sewage discharge

It seems the DEP has found the root cause of the four-alarm fire which ravaged the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant along the Hudson River over the summer: a loose nut.

The NY Times has a dramatic account of the everyday heroics needed to get the uptown wastewater treatment plant working after a devastating fire—wading in 8 feet of raw sewage, anyone?

Good news from the DEP! Our short Metropolitan nightmare of feces-filled rivers may be coming to a close: The DEP is starting to turn the engines back on at the North River wastewater treatment plant.

Don't even think about cooling off in the Hudson River, the East River south of the Triborough or the Harlem river this weekend—City officials have declared them unfit for recreational activity due to raw sewage.