RvK Call for Drinking Water Protection Heard in Advance of GE Dredging
January 26, 2009
Riverkeeper Team
In a victory for the Community Advisory Group for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site, General Electric has agreed to reimburse the EPA for certain costs relating to ensuring a safe drinking water supply to the communities at risk for PCB contamination from the upcoming dredging of the Hudson River.
“We at Riverkeeper recognized the importance of assuring these communities, including Waterford, that the dredging process would not impair their drinking water supply. This agreement, following the EPA’s efforts to construct an alternative waterline, will do just that,” said Robert Goldstein, Riverkeeper’s general counsel, who has been working on the case. “It also demonstrates what we hope is a new attitude by General Electric, which has agreed to fund this effort and accept its responsibility to the community going forward.”
https://www.riverkeeper.org/campaign.php/ge_pcbs/we_are_doing/1712-12609-press-release---communit
