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05/14/08
In addition to flooding roads and snapping tree limbs and power lines, the storms over the past week also sent dirty water pouring off construction sites around the county. 
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Sediment-laden water rushes into Saltworks Creek on the Severn River during this past weekends rains.Find Us On Facebook
County officials have received several dozen complaints, and environmental advocates are renewing their calls for stricter stormwater-control requirements for developers. County inspectors also were fanning out across the county to check stormwater and sediment controls at construction sites.
Construction crews must install silt fences, holding ponds and other devices to hold back the dirty runoff, but the devices are required to handle only 1 inch of stormwater...
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