For further help see the next graphic. Overall watershed Nutrient sources. Pie charts for nitrogen and phosphorus. Acres under nutrient management. Phosphorus loads delivered to the Bay.
Nitrogen loads to the Bay.
This is the main menu for the environmental indicators that were selected above. Use only if you need or desire to look at more of them. This proposal was not supported by local officials in the Shenandoah Valley and Lower Potomac region, who believe that it unfairly placed the burden of closing the nutrient gap on areas of the basin that had worked cooperatively with the state to meet their regional nutrient reduction target. In addition, it would substantially diminish the capability of these areas to reserve future nutrient reduction measures that would help maintain their regional nutrient reduction caps as the population grows.