Final Elwha environmental statement released
December 1st, 2005 - 1:49pm
(Port Angeles) -- The National Park Service has released updates to the Elwha River dam removal project.
The changes outline water quality issues and flood protection and come in the release of the final environmental impact statement on the project.
Among other things: The park service agrees to building a water treatment facility at the industrial treatment channel on the river. It will also build a permanent water treatment facility at the Port Angeles landfill.
The city of Port Angeles gets its water from the Elwha river and there's been concern sediment coming from removal of the two dams would cause damage.
The park service also agrees to raise the levee more than three feet to protect homes near the mouth of the Elwha and the Lower Elwha Fish Hatchery will be relocated.
The changes were prompted mostly by changes in state water regulations.
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