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	NRDC: Cleaning Up the Anacostia River
		Although the eight-mile-long Anacostia River is surrounded by parkland, it is severely polluted by sediment, nutrients, pathogens, toxins and trash.
		Between 75 percent and 90 percent of the Anacostia's pollution is caused by stormwater runoff, a problem closely tied to sprawl and overdevelopment throughout the watershed.
		Anacostia advocates are also pressing the federal government to acknowledge the important role it must play in addressing combined sewer overflows in the nation's capital.
	www.nrdc.org /water/pollution/fanacost.asp (1855 words)

	Anacostia River. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Anacostia River (an-uh-CAHS-tee-uh), c.12 mi/19 km long, in central Md. and Wash., D.C., is formed by Sligo Creek, flowing into Northeast Branch, which converge at Hyattsville, Md. It flows SW, past Bladensburg, Cottage City, and Colmar Manor, Md., and through S part of Wash., D.C., to the Potomac.
		Arboretum, Anacostia River Park, and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens form part of the E bank within the D.C. boundaries.
		The river also borders Kingman L. and flows near Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium in Wash., D.C. The Whitney Young and Sousa bridges cross the river, and in Wash., D.C., a naval air station, a naval receiving station, and a naval yard are named after it.
	www.bartleby.com /69/60/A04660.html (179 words)

	USATODAY.com - Energy flows into D.C.'s other river (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		WASHINGTON — The Anacostia River is so dirty that the city warns people not to eat the cancerous fish in its muddy waters.
		Today, the Anacostia and its surrounding neighborhoods are all but invisible to the 17 million tourists a year who visit Washington to see landmarks barely 1 or 2 miles away on the Mall: the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, memorials and museums.
		The Anacostia initiative is a public-private venture among 20 local and federal agencies that own or control land along the river.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-07-13-anacostia_x.htm (1134 words)

	Viewpoint -- Anacostia’s Pollution Signals More Than Just Sanitation Problem
		The Anacostia River is eight miles long, flowing from Bladensburg, Md. into the Potomac River at the southeast tip of Washington, D.C. It has often been referred to as the nation’s “Forgotten River,” as it is admittedly one of the most polluted and toxic rivers in the country.
		The residents of Anacostia have been perpetually blamed for the river’s unhealthy condition — when it is mainly the upper-middle class suburban residents of Maryland who are throwing the responsibility, along with their trash, for the Anacostian residents to endure.
		The river could be a viable economic as well as recreational resource for the residents of the eastern part of the city, as the Anacostia has sparked some local attention from community-based groups.
	www.thehoya.com /viewpoint/101003/view4.cfm (630 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Save the Bay: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Anacostia River is the Washington, D.C. area’s greatest source of toxic pollution to the Chesapeake Bay.
		Chemicals dumped in the river over the past century, an outdated sewer system that channels raw sewage and pollution into the waterway, and the disappearance of the river’s natural mechanism for self-cleaning all contribute to the problem.
		Although the Anacostia River is one of the three most toxic rivers flowing into the Chesapeake Bay, its problems have long been overlooked, perhaps due to its location in the poorest section of Washington.
	www.cbf.org /site/PageServer?pagename=back_dc (370 words)

	Project Summary
		Other sources of contaminants to the Anacostia, including those from combined sewage outfalls and from ground water, are beginning to attract attention from investigators interested in addressing the environmental problems in the area.
		Ground-water hydrogeology in the lower Anacostia tidal watershed is not well characterized, and is possibly a source of contaminants to the river.
		The overall goal of the proposed project is to develop an understanding of the hydrogeologic framework, to determine the extent of ground-water/surface-water interactions, and to estimate the contributions of contaminants from the ground water to the lower tidal Anacostia River.
	md.water.usgs.gov /groundwater/anacostia_gw/ProjSum.html (1103 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / D.C. plans to revitalize Anacostia river (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Long considered the city's "forgotten river," the Anacostia is on its way to revitalization under legislation signed Thursday by Mayor Anthony A. Williams.
		It establishes the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation, which will coordinate a 25-year effort aimed at bringing an economic surge to the river's edge that could be worth up to $1.5 billion.
		The days of the Anacostia being a forgotten river and characterized as one of the nation's most dangerous rivers are over," Williams told reporters at a signing ceremony moved from the water's edge to City Hall because of weather concerns.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/08/05/dc_plans_to_revitalize_anacostia_river?mode=PF (438 words)

