Gravity house connection drawing submission, Jan 1984

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

''BigApple' ght_l t The New York Exposition and Convention Center ~r1ow under, construction • in Manhattan will discharge dp.to' a million gallons a. dayof raw.sewage directly into the Hudson-Riyer, with the approval of city, state and federal environmental authorities. The effluent adds another slug of,pollution to the waterway that separates Manhattan Island from New Jersey. The West Side of Manhattan already, sends more. than 200 'million gallons -a day, of untreated human, commercial and :industrial wastes into the Hudson River.--'r ' .' The convention center construction was given the, green light by New- York environmental and health officials, knowing the sewage generated 'by *the thou ands-of,visitorsrand workers there would wind up in'. 't e Hudson Rive[. i% ; The rationale for the decision was that the:pbllu-: tion would be "for only 16 month's,"11whenthe North • River Sewerage Treatment Plant would b~e ready to handle allof the West Side s liquid wastes:: ;r• . . ;,. The billion-dollar:treatment plant'•is'so far four,.. years ; behind schedule.. Meanwhile, Rep, James 'J. Howard ( -3rd Dist.) - :- 'met with New York Citg Mayor;Edward Koch'to re. - view the matter. Howard's congressional committee.- has jurisdiction over almost all water resources and_ transportation legislation. Howard is pressing for anon-site "package treat- ment unit" until the big West Side treatment plant ' goes into operation. New York will do it, if the federal government puts up the money. The larger issue, however,. is New York 'City's ,'continuing planning and development activities that affect the regional environment — water, air, gar- bage and land. As the Big Apple. grows both vertically and horizontally (filling' in the Hudson River for .future development), the volume of liquid and 'sol'id 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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