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Still River (Housatonic River) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Still River (Housatonic River)
The Still River is a 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed April 1, 2011〕 tributary to the Housatonic River in western Connecticut. Its headwaters emanate from Farringtons Pond () at the New York border with Danbury, Connecticut. It meanders through Sanfords Pond () and Lake Kenosia () before entering a concrete aqueduct near downtown Danbury. It then turns north and becomes a more conventional river as it cuts through Brookfield and southern New Milford before joining with the Housatonic (). It has a drainage area of 85 square miles, and a mean flow of 377 cubic feet per second. ==Pollution==
Mercury nitrate used in the felt making process in the hatting industry entered the Still River from circa 1860 through the first half of the 1900s. Along the river, levels of mercury are found to be 5-10 ppm with extremes up to 100 ppm, levels about 500 times higher than background levels. The river was essentially dead in the 1980s, but after Danbury constructed a new sewage treatment plant in 1993 the river rebounded. Many species of fish can now be found, and kayak ramps have been installed downriver from Danbury. Unfortunately, as a result of pollution from discontinued hat factories in Danbury, the Still River has a high concentration of mercury. Extremely high levels of mercury nitrate were dumped into the Still River from the hat industry, which used the chemical to remove animal hair from skin. The P. Robinson Fur Cutting Company was one fur removal company sited on the Still River. Mercury pollution has transported with the river's current into the Housatonic River, and into the Long Island Sound.
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