Virginia’s promise to cut pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay is likely to miss its 2025 deadline, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin said speeding up work is a top priority. (Youngkin plans push for Bay cleanup)
The Richmond Times-Dispatch story is a must-read. Reporter David Ress mentions a variety of contributors to the contamination of the bay and tributaries: “runoff from fertilized fields, chicken houses, suburban lawns and wastewater. . .; sediment in runoff, much of it from building sites and erosion”; nitrogen runoff; and an extreme lack of adequate riparian buffers to slow and filter sediment and other contaminants.