Senators praise passage of Water Resources Development Act
This morning, Senators Cardin and Mikulski are praising final passage of the Water Resources Development Act, which gives more than $300 million to bay projects. According to Cardin press release, here's where the money will go:
- $30 million to significantly reduce nitrogen flowing from the Blue Plains sewage treatment plant into the Bay. Blue Plains is the largest advanced sewage treatment facility in the world, servicing the entire Washington metropolitan area, including Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. The bill also provides $40 million for other projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed;
- $195 million for expansion of the Bay’s Poplar Island project, which involves rebuilding the Island with dredged material from the channels serving the Port of Baltimore;
- $10.1 million for restoration of Smith Island by constructing two miles of off-shore breakwaters that will protect more than 2,100 acres of wetlands and underwater grasses;
- A $7 million increase in funding for Cumberland flood control and restoration of the C&O Canal;
- A $20 million increase in funding for the Army Corps of Engineers’ oyster restoration effort; and,
- $30 million of additional funding for the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Programs.
Comments
Funding for water quality meaning overfertilizing with commercial fertilizers should come out of the Farm Subsidy Bill. Farmers get paid tax dollars to do the above while rural residents get wellwater tainted with the above to raise children with disabilities and cancer. When is our politicians going to stop this SAgricultural creimes that are making health care more expensive. Farmers are no more conservationalist and must start paying fines just like any othewr industry.
Posted by: Dennis | September 26, 2007 9:34 AM