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South River runoff suit gets settledPublished 03/27/08
Conservation groups have reached an agreement with Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole to dismiss a lawsuit charging the development violated the Clean Water Act by allowing sediment-laden runoff to flow into the South River.
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South Riverkeeper Drew Koslow pulls a water quality measuring device from the headwaters of Church Creek in this file photo from 2006. The device recorded sediment running off from the Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole, the subject of a lawsuit settled this week.
The South Riverkeeper, the South River Federation and Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in September, 2006. In the "citizen suit" they laid out a series of incidents when the development's storm water protections failed to keep runoff from pouring into Church Creek, and downstream to the river.
"We are pleased we have reached an agreeable outcome and look forward...
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