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EPA orders power plant to reduce water intake. (News).(Brief Article)
SOMERSET, MA--The U.S. EPA announced July 22 that Pacific Gas & Electric's Brayton Point power plant must reduce its water withdrawal from Mount Hope Bay by 94% and its annual heat discharge by 96% to comply with the Clean Water Act. The order is one of the larger cleanup actions in the 32-year history of the Environmental Protection Agency's New England office, the Boston Globe said.
There is mounting evidence that hot water discharged from Brayton Point Station is virtually wiping out fish populations in the bay, according to the ...
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