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Stormwater Runoff Carries Pollution Straight Into Our Waterways

Farm chemicals and manure runoff pollute waterways.
The Environmental Protection Agency reports that 40% of the nation’s waterways suffer water quality problems.  Water systems are often interlinked and the dangers of runoff from agriculture, forestry, construction and people’s personal yards are numerous. Did you know that a typical city block generates more than five times as much rainwater runoff as a forested
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Chicago’s Largest Wastewater Plant Tackles Phosphorus Pollution

Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
Chicago officials boast that the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant is one of the world’s largest sewer treatment plants, handling the waste of 2.3 million people. The Stickney Water Reclamation is the biggest single source of phosphorus in the entire region that drains into the Mississippi River. Combined with other sewage plant releases a state task
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Fishing for Energy Removes Millions of Pounds of Derelict Gear

Discarded Fishing Gear Entangled and Killed Seals
Every year marine species, from lobsters and fish to sea lions and birds, become trapped or entangled in lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear. This “derelict gear” continues to capture fish and wildlife while at sea, even if no fishermen retrieves the catch. The Fishing for Energy partnership works to address this problem in two
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Wisconsin Nitrate Pollution From Farm Fertilizer Threatens Drinking Water

Studies have estimated that 90% of nitrate in groundwater comes from spreading of synthetic fertilizers and dairy manure on farm fields, with most of the remainder from septic systems.
An estimated 9 to 10 percent of Wisconsin wells have tested over safe limits for nitrate. Studies have estimated that 90% of nitrate in groundwater comes from spreading of synthetic fertilizers and dairy manure on farm fields, with most of the remainder from septic systems. Nitrate behaves differently. Relatively little lingers near roots where it
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