US Army Corps of Engineers responds to sewage dumping claims from TikTok video

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The Louisville district of the US Army Corps of Engineers has responded to the viral claims of raw sewage being dumped into the Ohio River near the McAlpine Locks and Dam.

They said a recent TikTok video that went viral making those claims wrong and that it’s actually sediment from the bottom of the river. They said it’s part of a scheduled dredging operation where, each year, nearly 1 million cubic yards of sediment gets brought up from the bottom of the river at 10 different sites…

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