Gunpowder Riverkeeper files motion to join Maryland’s suit over water pollution near Joppa
JOPPA, Md. - Theaux Le Gardeur (right), executive director of the Gunpowder Riverkeeper, is joined by researcher Andrea Rudai (left) as they collect water samples on the Gunpowder River. (Alisha Camacho/Capital News Service)
By Andrea Durán, Alisha Camacho and Daranee Balachandar
The Riverkeeper for the Gunpowder River, a tributary of the upper Chesapeake Bay, has filed a motion to join the Maryland Department of the Environment’s case against a real-estate developer for hundreds of permit violations over two years. The state is seeking significant fines and restoration of the affected waterways.
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