Chesapeake Bay program urges overhaul of TMDL

The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), a regional partnership overseen by EPA, is calling for significant changes in how regulators implement the landmark water quality program and its total maximum daily load (TMDL) for excess nutrients in the Bay after finding that controls on agricultural nonpoint sources are not as effective as originally intended. “To date, CBP partner efforts to reduce nonpoint sources of nutrients have not produced sufficient levels of best management practice (BMP) implementation to meet the TMDL, and...