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The grades are out on local jurisdictions’ Watershed Implementation Plans and Charles County’s plan did not fare well.
Charles County’s WIP, which is intended to outline strategies to clean up the area’s waters, received the lowest grade possible, “Much More Work Ahead for Clean Local Waters,” from the Choose Clean Water Coalition, an organization comprising hundreds of nonprofits that seeks federal leadership to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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The coalition found that Charles’ WIP plan and eight other county WIP plans are “skeletal and did not commit to clear implementation strategies,” according to the coalition’s report released last week.