Crews are removing over 850,000 cubic yards of toxic sediment from Ohio’s Cuyahoga River; the waste is being stabilised two miles downstream |
A silt barge dredges contaminated sediment from the Cuyahoga Gorge dam pool. Image Credit: US EPA Crews are removing more than 850,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, as part of a major cleanup around the Gorge Dam. The material contains pollutants including heavy metals, oil, grease and…