untreated sewage

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.

Because of the fire at the North River wastewater treatment plant yesterday the DEP is currently pumping untreated sewage into the Hudson River.