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Assessment of sewage and septic derived nitrogen in the Choptank and Patuxent Rivers (Page 1)

Assessment of sewage and septic derived nitrogen in the Choptank and Patuxent Rivers

Jones AB, Dennison WC and Pantus F ·
1 December 2003

An assessment of nitrogen sources to the Choptank and Patuxent River (including Island Creek), was conducted during the summer of 2003. Results demonstrated that both rivers were compromised with sewage derived nutrients. An Ecosystem Health Index for defined reporting regions was calculated from a variety of ecosystem heath parameters and then converted to a report card grade from A+ to D- and F for fail (Table 1).

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