Rain doesn’t always look like pollution—but with every storm comes a hidden threat.
As forests and fields are replaced by roads, rooftops, and parking lots, rainwater that once soaked into the ground now rushes across hard surfaces, carrying dirt, oil, nutrients, and other contaminants straight into local streams and rivers feeding the Chesapeake Bay.
Stormwater runoff has become one of the Bay’s largest and most stubborn pollution sources, delivering sediment that smothers habitat and nutrients that fuel harmful algae blooms.
David Reed of the Chesapeake Legal Alliance says holding communities accountable to stormwater laws is a critical step in protecting rivers upstream and restoring the Bay downstream.
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