Brownfields
Pictured: The Tift Site, a Brownfield in Fulton County, GA
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Project Description
CSAW’s Brownfields Project promotes partnerships between communities and researchers to engage on remediation of existing Brownfields, potentially seek designation of new ones, and address the environmental damages of Brownfields to adjacent communities. CSAW researchers have expertise and laboratory capacity to assess soil, groundwater, and surface water impacts of Brownfields. Through this effort, CSAW develops important research questions around soil-water interface; fate and transport of toxics; as well as stakeholder input in brownfield regulation and decision making. CSAW partners work with impacted communities to better understand and advocate for remediation of Brownfields.
Tift Site, East Point Fulton County
The Tift Site, located in East Point, GA, doubles as the headwaters of the South River and a long recognized Brownfield. CSAW Community Fellow Ms. Opal Baker works alongside Faculty Fellows like Dr.s Milligan and Ledford as well as MS Fellows to secure remediation and local government accountability for the people of East Point.
Additional Brownfield(s)?
As of 2017, about 500 contaminated properties in Georgia have been or are being redeveloped under the Brownfields Act. CSAW recognizes that there are more Brownfields in Atlanta that might benefit from support. Contact us if there's a Brownfield that is currently being underserved.
Initiatives
A Brownfield is a former business or industrial area that poses potential risk to the health of its community through the exposure of hazardous chemicals. Contaminants may be located in the soil, groundwater or building materials. Brownfields often prevent economic development around the affected sites.
Some common Brownfield locations are:-
Dry Cleaners
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Former Gas Stations
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Landfills
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Illicit dumpsites
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Industrial Properties
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Abandoned buildings
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Junk Yards
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Vacant Properties
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Mine scarred and adjacent lands
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Railyards and adjacent facilities
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Call Georgia Environmental Protection Division's toll-free, 24/7 emergency response number at (800) 241-4113 to report spills and releases of oil or hazardous materials.