Environmental

Revised EPA Storm Water Permit Will Ensure District Will Meet Clean Water Goals

Requires pollution reduction for Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  Clean water advocates reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a clean water permit for Washington, D.C. that will require the city to develop a plan for reducing its discharges of polluted stormwater to clean up local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay.
Discarded debris floats on the Anacosita River. Adopting these changes will mean cleaner waterways throughout the District. (Earthjustice)
Discarded debris floats on the Anacosita River. Adopting these changes will mean cleaner waterways throughout the…

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