For more information about Conowingo Dam, the Susquehanna River and the Bay, here are additional resources to check out.

Materials

• Press Statement: Maryland Department of the Environment and Exelon’s Proposed Conowingo Settlement [PDF]
• Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment (LSRWA) report [PDF]
• Fact Sheet on Conowingo Dam [PDF]
• Infographic: Facts About the Dam’s Sediment Problem

In The News

• “In settlement with Maryland, Conowingo Dam owner Exelon to invest $200 million to clean up Susquehanna River,” The Baltimore Sun, October 29 2019
• “Environmentalists Intervene in Conowingo Dam Petition to U.S. Government ,” WBOC 16, April 2, 2019
• “Hydro Newsletter – Volume 6, Issue 4 ,” The National Law Review, March 29, 2019
• “Exelon sues MD, calls Conowingo requirements an ‘unfair burden’,” Bay Journal, August 2, 2018
• “Trash takes over Bay, local waterways,” Star-Democrat, August 1, 2018.
• “Hogan, local officials monitor flooding risk near Conowingo Dam,” Baltimore Sun, July 27, 2018
• “Conowingo Dam cleanup should require specific measures,”  Op-Ed, Baltimore Sun, May 8, 2018
• “Maryland orders Exelon to shoulder Conowingo pollution reductions,” Bay Journal, April 27, 2018

Reference

• Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification for Conowingo Dam
• FERC’s Draft Environmental Assessment for Conowingo
• Exelon’s relicensing page for Conowingo dam
• Maryland DNR’s Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment page
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment page
• Conowingo Dam & Sediment Trapping/Scoring