08.09.11
:: Latest Developments :: Water Quality
There have been tremendous improvements in Hudson River water quality since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972. The public is swimming again. The river is a de facto 155-mile long beach in the summer.
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07.28.11
:: Latest Developments :: Water Quality
Riverkeeper and our science partners from Lamont Doherty and Queens College sampled the affected area from the Tappan Zee Bridge to the Battery again on Monday, 7/25. We used the same grid sampling pattern that was used previously to determine the sewage impacts on the Manhattan shoreline as well as mid-channel and on the New Jersey side of the River.
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07.25.11
:: Latest Developments :: Water Quality
Riverkeeper and our science partners also sampled on 7/21 and 7/22 from the Tappan Zee bridge to the Battery. In the section of River west of Manhattan, we sampled in a grid pattern to determine the impacts on the Manhattan shoreline as well as mid channel and on the new Jersey side of the River.
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07.21.11
:: Latest Developments :: Water Quality
Since 5:15 p.m. yesterday, the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, at 135th Street in New York City, began discharging untreated sewage into the Hudson River following a four alarm fire that caused severe damage and the shutdown of the plant. Riverkeeper is relieved that no one was seriously injured in the fire or subsequent evacuation of Riverbank Park, and fully supports the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) efforts to bring the treatment plant back online as soon as possible. However, we are concerned that the city’s efforts to notify the […]
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11.29.10
:: Latest Developments :: Water Quality
Photo courtesy Bard Porchaska
A failing high-pressure sewer line in Tarrytown is responsible for dumping an estimated
19.5 million gallons of partially treated sewage into the Hudson River this year. The county owned pipe, which carries sewage from Tarrytown to the wastewater treatment plant in Yonkers, broke in March, releasing 15.1 million gallons of sewage, and again in October, releasing 4.4 million gallons.
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05.27.10
:: Latest Developments :: Water Quality
Riverkeeper has launched an updated version of its Water Quality Testing Online Database featuring a new and improved design for reviewing water quality data using Google Maps. Riverkeeper’s Water Quality Testing Program is the only program that regularly tests for sewage contamination levels as well as other water quality indicators throughout the Hudson River Estuary and posts the data online within days of sampling. The first Hudson River sampling results for the 2010 season will be posted on Friday, May 28. New results will be posted monthly through November.
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08.08.09
:: Latest Developments :: News
Listen to CBS Radio Water Quality Report (audio file, MP3)
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