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Anything that washes into the water that drains to the Bay. This could be animal manure from pastures, fertilizer and weed killer from lawns, wastewater from industrial plants or cities, etc.

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Q: What pollutes the Chesapeake bay watershed?
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Anything that washes into the water that drains to the Bay. This could be animal manure from pastures, fertilizer and weed killer from lawns, wastewater from industrial plants or cities, etc.