Chesapeake Environmental Management, Inc.


Applying Practical Science to Improve Communities

Water Resource Studies


The focus of CEM’s Water Resources Studies is to help ensure that we all continue to have safe and adequate recreational and drinking water supplies.

Services We Provide:

  • Ground Water Availability, Supply & Use Assessments
  • Water Resource Element Planning
  • Ground-Water Under Direct Influence Assessments
  • Hydrogeologic Evaluations
  • Ground-Water Well Siting
  • Water Appropriation Permitting
  • Aquifer Testing Analysis
  • Wellhead Protection Planning
  • Storage Impoundment Design & Siting
  • Watershed BMP Assessments
  • Water Quality Sampling and Analysis
  • Stream Stabilization/Restoration Design & Planning
  • NPDES Discharge Monitoring and Permitting

Clients We Serve:

  • Maryland State Highway Administration
  • Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  • Maryland Department of the Environment
  • Harford County Public Schools
  • Montgomery County Revenue Authority
  • Baltimore County Revenue Authority
  • Maryland Department of General Services
  • City of Baltimore
  • Wisp Resort
  • Vulcan Mining Company
  • Chevy Chase Club
  • Congressional Country Club
  • Hayfields Country Club
  • Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Environmental Management and Permitting
for MCRA Recreational Facilities



The Montgomery County Revenue Authority owns and operates nine golf courses, and operates under lease an additional four golf courses in Montgomery County, Maryland. For all of these facilities, adequate water resources are a necessity for successful operations. Since 1996, CEM has helped MCRA with dozens of projects related to their water resources. We have helped by calculating water supply and needs; siting and developing new irrigation wells; designing, permitting and overseeing the construction of dam and pond renovations; assessment and modeling of pond storage volume; developing an Emergency Action Plan for dam failure; assessing thermal impacts to receiving waters; stream bank stabilization design; and water appropriation permitting.