Repository expansion supports ongoing Canyon Creek cleanup
The new Canyon Complex Repository/Waste Consolidation Area in Canyon Creek. Crews are building the new repository foundation. Repositories and waste consolidation areas like this one reduce health risks from metals like lead and arsenic.
Courtesy photo
BURKE — Cleanup work continues across the Canyon Creek Basin as agencies move into another major construction season within the Bunker Hill Superfund Site.
The Canyon Creek Basin remains one of the Upper Basin’s priority cleanup areas because of the concentration of historic mine waste near streams, wildlife habitat and residential areas. Current projects are designed to reduce human exposure and prevent additional contamination from washing downstream during storms or spring runoff.
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