HRI favors a plan for the cleanup of the Housatonic River that will meets these goals: No more toxic waste dumps in the Berkshires Maximum removal of PCBs, including in Connecticut Maximum community involvement throughout the clean-up Openness to explore and utilize alternative technologies Flexibility to modify clean-up plans as needed. (adaptive management)
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What the river bottom looked like before clean up and then 5 and 10 year restoration pictures
There is a different side to the story when you hear people writing that the clean up didn’t work in the Pittsfield two mile stretch of the Housatonic River. Here is what was found during remediation. This is Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid. A mixture of PCBs and other toxic chemicals under the water table. Some [...]