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Nation's Rivers and Lakes Still Fighting Pollution.

Conowingo Dam
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Conowingo Dam

A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project found that around half of the nation's rivers and lakes fail to meet the standards of the Clean Water Act. Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talked with Eric Schaeffer, director of the environmental organization, about the problems facing the Chesapeake Bay Water Shed.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.