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This site last updated
February 03, 2010

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CKD Leachate Is Not Water … 

  Friends of the Jordan River Watershed Inc. (FOJ) welcome the new efforts to reassess the cleanup of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) Leachate contamination at Bay Harbor and Little Traverse Bay (LTB). We hope the Regional Stakeholders Group (RSG) can correctly identify and facilitate proper local cleanup alternatives. We are heartened that in CMS’ recent public outreach, CMS recognizes that trucking 200,000 gallons of leachate per day to distant injection wells is not economical and poses increased risks. CMS’ David Mengebier states, “Trucking the water, because of its increased public safety and transportation risks, environmental concerns and costs, is not a realistic long term remedy. We absolutely need…to identify a local solution to a local concern.” FOJ especially wants to acknowledge the groundswell of citizens who spoke out and supported our call for better cleanup options and the Courts of Law for issuing and upholding an injunction against an Alba Injection Well. Perhaps now, serious and comprehensive consideration will be given to these massive problems. Despite these positive developments FOJ is ... > read the whole story

General Information on the Bay Harbor CKD Site Regional Stakeholder Group (RSG)

RSG meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month; 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM in the Harbor Room, Bay Harbor Conference Center, at the Village at Bay Harbor

Click here to access documents distributed at prior RSG meetings

The waters of the Lake Charlevoix Watershed flow
 in a North, Northwest direction from Alba to the Boyne and Jordan Rivers,
to Lake Charlevoix, Round Lake and Lake Michigan.
 

CONTAMINATED WATER

(Cement kiln dust leachate) from Bay Harbor must
 not be transported to Alba and our Lake Charlevoix Watershed.

A watershed is the geographic area of the land where
water drains (or sheds) to a lake, stream or wetland.

Ground Water
Drainage Direction

Alba Elevation 1,345 ft.

U.S. Coast Guard report of investigation on suspected Hazardous Waste at Bay Harbor
Contamination at Bay Harbor - a brief history
Timeline of Events - Bay Harbor CKD and Alba Injection Well
Bay Harbor CERCLA Site Presentation by Edward E. Timm, PhD, PE
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind a presentation held at the State Theater in Traverse City
EPA Questions fact sheet Questions you should ask
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