Impaired Waters

Over the last 30 years, nutrient pollution has become one of the major issues threatening the water ways around the U.S. Severe algae blooms and the corresponding hypoxic zone are a problem that will not go away alone. The U.S. EPA has been aggressively working with state regulators to limit the amount of point-source nutrient pollution around the country, and particularly in sensitive watersheds such as the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Unfortunately, the amount of pollution from non-point source polluters is still negatively affecting our nation’s water ways, creating eutrophic zones as well as unsightly algae blooms.