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The Downstream Project and C Spout Run to be featured at Water Summit

November 4, 2013
Come to the Virginia Citizens for Water Quality (VCWQ) Water Summit this coming weekend and be inspired.  The Downstream Project’s (TDP) Executive Director, Bill Howard, will be giving a keynote talk along with C Spout Run partners Nesha McCrae of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality and Seth Coffman of Trout Unlimited.  They’ll outline how the

Water pollution? There’s an app for that.

October 22, 2013
Downstream Project Executive Director (and Rotarian) Bill Howard invited Upper Potomac River Manager for the Potomac RIVERKEEPER, Brent Walls, to speak at the Shepherdstown, WV Rotary Club breakfast last week, where Brent announced the Water Reporter —a new iPhone and iPad app (Android coming soon) that lets you report pollution as soon as you see it.  

Who Knew? Scientists discover hidden streams in Potomac River watershed

October 17, 2013
Before there was a capital city on the Potomac or a port in Baltimore; before the Beltways, the suburbs, the strip malls and subdivisions, there were streams – a lot of them, apparently.  Recently, scientists from the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science developed high resolution maps that identify headwater channels throughout the Potomac

Summer’s End

September 19, 2013
  Garden fresh tomatoes and crisp cucumbers. A cool swimming hole and a paddle down the river. A quiet evening fishing and a campsite by the creek. What did you enjoy this summer? Whatever it was, chances are it depended on clean water. We often take clean water for granted these days, but not so

Lasers shed light on the Shenandoah’s TMDL

September 5, 2013
    Article by Ronda Nickey Lehman, President Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition Since the signing of the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order by President Obama, the calculation of “TMDL,” or “total maximum daily load” for the Bay’s tributaries has been a point of controversy for many people living in the Bay watersheds. Their concerns stem from

Take the Test: How Many Earths Do You Need?

August 26, 2013
Last year it came later in August; the year before that, we lasted until September.  But in 2013, August 20 marked Earth Overshoot Day – the day that the Earth’s 7.1 billion people consumed more resources than the Earth can regenerate in a given year.  After that day each year, we dip into next year’s
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