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A dam could derail the Chesapeake Bay cleanup

Release Date: 
July 4, 2017

From The Washington Post: "According to a report from the EPA program that manages the bay cleanup, the reservoir behind the hydroelectric dam, which sits at the top of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, has filled with sediment far sooner than the agency had predicted."

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