Improving water quality is absolutely essential to help the Chesapeake Bay.  Many factors contribute to poor water quality, ranging from polluted storm water runoff to agricultural waste to excessive development.  Techniques to help water quality can be as simple as planting trees or as complex as bioretention systems.

In this section, you will be able to find information to help improve water quality related to five individual categories:
- Stormwater information
- Watershed planning
- Agricultural conservation
- Sound land use
- Urban tree canopy