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NID Mercury Remediation Project Makes Feinstein's Appropriations List
Published on May 31, 2010 - 8:30:25 AM
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By: Susan Snider, YubaNet
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. May 31, 2010 - On May 13 Senator Diane Feinstein announced her Appropriations requests for FY 2011 -- a list of 23 projects throughout California which includes everything from repairs to the historic penitentiary on Alcatraz Island to grant funding for local Fire Safe Councils.
After months of waiting, Nevada Irrigation Assistant Manager Tim Crough was pleased to see that the district's mercury removal project at Combie Reservoir made the list as well. If Feinstein's requests are approved by Congress -- and NID's project remains on the list -- the district will receive enough funding to begin the project under the Environmental Protection Agency.
NID is seeking $3,000,000 under the Appropriations Request, an amount which will allow the district to dredge sediments for the first year of the 3-5 year project.
Part of NID's lower storage division, Combie Reservoir sits behind Van Giesen Dam, built in 1928. Over the past 80 years, hundreds of thousands of tons of mercury-laden sediment have built up behind the dam. Currently, mercury contamination has rendered the reservoir unusable as a drinking water supply. And the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has ordered a halt to dredging which NID says is necessary to maintain storage capacity.
Through the proposed project, NID hopes to remove 200 pounds of mercury contaminating the reservoir -- and potentially the Bear River below the dam. If the project successfully demonstrates that mercury can be removed from sediments -- without contributing to unacceptable levels of mercury downstream -- it could become a model for other reservoir maintenance programs as a Best Management Practice (BMP). As stated in the Appropriations request, the project "is a valuable use of taxpayer money because it will restore a public drinking water supply and prove a technique that can be used by other water districts with similar problems."
While the project has garnered a wide range of support, including supervisors from both Nevada and Placer counties, the Sierra Fund, and the local Tsi-Akim Maidu Tribe, final approval by Congress rests on acceptance by such local politicians as 4th District Congressman Tom McClintock.
For more information on NID's "Combie Reservoir Sediment and Mercury Removal" project, go to http://nidwater.com/mercury-removal.cfm
NID Mercury Remediation Project Makes Feinstein's Appropriations List
Published on May 31, 2010 - 8:30:25 AM
Email this article Printer friendly page
By: Susan Snider, YubaNet
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. May 31, 2010 - On May 13 Senator Diane Feinstein announced her Appropriations requests for FY 2011 -- a list of 23 projects throughout California which includes everything from repairs to the historic penitentiary on Alcatraz Island to grant funding for local Fire Safe Councils.
After months of waiting, Nevada Irrigation Assistant Manager Tim Crough was pleased to see that the district's mercury removal project at Combie Reservoir made the list as well. If Feinstein's requests are approved by Congress -- and NID's project remains on the list -- the district will receive enough funding to begin the project under the Environmental Protection Agency.
NID is seeking $3,000,000 under the Appropriations Request, an amount which will allow the district to dredge sediments for the first year of the 3-5 year project.
Part of NID's lower storage division, Combie Reservoir sits behind Van Giesen Dam, built in 1928. Over the past 80 years, hundreds of thousands of tons of mercury-laden sediment have built up behind the dam. Currently, mercury contamination has rendered the reservoir unusable as a drinking water supply. And the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has ordered a halt to dredging which NID says is necessary to maintain storage capacity.
Through the proposed project, NID hopes to remove 200 pounds of mercury contaminating the reservoir -- and potentially the Bear River below the dam. If the project successfully demonstrates that mercury can be removed from sediments -- without contributing to unacceptable levels of mercury downstream -- it could become a model for other reservoir maintenance programs as a Best Management Practice (BMP). As stated in the Appropriations request, the project "is a valuable use of taxpayer money because it will restore a public drinking water supply and prove a technique that can be used by other water districts with similar problems."
While the project has garnered a wide range of support, including supervisors from both Nevada and Placer counties, the Sierra Fund, and the local Tsi-Akim Maidu Tribe, final approval by Congress rests on acceptance by such local politicians as 4th District Congressman Tom McClintock.
For more information on NID's "Combie Reservoir Sediment and Mercury Removal" project, go to http://nidwater.com/mercury-removal.cfm
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