"After rain pummeled Mid-Atlantic States in recent weeks, Maryland officials publicly lamented the masses of trash flowing into Chesapeake Bay — and blamed two states to the north.
One Maryland official called the pileup of woody debris, plastic bottles and broken Styrofoam an “aesthetic assault.” Another called it an “insult” to the bay and an environmental crisis that could reverse years of progress toward reducing pollution in the country’s largest estuary.
As destructive storms hit in late July, officials opened more than 20 floodgates in the Conowingo Dam in northern Maryland, pushing floating garbage and debris down the Susquehanna River from upstream states.
But whose trash is it? And who is responsible for cleaning it up?"
Julia Jacobs reports for the New York Times August 10, 2018.
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"Time Will Reveal July Storm’s Impact On Chesapeake Water Quality, Ecosystem" (Bay Journal)
