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04.27.12 :: Latest Developments :: Pollution Enforcement

Riverkeeper is back on patrol!

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Capt. John Lipscomb completed his first Hudson River patrol of 2012 this week, traveling about 500 miles over 10 days, from Riverkeeper's home port in Ossining, to Newtown Creek in Brooklyn, then to Troy and back.

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04.25.12 :: Rvk in the Press :: Carroll Gardens Patch

CAG Votes To Adopt Resolution Asking Total Elimination of CSOs

04.11.12 :: Rvk in the Press

What Do Budget Cuts Mean for the DEC?

09.15.11 :: Press Releases :: Pollution Enforcement

Riverkeeper Commends Passage of Bill Protecting New York City’s Waters from Illegal Dumping

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Riverkeeper today commended the New York City Council for passing Int. 53-A, a bill which will increase transparency and strengthen enforcement against illegal dumping in New York City’s waterfronts.

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08.02.11 :: Pollution Enforcement

Red Water Raises a Flag in Watervliet

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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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07.25.11 :: Rvk in the Press :: CBS News

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

07.25.11 :: Rvk in the Press :: The New York Times

On the Hudson, With the Water-Quality Mavens

07.22.11 :: Rvk in the Press :: NRDC Switchboard

City of (Sewage in the) Water

06.09.11 :: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News

GM gets crucial Sleepy Hollow permit, can seek developer

06.08.11 :: Rvk in the Press :: the Daily Mail

‘Unacceptable’ level of sewage bacteria in river, creek

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