Document kDn52NvDe8va77JrzN2eDELzV

F. I.ZiTCN, IL Y. FSt ti'A'l C. 20.600 ^MAR 1 4 1976 '\ ' I ' , ^ Hudson for (Drinking Water. .A Closer Look gp Propose * |NWTOtt CRT --Tb. U.8. Amy Coqitfl __ ffdid that k will tM to "look own dooaty at tkw Mo lonPtr" nf tki ttmioiiM TIItm llikoi ilriwiiaiag ololliM lam liiMkiii tf tafttag Mac can kt witkdrn to mat tko aaado rf tko pnriag Naw Yooi atropalilaa i * **-r T-1,........ *--------1------`-`iri Tkr rira II i'm.iii Um ! yo|y-cUariaatad Mmyla (ECBi) io oat daag* tkat wglhaMtoba rrwairtmrt Wooo any jjacMOO omoAo toatfliaa the Hadm Rim loo drinking oato Mippbaa ^d n mfar M. 9 i ta tko Hndm Mm kacaaaa of lUigmiMy Ugh IomIo of FCVa tend ia may Mama of Oak. Baooodjagly kigk lmk of tko cfcoMfcal aakataaoo kaoa hoM band ia SM caaght at kotk Kkmtoa a^ Rqktaoydi. krtnaiBiig Wthe Mathaatoara United 8latn Water 9m*T Study ittarim report, one pomible mtohod at nhtabhn addi tional otter is to locate a jtampiag station am tbs rivar aft Watt Park, belwosp Kinptou aad Poughkeeprie. Another riteraativ* wM be Ip Inatt i pumping nutkn >t Hyde Pit i BatA-- CouaQr. Fraak IfeGoww, director at thn Corpa study, toM tb* ftiwnii that further stinH** will b* mads to determine whether PCS'* paa* a tbraat to the rivar'e ua* aa a aouna fv halo* acceptable tovele. Similar aamplae have baaa takau ban A* Fougtakaapaae water supply, aritb auch tba saaa raauha. ; PCB'a aa heavier thaa wata, aod therefore coUact in tba silt wad sediment oaths rivar bottom, wbnr* tbay ai* often ingested bp fisb. McGowan aaid that an intake chamber located at Waal Pm eouid ba deeigaed to ska watar from tba auzfaee at tba rivar, wham PCB'a would ba laaa concentrated. . In additiun, PCB'a bav* aa eatramriy long maiitnal Ufa and am virtually adaatwwtabVs by artificial manna. At praaaat, than* is no known , wary of (amoving tba PCB'a that faava accumulatad w tba you in tba Huhoa Rivar. emphasised that tba Corpa hm not mnda a to tba Waal Park inject. "We barn not oateb. Baked wbathar wo will procaad with that particular project," ka aaid, "oswil aaaoaa tba powtka of thooa individual qtimuo who appaar at tba baariiv (March 19 ia Now York City) aad than ilatna mine whether thno a strong or official demand far the Corpa to addrase, with specific programs, tba watar supply . jasada of tb* Nortbamt." i Cengnas, ia 1986, that autboruod tba Corpa at 'a....... to Mudartaka a study concerning lha watar supply needs of tba Northeast ragion. For tba New York metiopotitaii ama, tba Corpa toady liata Svo poaatbla atom at davolopmant; tbra* toduda a watar iataka facility at Wad Park (oetimatod coat: 92 bflUoa) and two include a m1v facility t Hyde Park. Tba pnaartnltty that soam potential aourcoo of watar may not bo aceoptabh because of pollution woo rawed in the Carps' interim report. The report noted that water takas fhm> certain poflutod ootuarim (web aa tbs Hudson) could be tnatal in a eoovantaaal water tmatosat plant baton it ia tod into tba distribution tystom. Tb* report added, however, that cesnoatMaal trtaf- maat plants may not ba adequate to treat highly polluted ' . .This ratohodinvolves certain public health rwks,H tbs zlmpwt toatod, atoy ba acceptable to live with them rnisaknss. tor limited periods of time in aa emergency, but not tor longar periods." "Wa saa pang to bavo to bak mom clnaoly at tba Attar qaattty," aaid McGowan, "wa am eworo that tbwa waa a PCB pmbiom ohm wa warn tewktog aa tba ala4y> Wa was* aha owsso that them b pood qoditj wattr ia that aaettoa of tba ... wa omtamly dswt totaad to aagiaettha PCB paoblam m* wo am famg to eoaaidsr if >, M| 2 O * </> t to ibeTowa at bopua aad tb lbispltal ia Dutobam Comtoy. County health nspaitmit took t