Piles Creek Explained

Piles Creek is a stream in Union County, New Jersey. It empties in the Arthur Kill tidal strait in Linden on the Chemical Coast between the mouth of Morses Creek and the mouth of the Rahway River just below the Linden Generating Station, a power plant. It is one of several tributaries of the Arthur Kill along with other rivers and streams including the Elizabeth River, Rahway River, Morses Creek,[1] Fresh Kills, and, via Newark Bay, the Passaic River and the Hackensack River.[2]

Rutgers University ecology scientists have documented the bizarre transformations to Piles Creek marine species caused by contamination and toxicity.[3] [4] The creek was extended as part of wetlands mitigation project for the expansion of the New Jersey Turnpike.[5] GAF Materials Corporation was once located along the creek.[6] [7] Public Service Enterprise Group (PSE&G) opened a solar farm on a brownfield site along the shore of the creek in 2014.[8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.njaudubon.org/Portals/10/CitizenScience/PDF/Kane_etal_RecNJBirds1991%20birds%20of%20the%20Arthur%20Kill.pdf Birds of the Arthur Kill Tributaries 1990, Richard Kane, Paul Kerlinger Richard Radis, 1991
  2. Book: Adams, Arthur G.. The Hudson: A Guidebook to the River. 1 January 1981. SUNY Press. 9780873954068. 3 January 2017. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Piles Creek species remain at risk despite environmental protections. The Star Ledger . 3 January 2017.
  4. Weis, Judith S., et al. "Effects of Contaminants on Behavior: Biochemical Mechanisms and Ecological Consequences Killifish from a contaminated site are slow to capture prey and escape predators; altered neurotransmitters and thyroid may be responsible for this behavior, which may produce population changes in the fish and their major prey, the grass shrimp." Bioscience 51.3 (2001): 209-217.
  5. Web site: PILES CREEK WETLANDS MITIGATION. 3 January 2017.
  6. Web site: ColorantsHistory.Org . GAF Site, Linden, New Jersey Environmental Status . https://web.archive.org/web/20070317233749/http://www.colorantshistory.org/GAFEnvironmentalStatus.html . usurped . March 17, 2007 . Colorantshistory.org . 2017-06-04.
  7. http://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases07/NRD-lawsuits-07/GAF-ISP%20Linden-Complaint-Final.pdf
  8. Web site: Linden Solar Farm . Energyjustice.net . 2017-06-04.
  9. Web site: New Jersey Business . From Landfills to Solar Fields - New Jersey Business Magazine . Njbmagazine.com . 2014-04-04 . 2017-06-04.

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