I was particularly interested in the focus on stormwater runoff.
Instead, all the clues pointed to stormwater runoff.
That detention basin is a model for controlling stormwater runoff, Mr. Keane said.
The only permit issued by a state agency for the site governs stormwater runoff.
Officials have applied a variety of solutions to stem contaminated stormwater runoff.
I'll be able to better attribute it to the stormwater runoff".
For example, stormwater runoff contaminated with agricultural or lawn pesticides and fertilizers, as well as with road deicing chemicals, can flow into streams and lakes.
A pipe carrying stormwater runoff from Nearwater Lane has dumped pollutants into the tidal area for years, he noted, but the trust has not spoken out.
UNDER force of federal mandate, local governments on the Island are advancing with potentially expensive programs to protect coastal waters from contaminants in stormwater runoff.
Above all, the fishermen have focused on finding effective ways to combat stormwater runoff, which has the most direct impact on trout streams.
"What we've seen today only helps to confirm that it is what I suspected: the stormwater runoff," said Mr. Jacobs, the county Health Department's beaches and parks director.
