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Potomac River Threatened by Pollution
A new report by a nonprofit advocacy group, American Rivers named the Potomac as the nation’s most endangered river. The Potomac watershed is 14,700 square miles and the nutrient and sediment pollution washing into it is becoming a threat.
The pollution lowers the quality of drinking water, which in Washington alone is 486 million gallons per day. It also kills marine life and contributes to dead zones.
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