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Did you know that rainfall can overwhelm the sewer system and cause a combined sewer overflow (CSOs)? That means raw sewage along with pollutants like oil, heavy metals, and litter, dump untreated int…
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ANNUAL CITYWIDE PUBLIC MEETING The Department of Environmental Protection is holding their citywide public meeting on New York City’s CSO Long Term Control Plan. DEP will provide a brief presentatio…
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You and your family could be swimming, boating or fishing in sewage and not know it. Urge your New York State Senator to support the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act and get access to the informatio…
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New York City will soon be breaking ground on efforts to reduce sewage pollution thanks to a new agreement between city and state leaders that Riverkeeper and our partners helped shape. The enforceme…
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New York City has proposed a plan to respond to sewage pollution in the Newtown Creek, and a comment period ending March 9 is the public’s best chance to ask tough questions about it. This plan wil…
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New York City has proposed a plan to respond to sewage pollution in the Newtown Creek, and an upcoming public meeting is the public’s best chance to ask tough questions about it. This plan will gov…
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Riverkeeper, like New York City and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), is dedicated to improving water quality by reducing the levels of sewage pollution in the waters …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Tina Posterli,
[email protected], 914-478-4501 x239 Ossining, NY, September 27, 2011– Raw sewage is flowing into the Beacon Harbor from a pipe at the northeaste…
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