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Assessment at Grassy Island, Detroit River


 

Arial photograph of Grassy Island (28 KB)

 

Grassy Island was used as a confined disposal facility (CDF) for sediment dredged from the Rouge River between 1961 and 1983. As the first CDF constructed on the Detroit River, it lacks the confinement technology required in more recent CDFs. In 1961, the island became part of the Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge because of the large population of migratory waterfowl that feed on wild celery in the shoals near the western and southern shores. This recently-completed study, done in cooperation with US Fish and Wildlife Service investigated the sediments and ground water on the island, which previous studies found to contain concentrations of metals and organic compounds that exceed USEPA limits.

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