This Maryland EMPACT project provides near real-time monitoring of potentially toxic waterway conditions using an automated biomonitoring system. The system uses biomonitoriong hardware that generates decision-making data for health and environmental officials regarding the safety of various waterways. This website is supported by the University of Maryland Aquatic Pathobiology Center.

Real-time environmental monitoring using fish is accomplished with an automated fish monitoring system, known as the Real Time Environmental Protection System (REPS). REPS is designed to detect harmful water quality conditions in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways. In cooperation with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, a portable REPS facility is monitoring the water on the Chicamacomico River. REPS compliments other on-going monitoring efforts to give early warning of potential risks to human and ecological health.

This site developed through the University of Maryland Aquatic Pathobiology Center