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South River sinks in report

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Published 03/14/08

Despite a growing grassroots effort to turn the tide, the South River slipped a couple points in the annual scorecard of the waterway's health.

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The river's 2008 score fell to 34 out of 100 from last year's inaugural 39. A perfect score would indicate river conditions that existed in the 1950s. The scorecard is issued by the South River Federation

"Last year bacteria increased, despite the fact that 2007 was a drought year," Riverkeeper Drew Koslow told the standing-room-only crowd at the organization's annual meeting. "And algae blooms clouded the river for much of the time from April to...

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