
For 20 years, Blue Water Baltimore and other scientists have