(Fwd) Sediment Control
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 18:58:41 -0500
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From: "Robert H. DeGroot" <BOB_DEGROOT@compuserve.com>
Subject: Sediment Control
SAVING FISH, STREAMS &
TIDAL CREEKS FROM
MUD POLLUTION
COLLEGE PARK
Saturday, July 11th, 10 am - Noon
Davis Hall
9217 51st Avenue
EASTON
Saturday, July 18th, 10 am - Noon
Talbot County Library,
100 West Dover Street
Uncontrolled muddy runoff from a single Maryland construction site
once killed 100 million fish eggs. It takes up to a century for a
stream to recover from construction site mud pollution. Between now
and the year 2020 another 17,000 construction sites will be developed in
Maryland! Thus the potential for damage is staggering.
Fortunately, local and State law requires the use of mud pollution
control measures on all construction sites. Unfortunately, nearly
half of all construction sites fail to use these measures to the
degree needed to protect our fish, streams, and tidal creeks.
If you would like to save a stream for a century and bring about a
dramatic improvement in environmental quality, then join us in either
College Park or Easton. We will show you how to evaluate the quality
of erosion and sediment control measures on construction sites. We?ll ask
you to evaluate a site or two on your own or you can team up with
another workshop participant.
We?ll also show you how to encourage development companies and
enforcement agencies to improve control. You will likely find that just
a phone call brings about a substantial improvement in control quality.
For example, Jim Fary, a volunteer with the Montgomery County Sierra
Club, won a 90% reduction in mud pollution from a large
construction site located in Layhill!
For further information call Richard Klein at 1-800-773-4571.
The Sierra Club is sponsoring this training.
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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net