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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Gushing Susquehanna Called A Bigger Threat To Bay Pollution Than Local Runoff

The millions of gallons of water laden with polluted sediment pouring from the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River after Superstorm Sandy are a far bigger problem for the Chesapeake Bay than local stormwater runoff, Republican elected officials said during a press conference Thursday.

Standing in the spray from the gushing dam as huge flocks of seagulls and a bald eagle dove for fish, the officials complained that the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s mandatory pollution reduction will cost local taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars while the Susquehanna pollution is being ignored.

Harford County Executive David Craig said, “One storm like this completely does away with 20 years of work” on local pollution controls.


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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

These people know what their doing. The rest just bend over.

Anonymous said...

The bay restoration project will go on till there are no dwellings within 100 miles of the bay.
This project is the biggest joke of the century.
What we need is another person like Judy Stribling to screw up this country.

Anonymous said...

And they will blame the chicken industry, because they have money! This is so easy!

Anonymous said...

Yes blame the farmer

Anonymous said...

dont get me started!
judy stribling works(shows up there)at Salisbury University.
This University is one of the biggest polluters in Salisbury!
All those new buildings DO NOT
have and\y storm water management
ponds! Where does the stormwater
go? TONY TANK CREEK THEN THE
WICOMICO RIVER THEN THE CHEASAPEAKE
BAY.