The five-acre Yaworski Lagoon Superfund Site is situated along the Quinebaug River in Canterbury, Connecticut. From 1950 to 1973, industrial byproducts, including solvents, paints, textile dyes, acids and various other wastes, were disposed of in an onsite lagoon. Leakage from the lagoon contaminated wetlands and the Quinebaug River with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and metals, including copper, lead, zinc, cadmium and chromium. Contaminated surface water and sediments reduced the quality of the habitat for birds, fish and other wetland dependent animals.