Jeff Tittel, head of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the bioremediation technique could still have promise for the site if it were used to reduce the toxins in the sediment before it was dredged ...

The EPA is planning a major clean up of the lower eight miles of the Passaic river. ((Frances Micklow/The Star-Ledger)) As federal regulators move forward with a massive plan to remove toxic muck ...

The EPA and Michigan are struggling to fund the removal of contaminated sediment in Great Lakes toxic hot-spots like the Detroit and Rouge rivers.

Shoreline sediment remediation work is currently underway as part of creating Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park west of the Ambassador Bridge and expected to open in 2024. Article content ...

Twelve years and $1.3 billion ago, the first scoop of PCB-laden sediment was hauled from the bottom of the Lower Fox River as court-ordered cleanup began. But with the final scoop of the cleanup ...

Genesee River sediments tainted by toxic metals from Eastman Kodak Co. would be cleaned up under a $15 million proposal by state environmental officials. The remedial work would consist of ...

In river sediment by the kayak launch, testing found arsenic at 100,000-ppb, vanadium at 32,000-ppb, mercury at 30,000-ppb, hexavalent chromium at 8,100-ppb and cyanide at 600-ppb.

The broadly stated options for river cleanup, include: sediment removal (the most expensive option); capping the soil and sediment; and what's called "natural recovery," essentially leaving the ...

Grand Calumet River delivers toxic load to Lake Michigan. ... It is one of 43 federal Areas of Concern targeted for remediation in the Great ... The river’s sediment contains harmful metals and ...

Sediment along the Detroit River’s American shoreline — so contaminated with toxic chemicals it erodes sampling containers and gives fish tumours — may not be cleaned up for many more years ...

A Week After Toxic River Spill in Colorado, ... will settle in river basin sediment and be churned up by later rainstorms. ... treat the sludge and figure out whether more remediation was necessary.