Factoid/2008/10/21
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What's to Blame for Beach Water Pollution?
- "Aging and poorly designed sewage and stormwater systems hold much of the blame for beachwater pollution. The number of closing and advisory days due to sewage spills and overflows more than tripled to 4,097 from 2006 to 2007, but the largest known source of pollution continues to be contamination from stormwater, which caused more than 10,000 closing and advisory days in 2007." - excerpt from Natural Resources Defense Council's Testing the Waters: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches.
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