[CPEO-BIF] Mayor's Gowanus Canal (Brooklyn, NY) plan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

$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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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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