Where water quality stands a year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

With the bridge located near the Chesapeake Bay, there are some water-related concerns.
May 28, 2025

Gussie Maguire, Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Maryland staff scientist, discusses ongoing water quality situations a year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse. Maguire touches on her work and observations since the collapse, how reconstruction efforts can impact water quality and what the ongoing water quality concerns are.

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Katie Johns

Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].

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