First Piedmont Corporation landfill meets environmental standards, but Ringgold residents remain skeptical godanriver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from godanriver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Regular visitors to Old Town have likely noticed that something is missing along the waterfront.
Last month, Robinson Terminal North, a massive waterfront warehouse located at 501 N. Union St., was demolished. The demolition was part of RiverRenew, a half-billion-dollar project that involves building a tunnel system under the city to prevent combined sewage from overflowing into the Potomac River.
The former location of Robinson Terminal North as seen from Oronoco Street in early December (Photo/Missy Schrott)
The combined sewer system in Alexandria has been a problem for years. On a typical day, the system carries combined sewage and rainwater to AlexRenew, the city’s wastewater treatment facility located at 1800 Limerick St. On rainy days, however, the pipes don’t have the capacity to transport the quantity of combined sewage entering the system. As a result, combined sewage overflows into the city’s waterways at four outfalls about 70 times per year, according to AlexRene
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How regulators loosened pollution reins during early days of COVID-19
Virus shutdown shows human impact on Earth
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Dozens of power plants, factories and other facilities across the Chesapeake Bay watershed were given latitude to skip pollution-monitoring deadlines, file late reports or release more pollutants during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a review of public documents shows.
In March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a controversial policy, suspending the enforcement of a swath of environmental laws.
Top officials at the agency said the “enforcement discretion” strategy was necessary to allow industries to safely comply with social-distancing rules and lockdowns.