Questions from the Baltimore City Dept. of Public Works Website

1. Where are Baltimore's three Reservoirs? (be able to find them on a map of Central Maryland- this may require doing a search and leaving this website)

2. How many gallons of drinking water do the Baltimore filtration plants provide?

3. How many miles of pipe does the water travel through in Balt. City and County?

4. How many miles of storm drains is the Dpt. of Pulbi Works responsbile for?

Click on Fact Sheet in the left-hand column

5. What goes on at Ashburton and Montebello?

6. How large is the Loch Raven watershed?

7. What is the Resevoir's initial storage capacity?

8. How large is the Liberty watershed?

9. What is the Liberty Resevoir's initial storage capacity?

10. How large is the Pretty Boy watershed?

11. What is the Pretty Boy Resevoir's initial storage capacity?

Please read through the history of Baltimore's Water Supply from when Baltimore was founded in 1729 to 1979 when the Dept. of Water and Wastewater was established - notice that last date, What was Balt. responding to in establishing this Dept.?

Clicl on Reservoir Natural Resources in the left-hand column

12. Does Balt. City supply clean water to only Balt. City residents?

13. What natural benefit(s) is/are derived from storing water in the Reservoirs?

14. Why is the watershed area surrounding the Reservoirs so important?

Make sure you know where the Resevoirs are on a map of Central Md.