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Published 12/16/07

A cavalcade of residents crowded into the County Council chambers two weeks ago and testified in desperate voices of the need to help the Chesapeake Bay.

Capital File Photo A sediment plume flows out of Church Creek into the South River following a March storm. Sediment clouds the water, blocking light needed for underwater grasses and coating oysters and clams on the bottom. It also fills in navigation channels and creeks.
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Although they left deflated when the council voted down a plan to raise $11 million a year to combat the subtle but toxic effects of stormwater runoff, the debate is here to stay.

A diverse chorus of voices, divided on how to raise funds to fix the problem, have pledged to forge a compromise. County Executive John R. Leopold said he wanted a new proposal by tomorrow night, but the closed-door meetings have yet to produce a unified plan to solve the problem - one that communities...

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