Article points out ecological health and a robust economy are intertwined. All I can say about that is duh!

?For all of the progress we have made upgrading sewage treatment plant technologies, we?re losing ground on impervious surfaces: rooftops, driveways, roads ? all of which carry sediment.?

?I would say we?re having a hard time now achieving the environmental protections to offset that kind of rapid growth,? Bryant said. ?We can?t conserve land fast enough to offset some of the other stuff.?
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