RICK BREWER, of the Ashtabula River Partnership, announced that dredging of the Ashtabula River will begin soon after a several month break. Brewer toured the State Road treatment area last summer. Improvements to the treatment system will help the dredging run smoothly, officials said Monday. WARREN DILLAWAY / The Star Beacon
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Improvements were made to the water treatment system to enable it to treat more water, and changes were made to the dredging system and pipeline to enable them to handle debris in the sediment better.
"The Ashtabula River project is the largest so far under the Legacy Act," Cannon said.
While previous Legacy Act cleanups have addressed contaminated "hot spots," this project seeks to address contaminated sediment comprehensively within an entire "area of concern" on the Great Lakes, Elise Speizman, a U.S. EPA director of public affairs, has said.
The Ashtabula River area of concern comprises the lower 2 1/2 miles of the river and near-shore areas of Lake Erie.
Areas of concern are severely degraded sites within the Great Lakes in which there is significant pollution. Polluted sediment is one major reason many Great Lakes fish are not safe to eat in great quantities.
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