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Steel on the Lake Michigan Watershed
March 2024
Steel, Chromium, Iron, Oily Waste*
45” x 30” x 9”
McLouth Steel in the Lake Erie Watershed
November 2024
Steel, water, iron, lime
48” x 12” x 9”
McLouth Steel in the Lake Erie Watershed" investigates the ongoing discharge of caustic lime-polluted water into a nearby creek from the abandoned McLouth Steel facility.
Steel in the Arkansas River Basin
March 2023
Steel, water, iron
6” x 6” x 3”
"Steel in the Arkansas River Basin" reflects the removal of Salt Creek’s state waterway designation in 1979, thereby allowing the Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel Mill to avoid thorough wastewater treatment. Although the Water Quality Control agency began reviewing Evraz's permit in 2023, the state's delayed response represents a failure in environmental justice.
The piece discusses the environmental impact of steel production on Pueblo, CO’s Salt Creek, downstream ecosystems, and nearby communities.
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