Or maybe it’s bad news if you read what’s actually in the Buffalo River now and needs to be taken out.
The main pollutants are lead, mercury and PCBs, the dumping of which has been banned by federal regulation for decades.
So, after years of neglect, what exactly is down there, below the water’s surface?
“It’s more like what’s not down there,” said Jill Jedlicka of Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/downtown/article524659.ece
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This isn’t anything people should find shocking when you consider the industries that used to be there
this is not news, for me at least
I would assume they knew the risks.
Probably bad news considering how much more traffic will be in the area. Plus, while they’re dredging, all that shit will be stirred up in the river.
Anyone else find it funny that they’re taking the stuff and dumping it on another waterfront property? Great forward thinking there Buffalo.
I won’t be jumping anymore lol.
LOL yambag
You’re right it will definitely increase the traffic during the dredging and then probably in general after. And yeah that’s ridiculous that they’re just moving the shit to another location instead of getting rid of it. Typical Buffalo.
Dredging it is definitely going to make matters worse at least in the short term…
To anyone who has ever jumped or been in that water:
Has anyone ever opened their eyes underwater? Is it even possible? What the hell does it look like down there?
Also, most of the pollutants are in the silt/sediment. By dredging it they are just stirring it back up into the water. We had a similar issue with the Des Plaines River in IL and ended up with huge fish kills.
How is that river now? Probably not any worse, minus some fish
The water is very BEER colored.
Yeah, that CAN’T be good. Care to elaborate?
IDK. it’s dirty, but it doesn’t seem super POLLUTED… I highly doubt THAT’S what’s gonna kill me. HAHA.
LOL Yeah from what I know about the other things you do, this is small potatoes.
No one makes you write a letter reflecting on your life and relationships before you swing off of a rope into the Buffalo River.
Meh, I’m still going to swim there today after work.
However, I’m definitely staying out of that water for a while once they actually start dredging. I’m curious as to how long it will take for those pollutants to either settle again, or work their way into Lake Erie. The Buffalo River doesn’t exactly ‘flow’ in that area.
Why dont they dam up the water and let it flow dry? then dig and remove?
Well for one, you’d flood everything upstream of the dam.
Well I mean you make channels out of the dam, but it makes it so less water is flowing through easier for clean up efforts. how fast is the current that it will cause flooding? I mean as long as you have some way for the water to flow past, you are good.