Gravity house connection drawing submission, Jan 1984

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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"The New York Exposition and Convention Center ’ ' I'pow under construction in Manhattan will discharge up to' a million gallons a day/of raw. sewage directly , • 5].into the Hudson; River, with the approval of city, state ■Yandfederalenv ironmen tai author!ties. . 2 , • 5^ t ■ V- ' . ■ * ' ; /' S V The effluent adds another slug of pollution to the , Twaterway that separates Manhattan Island from New I • • Jersey. 'The West Side of Manhattan already sends ' 'Y more than 200 million -gallons a day of untreated S human, commercial and .-industrial wastes into the Hudson IUver.-r^ ’ i- /''''i ' ’ • I t; ' convention center, construction was given the S green light by New. York environmental and health I Officials, knowing the sewage generated by The thou-- Ssands' qf.visitore 'and workers' there would wind up in'. *.!’theHudson River ’- ’ '- ' ' A'.iJ; .ft",- '■ ’■ The rationale for the decision was that the^pbllii;.-. ' tio’n would be “for only 16 months,’’Jwhen the North / River Sewefage.Treatment/Plant’would be",ready td . • I ' 2 handie all of the West Side’s liquid i ,15 ’E- ■’ " P The billion-dollar treatment plant'is sofar fout,. ’■ . years ; behind schedule.^ Meanwhile, Rep, James J. How^d (D-3fd pisf.) ^met with New York City Mayor Edward Koch'to re- ■^yiew the matter. Howard’s concessional committee, • * ^yhas jurisdiction over almost all water resources and. ^transportationlegislation. ' .-1 ” /•' Howard is presising for an on-site “package treat- . ' /'ment unit” until the big West Side treatnient plant ' ■ goes into operation. New York will do it, if the federal : government puts up the money. •i The larger issue, however,, is New YorkiCity’s ’■ ;■ continuing planning and development activities that . affect the regional environment — water, air, gar- •^bage and land. - A f As the Big Apple grows both vertically and horizontally (filling in the Hudson River for future • : development), the volume of liquid anil solid wastes '.'increases proportionately.. ; ■ It’s .an issue EPA has ignored, leaving New York City to do its own thing regardless of the consequences ' to its neighbors. ■ '

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