While not required by the CPBA, Loudoun County continues to debate whether or not to adopt the preservation act. I really can’t understand why the residents of Loudoun County find this a difficult decision. By adopting this act, Loudoun residents would find their own backyard waters to be cleaner and healthier. Additionally residents would contribute to the health of the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed, a watershed that impacts the health and economic welfare of well over 22 million people. At the center of the current controversy seems to be the insistence of the rural sections of Loudoun that this ordinance would create economic hardship. Farmers and businesses are concerned that they will be financially burdened by the ordinance.
The opposition is asking for voluntary restrictions and ideas for voluntary improvements to the riparian buffer zones near the county’s perennial streams. If farmers, businesses and residents were successful in voluntary efforts to improve water quality, we wouldn’t be faced with a dangerously polluted and stagnant Chesapeake Bay in the first place. The CPBA is a tough, but fair and reasonable approach that will improve the water quality of our county’s streams and the Bay as a whole.
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