2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:31:07 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Mayor's Gowanus Canal (Brooklyn, NY) plan
 
$150 Million Price Tag Put on Gowanus Effort
Mayor Announces Details Of Canal Cleanup Effort

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
October 12, 2009


GOWANUS - A new $150 million project to substantially improve water quality in the Gowanus Canal and reduce its odor impacts was officially announced on Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

One component is the rehabilitation of the existing flushing tunnel and pump station, as reported by the Eagle last week.

The project will also upgrade the canal's wastewater pumping station to divert more "combined sewer overflows" away from the canal and into the nearby Red Hook Sewage Treatment Plant. In addition, it will upgrade the existing flushing tunnel to significantly increase the flow of oxygen-rich water from the harbor into the canal. Both of these developments were reported upon by the Eagle.

The work also includes dredging sediment at the upper end of the canal, which will hopefully eliminate odors that can arise at low tide.

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For the entire article, see

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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