superfund

[ soo-per-fuhnd ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.

Word History and Origins

Origin of superfund¹

First recorded in 1980–85; super- + fund

Example Sentences

I installed myself in a sports bar in Butte, a mining town in the state’s western region, best known as the home of one of the country’s largest superfund sites, a gaping open pit full of toxic heavy metals and sulfuric acid and featuring groundwater with a pH of 2.5.

From Slate

With the Superfund rule, “I would love to have been there to get that through the finish line,” he said.

From Salon

What’s come of that attentiveness is concrete action, he said, pointing to the drinking water and Superfund regulations, as well as guidance from the Department of Defense on halting ongoing contamination from groundwater around affected military bases.

From Salon

Next week, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal by Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer to petition the Environmental Protection Agency to label the Tijuana River a Superfund site in need of remediation.

From Los Angeles Times

The EPA said the facilities will treat groundwater in a portion of the San Fernando Valley Superfund site, enabling the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to use the water as part of its supplies.

From Los Angeles Times