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  • Enforcement Action Leads to Penalties for Sewage Plant in Lower Potomac

    Posted by Robin Broder on September 8, 2017

    Potomac Riverkeeper’s 2016 review of Clean Water Act discharge permits on the Potomac led us to the Winters Apartments Sewage Treatment Plant in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, where chronic…


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    Acting as the Conscience of Our Own Government

    Posted by webmaster on August 5, 2016

    Jeff Kelble – President I recently found myself in a discussion with Phillip Musegaas, our legal director, assessing our organization’s work and reflecting on how we are doing in meeting…


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    Bad Actor vs. Unintentional Failures

    Posted by webmaster on April 13, 2016

    If you’ve just joined Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) you may gather that we don’t stop trying to solve a pollution problem when we hit the inevitable advocacy road block….


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27 Jul

Good News! Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance and leading environmental advocate will keynote our Law & Water Gala on Nov 1! The Gala honors those who protect and defend the watershed that provides drinking water to 6 million people. https://t.co/nBB9p0XETX

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21 Jul

The EPA is easing rules on how coal ash waste is stored across the U.S. Read about it in the Washington Post. https://t.co/s4rKQS8z72

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