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Monday, September 26, 2011

Septic Pollution Woes Divide Kent Island

Proposed sewer line stirs cost, growth concerns

— Residents of Kent Island are never far from the water. That's what drew many of them to the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay, where they're close to boating, fishing and all nature's bounty.

But for the mostly tidy cottages, bungalows and other homes built decades ago on the southern end of this low-lying island, there's just one problem. Far from the nearest sewer line, they all rely on septic systems to dispose of their waste.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I had my run-ins with the health director in the past trying to develop commercial property in QA but I came to relize he answers to a higher power-the enviroment lobby which wants no growth for the residents.Its BS when they say there trying for solutions.

Anonymous said...

the bay is already dead from the western shore communities that send all their wastes down into it. huge dead zones along every major river on the western shore!