Does 'Downzoning' Work?

The story of how a remarkable 'downzoning' effort to save the Occoquan Reservoi

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February 11, 2003, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The Occoquan Reservoir...was so polluted during the 1960s and 1970s that the water people drank from it tasted and smelled dirty...Today, the reservoir supplies clean, safe drinking water to 1.2 million Northern Virginians, a turnaround that Fairfax leaders say was remarkable in a region that exploded in development over the last 25 years."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: A Water Source Saved, at Least for Now

Thursday, January 30, 2003 in The Washington Post

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