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With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland - Earth News Report
The Chesapeake Bay Program reported on Wednesday that Maryland’s wastewater treatment facilities, operating in violation of discharge permits, contributed significant increases in nitrogen and phosphorus pollution last year in the bay. The yearly analysis helps guide the program, a regional partnership between government agencies at all levels, environmental groups and academic institutions, to reduce nutrients