Abstract: Since the 1980’s, Maryland has seen a steady increase in the pollution from salt applied to our impervious areas throughout the State. It’s reached a point where the health of our citizens is in danger, aquatic communities have been affected, and it’s damaging our infrastructure. The reduction of the over-application of salt is the first step in a phased approach that the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is using to help mitigate this pollutant. With this goal in mind, MDE is looking to build partnerships with public and private institutions in order to promote and help with implementing this reduction effort.

Speaker: Greg Sandi
gregorio.sandi@maryland.gov

Bio: Greg is Head of the Chesapeake Restoration Section at Maryland Department of the Environment. This position serves in the Integrated Water Planning Program working with State and local partners throughout Maryland developing watershed restoration plans, managing Best Management Practice data, tracking and evaluating the Chesapeake Bay Model inputs and outputs as well as managing the State’s Water Quality Trading Program. The main focus of Greg’s position is to promote ways to enhance water quality and ecological uplift in the State’s aquatic ecosystems while providing additional benefits to the citizens of Maryland through environmental restoration.

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