Chesapeake Bay watershed jurisdictions continue working toward nitrogen and phosphorus goals, with sediment goal already achieved

New target date set with revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement

New modeling estimates from the Chesapeake Bay Program show that the jurisdictions of the Bay watershed—New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware and West Virginia—continue to work toward their pollutant reduction goals. As of 2025, jurisdictions have met 100% of their goal for sediment reduction, 90% of their goal for phosphorus reduction and 57% of their goal for nitrogen reduction.