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31. Conservation Groups Defend Virginia Clean Water Plan from Wastewater Challenge

(Web Page; Mon Jan 13 14:19:00 CST 2020)

The Virginia Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies and several of its members have filed suit against Virginia to challenge expectations in Virginia’s Watershed Implementation Plan of additional pollution reductions from sew...

Description: The Virginia Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies and several of its members have filed suit against Virginia to challenge expectations in Virginia’s Watershed Implementation Plan of additional pollution reductions from sewage treatment plants.

32. CBF Statement on Proposals for Addressing Alexandria's Combined Sewer System

(Web Page; Thu Jun 20 08:05:00 CDT 2019)

(RICHMOND, VA)—Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has proposed giving Alexandria until as late as 2030 to address upgrades to its outdated combined sewer system, which sends untreated sewage into waterways and jeopardizes human heal...

Description: (RICHMOND, VA)—Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has proposed giving Alexandria until as late as 2030 to address upgrades to its outdated combined sewer system, which sends untreated sewage into waterways and jeopardizes human health and water quality.

33. CBF Statement on Final Maryland Clean Water Blueprint

(Web Page; Fri Aug 23 13:43:00 CDT 2019)

Editors note: All Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions must file their final Watershed Implementation Plans with EPA today. While Maryland and Virginia are largely on track to meet their 2025 pollution reduction goals, Pennsylvania’s plan,...

Description: Maryland is on-track to meet its overall pollution-reduction targets by 2025, due in large part to investments to upgrade sewage treatment plants, which have exceeded goals, and in farm management practices.

34. Don’t Let Water Quality Become Another COVID-19 Casualty

(Web Page; Fri Aug 21 12:21:00 CDT 2020)

This op-ed originally ran in the Virginia Mercury. You often smell them before you see them. Harmful algal blooms are an annual summer curse in Virginia’s waterways, staining waters shades of red, green and brown. This year has be...

Description: During the legislative special session this month, Virginia legislators should continue to provide robust support for programs that reduce algae-feeding pollution from stormwater, agriculture and sewage treatment plants.

35. A Little City with Big Plans to Minimize Stormwater Pollution

(Web Page; Fri Jul 12 12:32:00 CDT 2019)

Home to about 60,000 residents, Lancaster is one of the oldest inland cities in this country and one of hundreds with an aging combined sewer system. These systems collect and transport both sewage and stormwater from downspouts, streets...

Description: Lancaster is upgrading Pennsylvania's 1st wastewater treatment plant to meet nutrient-removal requirements, plus retrofitting streets, parks, and other areas to reduce stormwater runoff.

36. Nitrogen & Phosphorus

(Web Page; Fri Sep 29 09:51:00 CDT 2023)

The Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint outlines the maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment each state in the Chesapeake Bay watershed can release into the Bay and still get our estuary off the "dirty waters" list. Find out mo...

37. Land Use

(Web Page; Wed Jul 28 13:00:00 CDT 2021)

A profound relationship exists between the water of the Chesapeake Bay and the 64,000 square miles of land comprising the Bay's watershed. Approximately 100,000 rivers and streams run into the Bay. This tributary system directly connects...

Description: When the watershed's land suffers from pollution and poor management, so too does the water.

38. About the Indicators

(Web Page; Thu Dec 15 15:16:00 CST 2022)

Pollution Nitrogen & Phosphorus Excess nitrogen and phosphorus are the Bay's two primary pollutants, fueling algal blooms that cloud the water and use up life-sustaining oxygen when they die and decompose, c...

Description: These 13 indicators in three categories: pollution, habitat, and fisheries indicators offer an assessment of the Chesapeake Bay's health.

39. Economy & Human Health

(Web Page; Wed Dec 20 16:35:00 CST 2023)

A degraded environment has dramatic and harmful effects on health, education, gender equality, and economic development. – Jeffrey Sachs, Prominent American Economistand Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University...

Description: From providing an important source of drinking water to supporting a seafood industry that sustains families and generations-old ways of life, the Chesapeake Bay watershed is an integral part to the human health and wealth of more than 18 million people.

40. CBF in Maryland

(Web Page; Mon Oct 17 15:40:00 CDT 2022)

Description: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation opened its first office in Annapolis, Maryland's state capital, in 1967. Both the Foundation headquarters and our Maryland Office are located in Annapolis.