The Palisades Citizen's Association has a news page on current environmental issues. Combined Sewer Overflows dump more than one billion gallons of raw sewage a year into the District's waterways. The Sustainable Washington Environmental Health Action Guide . Simply insert your own values between the double-quotes. A huge crane fell on Thursday, barley missing the Kuwaiti embassy.
Sinkholes occur when there are changes in the water table.
The protesters demanded that the city stop all work until a detailed hydrological study be conducted, and that the current permit be revoked because of so many false statements on the application. Safety and environmental concerns overlap in the hydrological issue, and the current permit did not consider the facts that have come to light recently. The notice of violation indicated that Any work performed, including the placement of fill material in waters of the United States or on adjacent wetlands without prior approval by the Department of the Army, constitutes a violation of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act You are hereby ordered to stop any further work at this or any other location in navigable waters or Waters of the United States, including Wetlands, without compliance with the law. . Although this is tough talk, Clark continues to excavate the site. DC seems to be sitting on its hands, while there was a major sediment flow in December into the tributary because of Clark's negligence.