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Chesapeake Bay TMDL

Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies

Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies were developed by the seven watershed jurisdictions (Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia). The strategies outlined the river basin-specific implementation activities to reduce nutrient and sediment pollutant loads from point and nonpoint sources sufficient to achieve the 2003 nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment cap loads.