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Washington Post: To nature, snow is potential. It is rainwater, waiting for a cue. So for now, scientists can guess at the environmental effects of historic back-to-back blizzards: Snowed-in cars don't pollute, snow-drooped trees could temporarily change the architecture of local forests. But the full impact of this two-act Snowmageddon won't be clear until the stuff melts. If those 30-plus inches of snow turn to water too fast, the water could pour unfiltered into the Potomac and Anacostia ......
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Rapid melting of record snowfall could harm waterways, aquatic life
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 13th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation