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Developers See Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal as an Alluring New Waterfront. But for Years, It Stunk
The EPA has been working for 12 years on two huge underground tanks to keep sewage overflows from polluting the canal. The ...
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Lawsuit reveals shocking new details about one of America's most polluted waterways: 'This canal right here is mutant water'
A creek in New York has seen hundreds of years of pollution, and cleanup is proving ... A recent lawsuit has revealed more about the state of the Gowanus Canal, one of America's most polluted ...
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Gowanus Canal cleanup advances with excavation for Red Hook tank
The tank is an 8-million-gallon underground facility designed to capture sewage overflow and prevent it from spilling into ...
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NYC tenants put in tough position as cancerous vapor tests near Gowanus Canal need landlords’ permission
The DEC has already tested hundreds of buildings and, by next month, will be sending letters to all building owners in roughly 100 blocks around the infamous, pollution-choked Gowanus Canal asking ...
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Long-Delayed Gowanus Canal Overflow Tank Progresses With Excavation
The Red Hook tank is critical to the success of the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup and will prevent contamination of the ...
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Construction of long-delayed Gowanus Canal CSO tank moves forward as city completes excavation
A long-delayed project critical to the success of the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup reached an early milestone this week, ...
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Gowanus Canal
F, G at Carroll St.; F, G at Smith-9th Sts. Constructed in the 1860s, the 1.5-mile-long Gowanus Canal was once a bustling commercial waterway, used to transport cargo to and from oil plants ...