A Look at the Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay is America's largest estuary and one of the world’s most productive. The Bay is home to over 2,700 species. It draws water from over 150 rivers, streams, and creaks, receiving roughly 70,000 cubic feet of water every second. That water reflects the surrounding land use activities of the District of Columbia, parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. A total of about 15 million people …showed first 75 words of 1121 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1121 total…and pollution of their natural habitat. The marine life of the Bay is essential not only to the health of the Bay ecosystem, but it is a mainstay of the economy in the surrounding areas. The threat of polluted aquatic life also poses a potential threat to the humans that consume the seafood from the Bay. If the Bay continues to be polluted the tourist and seafood industries of Maryland and Virginia could suffer greatly.