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The Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint provides 13 years—till 2025—to cut pollution to the minimum levels science says is necessary to restore the Bay to balance.
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Goals for 2025
(in pounds / % reduction)
*% reduction based on 1985 data
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Pollution flows downstream, across state boundaries. Without federal and interstate cooperation, downstream economies and environments suffer from the waste generated by their upstream neighbors. That's why almost 30 years ago the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed the first of many inter-jurisdictional agreements with Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. The partners recognized the need for cooperative action if the Chesapeake Bay were ever to be removed from EPA's "dirty waters" list.
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NY
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Nitrogen...........8,350,000 |
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40% |
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Phosphorus..........640,000 |
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49% |
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Sediment.......304,000,000 |
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19% |
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PA
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Nitrogen...........78,830,00 |
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37%
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Phosphorus.......3,600,000 |
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40%
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Sediment....1,945,000,000 |
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35%
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MD
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Nitrogen.........41,170,000 |
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46%
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Phosphorus.......2,810,000 |
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48%
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Sediment....1,350,000,000 |
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28%
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DC
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Nitrogen...........2,370,000 |
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62%
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Phosphorus..........120,000 |
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37%
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Sediment.........17,000,000 |
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3%
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DE
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Nitrogen...........3,390,000 |
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36%
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Phosphorus..........280,000 |
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43%
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Sediment.......100,000,000 |
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17%
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WV
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Nitrogen...........5,000,000 |
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21%
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Phosphorus.........640,000 |
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29%
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Sediment.......373,000,000 |
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28%
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VA
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Nitrogen.........52,460,000 |
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38% |
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Phosphorus......6,460,000 |
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44%
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Sediment....3,251,000,000 |
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34%
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TOTAL
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Nitrogen.......191,570,000 |
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40%
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Phosphorus....14,550,000 |
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43% |
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Sediment....7,340,000,000 |
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32% |
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Source: Chesapeake Bay Program
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