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Red Water Raises a Flag in Watervliet

discharge_at_Watervliet
During our southbound water quality sampling patrol on July 14, 2011, Riverkeeper observed a dry weather discharge at a SPDES permitted outfall on the west bank just north of Congress Street Bridge and the “Rusty Anchor” Restaurant in Watervliet. The discharge water was deep blood red, though it had no oil sheen and no particular odor. The discharge was running directly into the Hudson. The last rainfall in the area took place the afternoon of the 13th. It was a short but heavy shower.

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Pumps Now Working At Harlem Sewage Plant; Beaches Could Open Soon

On the Hudson, With the Water-Quality Mavens

City of (Sewage in the) Water

Agreement Clears Way for Cleanup of Newtown Creek

Plant’s history, location bring calls for closure

NY debate: What if aging nuclear plant closes?

No to a fractured state

Riverkeeper Assails NRC Report on Nuclear Safety

Task Force Fails to Address Nuclear Waste Storage Risk and Inadequacy of 10 Mile Evacuation Zone

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Riverkeeper to NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Shutting Indian Point will lead to safer, cleaner, cheaper energy

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s position on the Indian Point nuclear power plant, as reported by the New York Times on July 7, boils down to this: no matter how old and dangerous Indian Point’s nuclear reactors may be, we’re stuck with them. We can do better than that. We need to do better than that. Perhaps the Mayor isn’t worried about Indian Point, but he should be. Indian Point is at the end of its 40 year design life cycle. It doesn’t measure up to over a hundred […]

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Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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