Tagged Stories: "nitrogen"

The area, in square miles, encompassed by the Chesapeake Bay airshed

Computer simulations track partner progress toward clean water goals

New data has given the Chesapeake Bay Program a more accurate picture of pollution in the watershed.

Successes in curbing air pollution also benefit work toward achieving Bay water quality goals.

Shellfish raised on the river bottom would remove excess nutrients from the water.

Scientists link a Clean Water Act permit program to healthier rivers and streams.

Land-based actions are lowering the nutrients and sediment entering the Bay.

Cutting power plant emissions has lowered nitrogen pollution in some forested watersheds.

Innovations in wastewater treatment could help plants curb pollution in the face of development pressure.

Simulations show that jurisdictions are reducing nutrient and sediment pollution.