That water reflects the surrounding land use activities of the District of Columbia, parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. ... This means that the Bay must process more land-based pollution that most bodies of water. ... The process of decomposition removes dissolved oxygen from the water and turns large sections of the Bay into dead zones where life can not be supported. ... Some facilities carry their wastes off site and spread them across the land, where they eventually flow into the water. ... These various pollutants eventually settle direct...

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In my opinion citizens of a country have a huge role in the development of sustainable environments as it is their country and have an equal right on the land they live on, citizens and leaders should have an equal saying when environmental protection and economic developments are at stake. ... In Shanghai last year roughly 16,000 dead pigs were discovered floating through the Huangpu River. ...

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