Piles Creek

At left of the Linden Generating Station at mouth at Arthur Kill

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]

Aerial view

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]}

See also

• List of rivers of New Jersey
• Geography of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary

References

1. Birds of the Arthur Kill Tributaries 1990, Richard Kane, Paul Kerlinger Richard Radis, 1991
2. Adams, Arthur G. (1 January 1981). The Hudson: A Guidebook to the River. SUNY Press. ISBN   9780873954068 . Retrieved 3 January 2017– via Google Books.
3. "Piles Creek species remain at risk despite environmental protections". The Star Ledger. Retrieved 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. "PILES CREEK WETLANDS MITIGATION" . Retrieved 3 January 2017.
6. ColorantsHistory.Org. "GAF Site, Linden, New Jersey Environmental Status". Colorantshistory.org. Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
7. "New Jersey department of environmental protection; the commissioner of the New Jersey department of environmental protection; administrator and the of the New Jersey spill compensation fund, v. ISP environmental services, INC. and G-I Holdings, INC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15.
8. "Linden Solar Farm". Energyjustice.net. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
9. New Jersey Business (2014-04-04). "From Landfills to Solar Fields - New Jersey Business Magazine". Njbmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-06-04.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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