EPA to Pay for Town Water during River Dredging

摘要

In response to concerns raised by the people of Halfmoon and Waterford about using Hudson River water as their source of drinking water while the dredging project proceeds, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to pay the additional cost incurred to draw water from the Troy system until November 2012. The agency is overseeing a precedent-setting cleanup to reduce levels of polychlo-rinated biphenyls (PCBs) in river sediments, which are damaging the environment. The agency will cover the towns' incremental water costs full-time through the end of the dredging season in 2012. EPA will pay for the extra costs during all of the remaining dredging seasons until the Hudson dredging is complete.