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My local creek in Springfield went from a muddy ditch to clear water in just 2 years.
Some neighbors say the city's new storm drain filters did it, but others think it's because the old factory upstream finally closed. Which side do you think is right?
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max_brown21d ago
Yeah, I always blamed the factory, but that study makes a lot of sense.
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Could be both! I saw a study where cleaner water upstream let the natural filters in the creek bed actually start working again.
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nancyjones21d ago
I drove past the old Miller plant on Route 9 for years and that water was always rust-colored. Max_brown is right to blame the factory. My money's on the closure doing most of the work. We had a similar thing happen back home where a farm stopped using certain chemicals and the pond cleared up in about eighteen months. Once you stop adding new gunk, nature can catch up and clean itself.
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