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Opinion
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03/17/10
State Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is right when he says sewage discharge from boats accounts for just a tiny part of the nutrient pollution that feeds algae and sucks oxygen out of the Chesapeake Bay. Find Us On Facebook
The bulk of the problem can be traced to land-based sources of nitrogen and phosphorus, including obsolete sewage treatment systems, leaking septic tanks and agricultural runoff. The attorney general's estimate is that sewage from boats accounts for 1 percent of the bay's nitrogen problem. But Gansler is also right in thinking there's something fundamentally out of kilter about being allowed, in essence, to...
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Wine - 2010-03-18 15:36:56
Maryland is behind the times on allowing Wine to be directly shipped -- remove the ban asap.
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Great Idea - 2010-03-17 17:45:31
OK, lets raise the fine 4 times for boaters....1 percent of the problem mind you...must be trying to supplement all the "watermen" that still take out oysters. The boating community cares a hell of alot more for the environment and health of the bay than the watermen that can't find other work. how about we raise there license fee 5 times...IDIOTS
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