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<a href="/hazardous-waste/san-jacinto-river-waste-pits">San Jacinto River Waste Pits </a>
What Happened?
Hazardous substances from the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site, principally dioxins and furans, were released from waste disposal impoundments (“pits”) into the San Jacinto River. The river reaches a confluence with the Houston Ship Channel approximately two miles downstream of the site, where it flows into the largest estuary in Texas: Galveston Bay.