Patuxent Riverkeeper » Water Quality Reports http://www.paxriverkeeper.org A Member of the Waterkeeper Community Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Maryland’s Dirty Beaches? http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/maryland%e2%80%99s-dirty-beaches/07/29/2009 http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/maryland%e2%80%99s-dirty-beaches/07/29/2009#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:36:42 +0000 admin http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/?p=776 NRDC’s annual survey of water quality and public notification at U.S. beaches finds that pollution caused the number of beach closings and advisories to hit their fourth-highest level in the 19-year history of the report. The number of 2008 closing and advisory days at ocean, bay and Great Lakes beaches topped 20,000 for the fourth consecutive year, confirming that our nation’s beaches continue to suffer from serious water pollution that puts swimmers at risk.

Aging and poorly designed sewage and stormwater systems hold much of the blame for beachwater pollution. Even in the relatively dry 2008 beach season, stormwater runoff contributed to two-thirds of the closing/advisory days in which a contamination source was reported. Unknown sources of pollution caused nearly 13,000 closing and advisory days. To read the entire report visit the NRDC web site: http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/titinx.asp

The Maryland portion of the report can be downloaded here:Annual Beach Report (179)

]]> http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/maryland%e2%80%99s-dirty-beaches/07/29/2009/feed 0 2008 Patuxent Report Card http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/2008-patuxent-report-card/05/09/2009 http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/2008-patuxent-report-card/05/09/2009#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 23:04:06 +0000 admin http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/?p=536 The 2008 Report card was produced and released in March of 2009. It was prepared in collaboration with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies: 2008 Patuxent Report Card (337)

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