Dredging Project in Flint River

The dredging project, work along a 1/3 of a mile stretch of the Flint River has been going on for months.

Consumers Energy is paying to remove tons of coal tar waste along the river in downtown Flint. The coal tar waste is the legacy of a gasification plant that closed almost a century ago. The dredging work is used to contain excavations in the river and it collects sheen and sediments that otherwise might travel over the dam.

Consumers had to add additional booms to contain sediment and oily sheen from flowing downstream. The work is expected to be complete by mid-November.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier.