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Housing development abuts agricultural land in Easton, Maryland

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A housing development abuts agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Easton, Maryland. Intensive agricultural land use, carbonate-rock geology, and sparse riparian canopy are associated with elevated nitrate concentrations in baseflow in streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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