Question H: Create the Department of Water and Wastewater Amendment

Baltimore Question H is on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Maryland.

What it does

Create a Department of Water and Wastewater

On your ballot

Question H

CHARTER AMENDMENT

DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER

Question H establishes in the City Charter a new Department of Water and Wastewater, which will be supervised and directed by a Director. It transfers from the Department of Public Works to this new Department the responsibility to oversee the City's water supply system and its wastewater system, along with related duties.

The Amendment also removes from the Charter the requirement that bureaus within the Department of Public Works must be established or abolished by City ordinance.

Voting for this amendment brings about the changes described above, which will become effective January 1, 2029.

Voting against the amendment leaves the current Charter language governing water and wastewater systems in place.

FOR Charter Amendment

AGAINST Charter Amendment

Yes

What a yes vote means

A "yes" vote supports amending the Baltimore City Charter to create the Department of Water and Wastewater and grant it the authority and responsibility to oversee the city's water supply system.