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, accessed April 1, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of

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. The river flows south from Copicut Reservoir (formerly the Copicut Swamp), in Dartmouth and

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, to Cornell Pond near Hixville in Dartmouth. From there the

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drains into Noquochoke Lake, which the East Branch Westport River drains in turn into the

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. The river is currently polluted with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination from Re-Solve, Inc., which operated a chemical reclamation facility nearby from 1956 to 1980. In 1983 the

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listed the area as a

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site, and in 1985 removed of contaminated soils and sludges. Since 1988 the

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has advised against consuming fish from Cornell Pond or Copicut River.

References

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

9th Annual Cornell Pond Fishing Derby
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