RICHMOND — The James River Association (JRA) released its biennial "State of the James" report Thursday, grading the overall health of the river as a B with a…
The James River Association’s State of the James Report released Thursday reflects a “B” grade for the river with a score of 66%, an improvement from its failing health decades ago.
Three environmental organizations are suing Virginia’s Henrico County in federal court over a history of sewage overflows and pollution discharges to tributaries of the James River near Richmond.
Henrico County is the subject of a new federal lawsuit alleging the county has illegally released pollution from many points in its sanitary sewer system. The suit alleges, based on state data, that Henrico’s system has overflowed about 66 million gallons of untreated sewage into the James River and its tributaries since 2016.
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