{"id":44,"date":"2015-12-01T01:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterkeeperschesapeake.org\/polluted-stormwater-runoff\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:48:47","slug":"polluted-stormwater-runoff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waterkeeperschesapeake.org\/es\/polluted-stormwater-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Escorrent\u00eda de aguas pluviales contaminadas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our urban and suburban streams and rivers are plagued by polluted runoff every time it rains. This polluted runoff is the fastest growing source of water pollution in our region due to over development, weak regulations, outdated infrastructure, and increasing frequency and severity of storms due to climate change. Stormwater transports trash, oil, and toxic chemicals into our waterways, and causes severe flooding. And when sewers overflow, raw sewage flows into our rivers \u2013 and sometimes into people\u2019s basements \u2013 causing public health crises. The impacted communities are often the most disadvantaged and overburdened by pollution. Our Waterkeepers are using several strategies to reduce polluted stormwater runoff, ensuring that our neighborhood streams, rivers and bays become fishable and swimmable once again, and our drinking water supplies are protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waterkeepers Chesapeake and several Riverkeepers have been fighting to get the states to issue permits that adequately control polluted runoff. We support state legislation, push counties, and argue in the courts to get:<\/p>\n\n\n\n