Strengthen pollution reduction actions to reduce nutrient and organic carbon discharge into fresh and marine waters. Sources of excess nutrients and organic carbon include farms and livestock operations (e.g., dairies and beef cattle), urban storm water runoff, wastewater treatment outfalls, and on-site septic systems. Although the magnitude of nutrient and organic carbon impacts to local acidification has not been quantified in this area, the implications of these pollutants are clear (i.e., decreased pH resulting from decomposition of excessive plant and algal biomass) and improved pollution reduction measures need to begin now. There will be multiple benefits to controlling sources of pollution that reduce pH, including a reduction in bacterial contamination and prevention of potential low dissolved oxygen conditions.