Senators Call for GAO review of Chesapeake Bay program

Washington Post ^ | August 12, 2004 | Peter Whoriskey

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"Three U.S. senators are calling for an official review of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort after news reports that the government agency leading the cleanup has overstated its progress." . . .

"The Chesapeake Bay Program, the federal and state partnership directing the restoration of North America's largest estuary, has used numbers from a computer model to report significant reductions in the amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen running into bay waters.

"The Washington Post reported last month that the model was twice found to have rested on erroneous assumptions that overstated the results of the cleanup. Some scientists questioned whether the model should have been used as the primary measure of progress, particularly when actual water monitoring tests appeared to differ, showing little or no progress."

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