 | September 23, 2009 - GE has changed their approach to dewatering this part of the river. They have added sheet piling and a pump. BEAT is concerned that the pump is sitting on top of contaminated river sediment. GE put down stone first, but we feel that could have stirred up the sediment.
Mass. Department of Environmental Protection said that there has been monitoring of turbidity (how much sediment is in the water column) downstream. Was that monitoring being done when the sediment from putting down the stone would have been detected? |  |
| Pump to dewater the work area is located on top of contaminated sediment. Rock was put down under the pump. | GE has agreed to remove junk as well, including the stuffed chair in the river bank and shopping carts. |
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| Looking upstream from the bridge on West Street in Pittsfield at the work GE is doing to remove PCB laden sediment and bank soil. | A closer look up stream at the work GE is doing to remove PCB laden sediment and soil. Pictures taken 9/23/2009. | An even closer look. |
| November 5, 2008 - GE has installed 5 large pipes that will be used to divert the river while they dig out the contaminated river sediment and bank soils. |  |  |
| The pipe stretch way up to the bend in the river at the north end of Dorothy Amos Park. 11/05/08 |
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| The pipes run under the West Street bridge. 11/05/08 | The pipes run over a silt barrier. 11/05/08 | The pipes extend a short distance downstream from the West Street bridge. 11/05/08 |
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| October 23, 2008, the Park is closed and equipment has been moved into th back of the Park. | A view from the West Street river bridge. Dorothy Amos Park is to the right, with silt fence and haybales between the Park and the West Branch of the Housatonic River. 10/23/08 | A closer view of the silt fence along the bank. 10/23/08 |
