Posts Tagged ‘combined sewer overflow’

Sewage Plagues Hudson

Study on NY’s Hudson finds unsafe sewage pollution

How Is the Water? A story of sewage contamination on the Hudson

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… Read More

Sewer Overflows: Heavy Rain, Old Pipes, More People Make A ‘Perfect Storm’

Green solutions for New York City’s overflowing sewers

On Hudson Pollution, Back to Routine Worries

NYC Sewage Treatment Plant Discharge UPDATE

Riverkeeper’s Water Quality Testing Results Riverkeeper and our science partners sampled the affected area from the Tappan Zee bridge to the Battery on 7/21 and 7/22. In the section of River wes… Read More

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

On the Hudson, With the Water-Quality Mavens

‘Unacceptable’ level of sewage bacteria in river, creek