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01/29/07
Ever since Anne Arundel County was colonized, its dense forest has been cut to build homes, businesses, roads, farms, and other necessities of civilized life. Find Us On Facebook
Until the 1980s there were no rules governing how rainwater normally absorbed by trees and spongy forest soils should be handled as it ran off roofs and roads into local waterways. The new rules required ponds to capture and hold the rush of stormwater before draining downstream.
But that proscription has caused further damage: Rushing waters pouring out of engineered pipes, called outfalls, have gouged creek beds and carried pollutant-laden, stream-choking sediments...
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