The Maryland Board of Public Works announced a program to upgrade onsite sewage disposal systems. The $4.17 million in grants will go to counties to upgrade septic systems to remove nitrogen and keep it from getting into the Chesapeake Bay.
The program is part of $28 million in clean water grants in the continued multi-state program to clean up the bay. Nearly $3 million in grants were announced by the board in November and another $40 million in October, including more than $94,000 to upgrade failing septic systems in Howard County.
The state’s Chesapeake Bay plan, announced late last year, carries a
