Muddying the Waters ; Millions of Tons of Sediment Lie Behind Local Dams On the Susquehanna River, Endangering the Chesapeake Bay If a Storm Washes It Downstream. There Are No Easy Solutions. Dirty Solution

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The Susquehanna River seems to speed up as it thunders over the brink and jumps 55 feet down the face of Holtwood Dam.

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Muddying the Waters ; Millions of Tons of Sediment Lie Behind Local Dams On the Susquehanna River, Endangering the Chesapeake Bay If a Storm Washes It Downstream. There Are No Easy Solutions. Dirty Solution

Despite its eternal rush, the water always leaves behind baggage.

Michael Helfrich hiked the York County shoreline on a recent wintry day and stooped to study the latest deposit. His shoes sank in over their soles.

"There's some sediment for you," he said. He found a stick in the woods and tested the goo's depth: 6 inches.

Helfrich, the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, nodded to where slushy ice plates stole by on the current. Much more silt lies uns...

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