Impaired watersheds in Cecil County

Cecil County has a total of fourteen 8-digit watersheds. All watersheds in Cecil County are listed as impaired by the Maryland Department of the Environment. The following is a list of  all watersheds and their impairments in Cecil County:

Conowingo Dam (02120204)

• Impaired for bacteria, biological, nutrients, and sediment

Octoraro Creek (02120203)

• Impaired for biological

Northeast River (02130608)

• Impaired for biological, metal, nutrients, sediment, and toxic

Little Elk Creek (02130605)

• Impaired for biological

Big Elk Creek (021300606

• Impaired for biological

Christina River (02130607)

• Impaired for biological

Lower Susquehanna River (02120201)

• Impaired for biological, metal, sediment, and toxic

Furnace Bay (02130609)

• Impaired for nutrients and sediment

Upper Elk River (02130603)

• Impaired for biological, nutrients, sediment and toxic

Upper Chesapeake Bay (02139996)

• Impaired for nutrients

Back Creek (02130604)

• Impaired for nutrients, sediment, and toxic

Lower Elk River (02130601)

• Impaired for biological, nutrients, sediment and toxic

Bohemia River (02130602)

• Impaired for biological, nutrients, sediment, and toxic

Sassafras River (02130610)

• Impaired for biological,nutrients, sediment, and toxic

For an additional source of environmental public health data, please visit Baystat and Scorecard.

The above public health data is derived from the 2006 MDE assessment. For more information, see MDE Water Quality Maps. 

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