Water Quality

West Baltimore resident Dante Gaines picked up two gallons of drinking water at a city-run distribution site on Tuesday.

WYPR News

West Baltimore grapples with E. coli bacteria in tap water as officials test again

Bethany Raja

Thousands of residents across the city and even more in the county were advised to boil water until further notice.

The boil-water advisory issued Sunday by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works followed the DPW's detection of E.coli bacteria in water lines during routine testing at several West Baltimore locations. (photo credit Ray Piedra/Pexels)

Programs

What's up with DPW's boil-water advisory for West Baltimore?

Tom Hall

DPW Director Jason Mitchell and Dist. 9 City Councilman John T. Bullock discuss the E. coli-related boil-water advisory for parts of West Baltimore.

Back River wastewater-treatment_credit JaneThomas_UMd Center for Environmental Science.jpeg

Programs

City wastewater woes: what's gone wrong at Back River and Patapsco

Tom Hall

Two leading clean-water activists explain why the state has taken over one of the city's two long-faltering waste-treatment plants, and why they're a party to one of the several lawsuits filed against the city.

Jason W. Mitchell was sworn in as Director of Baltimore City's Department of Public Works on July 2, 2021. (courtesy photo)

Programs

Newsmaker: Jason W. Mitchell, Director, Dept. of Public Works

Tom Hall

After 9 months at the helm of Baltimore's City's DPW, Jason Mitchell talks about how he's managing one of the city's toughest jobs.

Baltimore's Inner Harbor (photo credit: Aaron Henkin / WYPR)

WYPR Podcast

When will we be able to swim in the Inner Harbor?

Aaron Henkin

How safe is that water? And is it getting any better?

WYPR News

At the intersection of religious conviction and environmental ethics

Joel McCord

A recent study from EPA’s Chesapeake Bay program has confirmed that the water quality in the nation’s largest estuary is improving, thanks to a pollution…