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Combined Sewer Overflow Outfalls - NYC
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) is that frothy mix of sewage and polluted stormwater that is released after wet weather in cities with combined sewer systems. Combined sewers collect both sanitary sewage (poop) and runoff from roofs and roads (stormwater). During wet weather, the sewer is filled to capacity and additional untreated CSO is discharged into the nearest waterbody. When this occurs, it is called a "CSO event". In NYC, CSO events occur on average 72 times a year (almost every time it rains) and they are responsible for the annual release of over 27 BILLION gallons of polluted wastewater. This map will add the locations of these outfalls, starting with those along Newtown Creek, one of the nation's most polluted waterways located at almost the geographic center of NYC.
McCarren Park Zero Waste District **PROPOSAL**
This is a working map for Pratt EMS 621 students working on a zero-waste plan for McCarren Park. Acres: 35.71
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CSO Outfalls - Newtown Creek by S.W.I.M. Coalition
Newtown Creek has 23 Combined Sewer Overflow outfalls along its shores. Some of them are very large, some of them are relatively inactive, some of them are visible and accessible and others are hidden under bridges, behind private lots or under the water line. Members of the S.W.I.M. Coalition and Newtown Creek Alliance are doing their darnedest to locate them all and photograph the conditions at each outfall, especially during wet weather. We know its gross, but somebody's gotta look. If you would like to contribute to this map in a coordinated fashion, please drop us a line through our profile here or at swimmablenyc@gmail.com
Tier 1 Combined Sewer Overflow Outfalls - NYC by S.W.I.M. Coalition
When sewage loads exceed the capacity of the City's sewage treatment facilities urine, feces, trash, petroleum products and other nasties are expelled, untreated, into New York Harbor via 494 combined sewer overflow outfalls aka CSOs. Just 15 of these 494 outfalls, identified as Tier 1, are responsible for spurting out over half the City's raw sewage. A sewage overflow can be triggered by as little as a tenth of an inch of rain, which essentially means that every time it rains, your toilet flushes directly into New York Harbor. In New York City a CSO event occurs once a week on average. CSOs are the single largest impairment to the quality of New York City's waters.
Action Alert Network
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Bronx River, Newtown Creek, East River, Gowanus Canal watershed/sewersheds
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kate zidar
Member since:
07/25/2008