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Comparison of 1970 and 1999 Emissions

Number of People Living in Counties with Air Quality Concentrations Above the Level of the NAAQS in 1999

Trends in Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Following Implementation of Phase I of the Acid Rain Program: Total State-level Utility SO2 (1980, 1990, 1999)

Water Pollution

• Based on current water quality standards, over 70 percent of our rivers, 68 percent of our estuaries and 60 percent of our lakes now meet legislatively mandated goals.
• Some of the risks include
• pollutant runoff from agricultural lands
• stormwater flows from cities
• About 40,000 times each year, sanitary sewers overflow and release raw sewage to streets and waterbodies.