	Cutter Suction Dredge, dredge equipment, dredges, the word for dredge is Ellicott
		As seen in Figure 9, the Anacostia River is one of three areas in the Chesapeake Bay recognized as posing a significant risk to aquatic life due to high levels of sediment contamination.
		Several studies of tidal river sediments have found PCBs, DDT, DDE, Chlordane, trace metals and PAHs at detectable levels at all tidal Anacostia River sampling stations with levels of PCBs and Chlordane exceeding suggested criteria throughout the tidal river.However, the source(s) of contaminants could not be definitively determined (LTI, 1990).
		A subsequent study of tidal river sediments conducted in 1991 found concentrations of trace metals, such as cadmium, mercury, lead and zinc in the vicinity of the Washington Navy Yard to be at levels several times those expected to occur naturally.
	www.dredge.com /casestudies/anacostia1.htm (1686 words)

	The Anacostia: a river of diverse communities
		Whether we realize it or not the Anacostia River is important to everyone in the state of Maryland.
		The Anacostia watershed is about 170 square miles in area, approximately 120 of which are located in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, with the remainder in the District of Columbia.
		Urbanization and growth are inevitable in the Anacostia watershed because it is such a great place in which to work and raise a family.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /forests/anacostia/anacostia.html (1397 words)

	EPA's Restoration Projects - Dist. Of Columbia - Anacostia River Watershed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Anacostia River and watershed is located in Washington, DC and suburban Maryland, including Prince George's and Montgomery Counties.
		A primarily urban watershed, the river is bombarded by an onslaught of toxins, heavy metals, nutrients, sediment, hydrocarbons.
		The Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS), founded in 1989, is a non-profit 501(c)(3), environmental organization whose purpose is to restore and protect the urban Anacostia River for the health and enjoyment of everyone in its watershed.
	yosemite.epa.gov /water/restorat.nsf/c024384f81f9adfd85256a95006590e6/89f72b0fcf9f0a0185256a8b006c21cd?OpenDocument (672 words)

	EPA > Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) > Ecological Restoration > Anacostia River Watershed
		The Anacostia River watershed is located in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.
		To address the rapid deterioration of the river, an intergovernmental partnership was created by the landmark 1987 Anacostia Watershed Restoration Agreement, signed by the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and the State of M aryland.
		Table 6-2, Summary of the Anacostia Restoration Blueprint, is taken from the Draft 1992 Anacostia Restoration Team "Blueprint for the Restoration of the Anacostia Watershed" (Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments 1992 draft).
	www.epa.gov /owowwtr1/NPS/Ecology/chap6ana.html (1559 words)

	River of Words: For Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of the highlights of the annual trip to Washington, DC for the River of Words prize winners and their families is our canoe trip on the Anacostia River.
		The Anacostia River (formerly known as the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River) is one of the two rivers that form the delta on which Washington, DC is built.
		The river began silting up by the beginning of the 19th century and by 1830, the Port of Bladensburg was closed due to sedimentation.
	www.riverofwords.org /youth/2000canoetrip.html (528 words)

	The Anacostia River
		The Anacostia River flows from the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC to its mouth at the Potomac River near downtown Washington.
		The Northeast and Northwest Branches converge in Bladensburg, MD and form the tidal Anacostia River, which flows 8.4 miles through Maryland and Washington, DC until it meets the Potomac River at Hain's Point.
		The Anacostia Watershed is home to over 800,000 residents of Maryland and Washington, DC and includes some of the most economically distressed areas in the metropolitan region.
	www.umass.edu /ecologicalcities/watershed/anacostia.htm (312 words)

	Environmental Quality Program
		High Rate of Tumors in Catfish from the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. The final report on a 2000-2001 tumor survey of brown bullheads in the Anacostia River is now available.
		Fifty percent of the fish collected from the Anacostia River near the CSX Railroad Bridge in the spring and 60% of those collected in the fall had liver tumors.
		Tumor prevalence and biomarkers of exposure and response in brown bullheads (Ameiurus nebulosus) from the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C. and Tuckahoe River, Maryland.
	www.fws.gov /contaminants/issues/bullhead.cfm (601 words)

	Anacostia Community Boathouse Association - Mission & Vision
		A permanent community boathouse on the Anacostia River will advance the improvements underway all along the river, attract economic development, and contribute to the restoration and revitalization of the entire Southeast Washington and Anacostia community, improving access to the water for all.
		The Anacostia Community Boathouse Association is building a premier rowing and paddling center on the Anacostia River.
		ACBA will support the goals of the broader Anacostia Waterfront Initiative by providing a facility where residents can celebrate and play on their river, connecting neighborhoods to the river, and restoring it as an asset to the surrounding community, which will increase the value of the riverfront to the local community.
	www.anacostiaboathouse.org /mission_new.html (530 words)

