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| April 2025 | The Maryland Department of the Environment announced grants to improve Baltimore treatment plants and install a trash interceptor on the Back River. |
| 2024 | A heavy rainfall caused the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant to discharge 14 million gallons of sewage into local Baltimore waterways and the Chesapeake Bay, releasing a year's worth of sewage overflow in a single day. |
| August 14 2024 | Groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Wawa's expansion into West Virginia, with a location planned in Inwood. |
| May 16 2024 | Wawa opened its first location in North Carolina, situated in Kill Devil Hills. |
| April 25 2024 | Wawa opened its first store in Alabama, located in Fairhope. |
| 2023 | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science rated the Chesapeake Bay's overall health at 55% (C-plus), its highest score since 2002. |
| 2023 | CBF and EPA reached a settlement on the 2020 lawsuit, with EPA agreeing to increase efforts to reduce farm and stormwater runoff pollution in Pennsylvania through compliance and enforcement actions. |
| 2023 | Wawa began selling pizza during dinner hours at select locations, with plans to expand to 14-inch and 16-inch sizes in plain and various topping options. |
| 2022 | Philadelphia magazine ranked the Gobbler, Wawa's seasonal Thanksgiving-themed hoagie, as the chain's best sandwich among 15 taste-tested. |
| December 7 2022 | Wawa announced expansion plans into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio after 2025. |
| October 2022 | Wawa announced an expansion into Georgia, with the first location planned for Waycross by 2024. |
| July 26 2022 | Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced an $8 million settlement agreement with Wawa to resolve the 2019 data breach. |
| 2021 | Baltimore completed the $124 million 'Headworks Project' at the Back River wastewater treatment plant, providing additional underground storage to address sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) problems. |
| 2021 | Sewage plants were found to contribute 11% of nitrogen and 15% of phosphorous levels in the Chesapeake Bay. |
| 2021 | Slight improvements in water quality were observed compared to the previous year's indicators. |
| January 8 2021 | Wawa opened its first drive-thru only location in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. |
| 2020 | Water quality baseline measurement used for comparing subsequent environmental changes. |
| 2020 | Baseline year for water quality measurements used in subsequent environmental assessments. |
| 2020 | The Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed another lawsuit against EPA for not requiring New York and Pennsylvania to comply with TMDL pollution reduction goals. |
| 2020 | Wawa tested burgers, waffle fries, and chicken sandwiches at six locations. Later in the same year, they began testing a dinner menu at select locations, which included burgers, fries, pasta, and rotisserie chicken. |
| December 18 2020 | Wawa opened its first drive-thru at a convenience store/gas station location in Westampton, New Jersey. |
| 2019 | Release of 'Expedition Chesapeake, A Journey of Discovery', a film starring Jeff Corwin, created by The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts to explore and showcase the Chesapeake Bay region. |
| December 27 2019 | The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that at least six class-action lawsuits had been filed against Wawa in federal court in Philadelphia regarding the data breach. |
| December 20 2019 | Wawa's CEO Chris Gheysens publicly announced the data breach, revealing that malicious software had affected payment processing servers across all company locations. |
| December 12 2019 | Wawa contained the malware that had been affecting its payment processing servers. |
| March 4 2019 | Malicious software is first believed to have been introduced on Wawa's payment processing servers, potentially compromising customer payment information. |
| 2018 | Earl Swift published 'Chesapeake Requiem', a New York Times bestselling non-fiction book about the crabbing community of Chesapeake Bay. |
| December 14 2018 | Wawa opened a flagship location at 6th Street and Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia, featuring a living greenery wall and unique design elements. |
| December 14 2017 | Wawa opened its largest location at the time in the Farragut Square area of Washington, D.C. |
| 2016 | EPA reported that sewage treatment plant upgrades resulted in significant reductions in nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, despite increases in human population and wastewater volume. |
| June 17 2016 | The original Wawa Food Market in Folsom, Pennsylvania closes and is replaced by a new 'Super Wawa' location, with a parade held from the original store to the new store on opening day. |
| 2015 | The health of the Chesapeake Bay showed significant improvement, marking three consecutive years of gains over a four-year period. |
| 2015 | Wawa ranked 34th on the Forbes magazine list of the largest private companies, with total revenues of $9.68 billion. |
| 2014 | Long et al. publish research highlighting how nutrient runoff leads to algal blooms and subsequent oxygen depletion in the bay's waters. |
| 2014 | Wawa introduced a 7.5-inch deep-dish pizza on focaccia bread available in five varieties, which was later discontinued. |
| April 16 2014 | To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Wawa gave away free coffee and launched a nonprofit foundation to donate $50 million to health and hunger initiatives. |
| 2013 | DC Water began constructing large stormwater storage facilities as part of the 'Clean Rivers' project to address combined sewer overflow (CSO) problems in Washington, D.C. |
| October 4 2013 | Wawa opened a new store in Lodi, New Jersey. |
| January 2013 | Chris Gheysens became CEO of Wawa, succeeding Howard Stoeckel |
| January 11 2013 | Wawa expanded further in North Jersey by opening a store in Kearny. |
| 2012 | Release of 'The Bay', a found footage-style eco-horror film highlighting environmental issues related to Chesapeake Bay, depicting a pandemic caused by pollution from chicken factory farm run-off and mutant aquatic parasites. |
| October 12 2012 | Wawa opened its 100th Super Wawa in New Jersey, located in Woodbridge. |
| July 18 2012 | Wawa entered the Florida market by opening its first location in Orlando. |
| 2011 | Maryland and Virginia enacted laws to reduce lawn fertilizer effects by restricting nitrogen and phosphorus content. Virginia additionally banned deicers containing urea, nitrogen, or phosphorus. |
| 2011 | The last recorded visit of the manatee 'Chessie' to the Chesapeake Bay, having made multiple trips between 1994 and this year. |
| 2011 | The Oyster Recovery Partnership placed 6 million oysters in the Trent Hall sanctuary as part of ongoing restoration efforts. |
| 2011 | A report is released suggesting future information disclosure about underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay, highlighting their ecological importance. |
| January 2011 | Reports of millions of fish dying, with officials attributing the event to extremely cold weather. |
| 2010 | Bay health improved slightly, earning an ecosystem health rating of 31 out of 100, up from 28 in 2008. |
| 2010 | Dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay were estimated to kill 75,000 tons of bottom-dwelling clams and worms annually, severely impacting the bay's food chain and blue crab population. |
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