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Mar 282013
 

New survey finds 55 percent of US streams and rivers in poor condition.

from Earthjustice

WASHINGTON DC, March 26, 2013 — Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency released an extensive survey reporting that more than half of our nation’s stream and river miles are severely polluted, or listed as “impaired” or in “poor condition.” This is the most dire in a string of water assessments over the last 20 years that have reported high percentages of water impairment and pollution in the United States.

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