|
Number
|
Name
|
Geographic
Area
|
Concern
|
|
1
|
Union
Lake
|
Union
City, Branch County, MI
|
excessive
weed growth, exotic species
|
|
2
|
boat
junkyard
|
Mendon
area, St. Joseph County, MI
|
dump
|
|
3
|
Sturgeon
Lake
|
Colon,
St. Joseph County, MI
|
poor
fishing, no aquatic macrophytes
|
|
4
|
Orchard
Hills Country Club
|
Buchanan,
Berrien County, MI
|
erosion
|
|
5
|
Bendix
Corp./Allied Automotive
|
Benton
Harbor, Berrien County, MI
|
VOC
contamination impacting Hickory Creek
|
|
6
|
Conrail
|
Elkhart,
Elkhart County, IN
|
VOC
contamination
|
|
7
|
Douglas
Road Dump Site/Uniroyal
|
near
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
|
Superfund
site
|
|
8
|
Himco
(Miles Lab) Dump Site
|
St.
Joseph County, IN
|
groundwater
contamination impacting Juday Creek
|
|
9
|
Galen
Myers
|
Mishawaka,
St. Joseph County, IN
|
drums
of degreasers, VOC's
|
|
10
|
Amoco
Tank Site
|
Juday
Creek near 80/90 Toll Road
|
leaking
tanks
|
|
11
|
Hickory
Creek
|
south
of St. Joseph, Berrien County, MI
|
channelized
creek, needs restoration
|
|
12
|
Dowagiac
River
|
Cass
County
|
high
quality trout stream in unimpacted areas, channelized and needs
restoration in other areas
|
|
13
|
Shavehead
Lake
|
Calvin
and Porter Townships, Cass County
|
sediment
discharge into lake
|
|
14
|
landfill
|
Downtown
Constantine
|
landfill
leachate
|
|
15
|
dump
area
|
West
of Niles at Highway 31
|
large
amounts of litter and tires in river
|
|
16
|
Yellow
Creek
|
lower
reaches near Elkhart, IN
|
up
to 3 miles of creek dredged
|
|
17
|
abondoned
dump in Prairie Creek floodplains
|
Burr
Oak, MI
|
abandoned
dump
|
|
18
|
Turkey
Creek
|
Elkhart
County, just south of state line
|
E.
coli
|
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