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Middle Pond

PCB cleanup begins in Natick’s Pegan Cove

by Gordon on July 20, 2010 · 0 comments

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By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jul 20, 2010 @ 12:37 AM
NATICK —
A large ring of yellow buoys floats on the surface of Pegan Cove, marking the area where contractors have started removing sediment contaminated with PCBs, left by an accident at the Soldier Systems Center 30 years ago.
The PCBs were found in [...]

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Lake Cochituate being cleaned up from 1980s Natick Labs spill

June 28, 2010

(The full Labs release was reported earlier with the map of the affected area here.)
By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jun 26, 2010 @ 12:24 AM
NATICK —
A hazardous spill into Lake Cochituate near the Natick Labs is being cleaned up more than 20 years after the accident that led to the contamination.
This week, [...]

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DASH boat making progress removing weeds

June 15, 2010

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jun 15, 2010 @ 12:23AM
NO DATA —A special harvesting boat is making progress clearing an aggressive weed from Lake Cochituate, a town official said yesterday.
The diver-assisted suction harvester, or DASH, boat is targeting milfoil in five acres of the Middle Pond of Lake Cochituate, just off Rte. 30.
Natick [...]

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