Copicut River and environs, circa 1951
The Copicut River , or Copecut River , is a 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km)[ 1] stream in the U.S. state of Massachusetts .
The river flows south from Copicut Reservoir (formerly the Copicut Swamp), in Dartmouth and Fall River , to Cornell Pond near Hixville in Dartmouth. From there the Shingle Island River drains into Noquochoke Lake , which the East Branch Westport River drains in turn into the Rhode Island Sound .
The river is currently polluted with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination from Re-Solve, Inc. , which operated a chemical reclamation facility nearby from 1956 to 1980. In 1983 the Environmental Protection Agency listed the area as a Superfund site, and in 1985 removed 15,000 cubic yards (11,000 m3 ) of contaminated soils and sludges. Since 1988 the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has advised against consuming fish from Cornell Pond or Copicut River.
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