	Middle Anacostia River Crossings Transportation Study - KCI Technologies, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As part of the overall Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, KCI conducted a $700,000 transportation study for the Middle Anacostia area of the District of Columbia.
		The project's objectives were established as a result of the incomplete interchanges on the Anacostia Freeway/Kenilworth Avenue, commuter cut-through traffic in the neighborhoods, and the presence of unnecessary expressway facilities.
		This study was performed with the twin goals of reducing the adverse affect of the transportation system on the neighborhoods while increasing mobility for residents of Southeast DC on both sides of the Anacostia River.
	www.kci.com /tech/middle_anacostia.html (1303 words)

	United Marine International LLC - TrashCat Used in Anacostia River Floating Trash Debris Removal Program
		As previously indicated, tidal Anacostia River sediments are highly impacted with organic and inorganic contaminants which have resulted in substantial biological impacts to benthos and fish.
		Anacostia Federal Facilities Impact Assessment Study Under this Congressionally mandated study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with assistance from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in 1997 identified over 50 storm water retrofit, stream restoration, wetland creation, drainage remediation and riparian reforestation projects and management measures at 11 Anacostia Federal facility sites.
		However, in recent years, the tidal Anacostia River has shown slight signs of improved clarity, particularly in the lower reaches which are more strongly influenced by clearer Potomac River water.
	www.trashskimmer.com /anacostia2.htm (1535 words)

	Northwest Branch, Anacostia River experience pollution problems - Silver Chips Online
		The Northwest Branch is among the 28 percent of Montgomery County streams rated as being in fair condition by the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection and is among the tributaries that are contributing to pollution in the Anacostia River.
		A river with 5 percent of fish having liver tumors is considered "highly contaminated," and the study indicates that the Anacostia may be among the most polluted rivers in the nation.
		The Anacostia Watershed Society, which according to its website is a "non-profit environmental organization that is working to protect and restore the Anacostia River and its watershed," focuses primarily on the areas of restoration, education and advocacy.
	silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=3079 (1811 words)

	Anacostia Watershed Society Homepage
		Own our documentary of the restoration efforts that are giving new life to the river and the community.
		Anacostia: Restoring the People's River is a forty-minute film that explores the river's rich cultural history and the inspiring efforts of local people to make the river a swimmable, fishable, clean centerpiece of the community.
		Anacostia: Restoring the People's River is $10 on DVD or video.
	www.anacostiaws.org (503 words)

	Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Washington, DC: Science and Environment: Anacostia River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The watershed of the Anacostia River lies within the Washington, DC, metro area, including Prince George's County and Montgomery County, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
		Anacostia Watershed Network · Project to provide information on biological and water quality conditions of the Anacostia River.
		Anacostia Watershed Society · cached · Non-profit environmental organization that works to protect and restore the Anacostia River and its watershed through river clean-ups, planting trees, fighting pollution, and other programs.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=1274185 (219 words)

	Program Areas: Restoring the Anacostia River
		The main stem of the Anacostia River is only 8 miles long, flowing from Bladensburg, Maryland into the Potomac River at the southeast tip of the District of Columbia.
		The Anacostia runs through the heart of the nation’s capital, separating (geographically and symbolically) one-third of the District from the rest of the city.
		When there is sufficient demand for a restored river and a new context is created to view its full potential for community revitalization and urban progress, the necessary public and private resources will be allocated to ensure the river is transformed into a source of pride that benefits our citizens.
	www.summitfund.org /fund/programs/restoring-anacostia.html (878 words)

	Anacostia gets new lease on life - 05/23/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Connolly of the Anacostia Watershed, left, and Dick Turner of Fresh Creek Technologies stand along the Anacostia River.
		As late as the 1960s, fls were made to feel unwelcome along much of the river bank and could not use the publicly financed swimming pool or golf course in Anacostia Park.
		Anacostia pollutants endanger one of the nation's major fisheries, the Chesapeake Bay, about 100 miles downstream from where the Anacostia and Potomac merge inside Washington's borders.
	www.detnews.com /2000/nation/0005/23/a02-61400.htm (630 words)

	Anacostia Historic District
		The name Anacostia derives from the area's early history as Nacochtank, a settlement of Necostan or Anacostan Indians on the banks of the Anacostia River.
		Captain John Smith recorded in his journals that he sailed up the Eastern Branch or Anacostia River in 1608 in his search for the main branch of the Potomac River and was well received by these Native Americans.
		Today, the Anacostia Historic District is an area of approximately 20 squares in southeast Washington.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc90.htm (426 words)

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