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Tag Archives: Lower Potomac

  • Spill at Mattawoman Creek

    on June 20, 2018

    Many of you have seen the news about the recent disastrous spill at Mattawoman Creek, when nearly six million gallons of…


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

    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….


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  • Settlement on NRG’s Power Plant Pollution Leads to a $0.5 Million Oyster Restoration Project

    on June 8, 2017

    As part of Potomac Riverkeeper’s settlement with NRG Energy and the state of Maryland on NRG’s pollution of the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers with…


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  • Nick Kuttner

    Outreach in the Lower Potomac

    on April 5, 2016

    In March 2016, Nick Kuttner, Potomac Riverkeeper Network Vice Chair and our representative in the Lower Potomac, met with the Potomac River Association in…


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PRK Network@PotomacRiver·
25 Jan

Major success on coal ash today! Dominion's toxic coal ash will be safely recycled or landfilled. Thanks to everyone who fought so hard to make this happen! #moveyourash #coalash

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PRK Network@PotomacRiver·
17 Jan

Please contact members of the VA Ag. & Natural Resources Cmte to tell them to support Senator S. Surovell’s bill, SB1533 and finally clean up the toxic coal ash leaching into the Potomac River! Read more and find contact information here. https://t.co/rqA3jIX3gU #moveyourash

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