When pollution controls fall short, rivers pay the price. Across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, stormwater runoff, deteriorating wastewater infrastructure, and industrial agriculture continue to send nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment into local waterways—despite years of restoration progress.
Riverkeepers across Maryland explain how these failures show up: sediment smothering habitat in the Gunpowder River, major wastewater plants in Baltimore falling into disrepair, and unregulated ammonia pollution from poultry operations on the Eastern Shore.
According to David Reed of the Chesapeake Legal Alliance, legal action becomes essential when existing laws aren’t enforced—turning accountability into a solution for protecting the Chesapeake Bay and the communities that depend on it.
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