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Updated: September 13, 2009 1:21:43 PM EDT

River of mud: Keep the muck at bay

Daily Record/Sunday News -- Scott Fisher

In 1972, Hurricane Agnes washed 20 million tons of sediment -- a toxic muck of soil, coal, heavy metals and other pollutants -- down the Susquehanna River, through the Conowingo dam floodgates and into the Chesapeake Bay. Full Story

Muckraker: Riverkeeper's crusade to save Chesapeake Bay from sediment

Where does the muck come from? Mostly York and Lancaster

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· About this series

· Muckraker: A riverkeeper's crusade

· Where does the muck come from?

· Our opinion: Take action on sediment