The Ohio EPA says the announcement is a “key step” – though not the final one – toward getting the state and local funding needed to restore the river’s Big Falls and resolve what’s been called the river’s largest remaining water-quality problem.
and other Ohio waterways. As part of the settlement, Ohio agreed to use the money for environmental projects.
In all, the project is expected to cost about $175 million, according to an Ohio EPA fact sheet. That estimate includes about $15 million to remove the dam itself and roughly $160 million to remove about 800,000 cubic yards of sludge behind the dam that’sPart of the cost will likely be covered by the federal government. Ohio recently applied for federal funding under the Great Lakes Legacy Act. The $15 million to remove the dam itself could come via the U.S.
Summit Metroparks will remove trees soon to prep the site where the sediment will be stored, Grismer stated in an email. The dam, which is 58 feet tall and 425 feet wide, was built in 1913 to provide hydroelectric power, but no electricity has been generated there since 1958, according to a release from DeWine’s office.
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