A MUSSEL-BOUND CITY
April 23, 2007
For the first time in decades, the city will be flexing its mussels in an attempt to improve water quality. A mayoral panel wants to reintroduce “mollusk habitats” to the city’s waterways as natural bio-filters.
The city is planting 20 cubic meters of ribbed mussel beds, starting in Hendrix Creek, a tributary of Jamaica Bay located next to the 26th Ward Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Ribbed mussels aren’t edible, so officials said illegal consumption wouldn’t be a problem. The cost was estimated at $600,000.
By DAVID SEIFMAN
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