Water Quality Advisory Group

The Montgomery County Water Quality Advisory Group (WQAG) provides a formal stakeholder group for public involvement in the County's watershed protection and restoration strategies. It includes 15 resident members and 3 non-voting agency members. 

The WQAG provides recommendations to the County Executive and the County Council on water quality management goals and policies, program priorities, and funding. It also provides input primarily by transmitting letters and an annual report. The WQAG was established through Chapter 19, Article IV of the Water Quality Discharge Law. 

WQAG’s mission is to recommend policies, programs, and priorities that protect, maintain, and/or restore the biological, chemical and physical integrity of county streams, rivers, wetlands, groundwater, lakes, and other water resources. WQAG  recommendations are considered in shaping the water resources programmatic directions of the County.

Members

• 2020 WQAG Members ( PDF , 146KB)

WQAG is comprised of 3 non-voting bublic agencies and fifteen voting representatives from each of the following community categories:

• Academic/scientific
• Agricultural
• Business
• Environmental
• Public-at-large
• Public Agencies (non-voting)
  • The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC)
  • The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
  • Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)

 

 

These volunteers provide a valuable service to the community by presenting the concerns and viewpoints of the community sectors they represent on protecting the County's water resources.

Calendar of Advisory Group Activities

 

• 2023 Meeting Calendar (PDF 112KB)

• 2022 Meeting Calendar (PDF 112KB)

• 2021 Meeting Calendar (  PDF, 111KB)

• 2020 Meeting Calendar (  PDF, 119KB)

• 2019 Meeting Calendar ( PDF, 114KB) **January 14th meeting canceled due to weather**

• 2018 Meeting Calendar ( PDF, 78KB)

• 2017 Meeting Calendar ( PDF, 15KB)