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A Score Of Companies Could Share Bill For Gowanus Cleanup
Kieran K. Meadows and Mike Reicher |
The Brooklyn canal’s Superfund designation has triggered a hunt for the corporations responsible for more than a century of pollution.
With hundreds of miles of combined sewers that carry both sewage and stormwater, massive overflows are common after even small rainfalls, fouling areas like the Gowanus Canal.
The Brooklyn canal’s Superfund designation has triggered a hunt for the corporations responsible for more than a century of pollution.
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