The Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper says her teams have been there documenting algae blooms, rotten-egg odor and deoxygenated water, but cautions against normalizing fishkills: “They are not inevitable.”

Back in 2002, Baltimore entered into a consent decree with the EPA to end raw sewage overflows into local streams and the harbor. Delayed once, the city now wants another 16-year extension.

Garbage and hazardous household waste don’t belong beside the Jones Falls in a FEMA flood zone, the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper says.