Pollution

Major Estuary pollution sources include petrochemical and chemical corporations, landfills, oceangoing ships, ferries, and non-point sources (fertilizers and silt in storm runoff). Baykeeper advocates for clean up of pollution, including the region's many Superfund sites, especially the Occidental Chemical site on the Passaic River/Newark Bay, the worst in-water dioxin site in the U.S. We also advocate for replacement of outdated municipal sewage systems and combined sewer outflows (CSOs), like those found in New York City. The Law is clear: polluters must pay to clean up the Bay, as required under the Clean Water Act, and other federal and state statutes. Polluters should also be assessed Natural Resource Damages (NRD), for the restoration or replacement of resources they've harmed.