The Sassafras River Association has been working with people in the Delmarva Peninsula to improve water quality of the Chesapeake Bay tributary, but water quality improvements are still needed, according to the association\u2019s annual report card on river conditions.<\/p>\n
Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution is a continuing problem in the river due to agricultural operations nearby. There is also high turbidity because of runoff from a number of sources.<\/p>\n
A series of wetlands maintained by the association and other organizations should improve river conditions in the long run.<\/p>\n
The Sassafras River\u2019s upper estuary was graded as a \u2018C\u2019, the lower estuary as a \u2018B\u2019 and the creeks feeding the river were graded as a \u2018D.\u2019<\/p>\n
The river still is considered an impaired waterway by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sassafras River Association has been working with people in the Delmarva Peninsula to improve water quality of the Chesapeake Bay tributary, but water quality improvements are still needed, according to the association\u2019s annual report card on river conditions. Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution is a continuing problem in the river due to agricultural operations nearby. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rivers-streams"],"remote_post_permalink":false,"remote_post_featured_image":false,"yoast_head":"\n