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The sewage treatment plant upgrades made possible by these funds will prevent an estimated four million pounds of nitrogen pollution from entering Virginia’s rivers that flow into the Bay.
“This proposal would close a significant gap in efforts to address the Bay’s critical water quality problems,” said Chesapeake Bay Foundation Virginia Executive Director Ann F. Jennings. “Local sewage treatment plants are the single largest source of nitrogen pollution now going into Virginia’s rivers and the Chesapeake Bay, and funding their upgrades is a huge step forward. We look forward to working with the Kaine Administration and the General Assembly to secure passage of the bond proposal,” Jennings said.
Completing upgrades to sewage treatment plants - many of which are in highgrowth areas - will improve Virginia’s environment and quality of life, and continue fostering the state’s economic expansion.
Rich Napier, president of the 6,000-member Home Builders Association of Virginia, called the announcement pro-business and consistent with the recent announcement by Forbes.com that Virginia is the best state in the nation in which to do business. “Future economic development success in Virginia will be directly linked to the discharge capacity of the Commonwealth’s waste water treatment facilities, and as president of one of the state’s largest business organizations, I commend Governor Kaine for this recommendation to the state legislature,” Napier said.
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