Fifth Season of Fox River Dredging Ends (USA)

Fifth Season of Fox River Dredging Ends

The fifth season of PCB cleanup from the Fox River comes to an end.

This work included dredging in a number of areas between the De Pere dam and the project’s processing facility in Green Bay.

Progress for the week ending November 9:

– Estimated volume of sediment dredged – 12,744 cubic yards;

– Estimated amount of processed sediment produced – 6,515 tons;

– Estimated tonnage hauled to the landfill – 3,808 tons;

– Truckloads to the landfill – 159;

– Water treated and discharged to the river – 25,500,000 gallons;

– Area of river bottom sand covered – 5.29 acres;

– Area of gravel cover – 0 acres.

Progress during the 2013 dredging, capping and covering season (through November 9):

– Estimated volume of sediment dredged – 570,902 cubic yards;

– Estimated tonnage of sediment produced – 256,418 tons;

– Estimated tonnage hauled to the landfill – 276,982 tons;

– Truckloads to the landfill – 11,586;

– Water treated and discharged to the river – 853,500,000 gallons;

– Area of river bottom sand covered – 106.62 acres;

– Area of gravel cover – 13.41 acres.

The project officially started with dredging and processing on April 28, 2009.

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Press Release, November 18, 2013