thunder wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:10:55 -0500, John H. wrote:


Thanks. I've been on the Anacostia. It is definitely in need of
cleaning, and is probably the source of 90% of the pollution that gets
into the Potomac, except when a heavy rain floods the Blue Plains water
treatment plant, of course.

Is that true? I thought that agricultural runoff was the number one source of Bay problems.
I've read that the Anacostia is the most polluted river in the Chesapeake watershed, and
perhaps, one of the most polluted rivers in the country. It's a shame, 30 years after the Clean
Water Act, this mess still continues.


It probably is true that the Anacostia is the source of most of the
pollution that gets into the Potomac, but the Potomac is only one of the
many sources of pollution in Chesapeake Bay.

The Blue Plains plant is south of the mouth of the Anacostia, just north
of the new bridges over the Potomac between Virginia and Maryland.

Amazingly, I almost always see guys fishing for largemouth bass just a
hair south of where the Blue Plains plant empties into the Potomac. Yikes!