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Article: Stormwater tax credit passes
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2008
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The county will offer up to a $10,000 tax credit for people who
try to reduce stormwater pollution on their property, but other
solutions to the billion-dollar problem have yet to emerge from
months of political debate.
The tax credit, to be administered over five years, passed the
County Council last week. However, politicians and environmental and
community leaders continue to clash over how to raise money to
combat the $1 billion backlog of streams and rivers damaged caused
by uncontrolled stormwater, which brings sediment and toxic levels
of nutrients into the county's already polluted waterways.
The sticking point on how to raise more money will be the agenda
for a private meeting ...