Millions of Gallons of Sewage Barreled Into NYC Waters During Beastly Hot Weekend
- Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:01pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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During a week of unbearable humidity and consecutive high 90 and triple-digit degree days, many New Yorkers would have already preferred their air-conditioned homes over local beaches. Millions of gallons of untreated sewage that discharged from Manhattan into the Hudson and Harlem Rivers Wednesday made it near certain that no one would take a dip. New York Times reported Friday morning:
“The rivers that run into New York Harbor will be unfit for recreational activities at least through Sunday because of a catastrophic fire that shut down one of the city’s largest sewage treatment plants, the city’s health department said Thursday.
The declaration, rare in scope, was made as millions of gallons of untreated sewage were being discharged from Manhattan into the Hudson and Harlem Rivers.
As New Yorkers reeled from hot weather, the authorities also advised against swimming at four city beaches on Staten Island and in Brooklyn.”
News came in today that hundreds of city workers and out-of-state contractors traveling through the night and working in temperatures up to 104 degrees were finally able to end the flow of sewage late Friday night.
Even though they stopped the flow, would you still take a swim?
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Comments (74)
Steev
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:49pmDon’t you guy fret ( Blaze writers ) Phoenix has its crappy new days too !
Report Post »mils
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:57pmgee…i thought this was normal for NY..and the NE in general….:) so full of crap to begin with..
Report Post »TheCenturion
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 11:24pmYep, the libs keep coming in by the boatload.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 11:26pmIt will all end up drinking water anyway
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 11:33pmTo reduce bacteria content they are adding chlorine to the waste water??? Okay, that makes sense on some level… But lets look at this holistically shall we. The fastest and best way to rid the water of sewage is through bio remediation and that is bacteria eating the junk. If they add chlorine to the water, it kills all the bacteria that are already at work eating it and decomposing it. This means that the junk will just sink and stay there for longer. They should stop these knee jerk reactions and realize that chlorinating the water wasn’t only bad for the bio remediation process, but also for any wildlife in the area. In alot of places in the world, they crap in the river all the time and still use it for cooking and cleaning without a second thought. Sure, they have higher disease rates, but this is a single incident involving one treatment plant over a very short time. Nothing to make a big stink about. Like Mr. Gump said, it happens.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 12:10amTreated – untreated, the animals in NYC won’t know the difference, compared to the water in Africa, untreated water in NYC tastes like Perrier !
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 1:35amBloomburg…….Great job…..well done…….. what NY needs is more gun laws…..that would of prevented this…. Oh thats right …he’s to concerned about other cities in America , to concerned with his own city……
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 12:25pmHEY in CHICAGO they just CLOSE the beaches when they open the sewage gates.. thing is they DIDN’T close them when I was a kid and they did the same thing and people lived through it AND the dead fish all over the beaches and in the water..
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 7:58amYou gotta love the city life… Don’t drink the water.
Report Post »felix
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:40pmnew york is a tax/union chocked crap hole anyway – who cares !!!!!
Report Post »patriotforlife
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:38pmCrap on crap. Couldn’t of happened to a better place.
Report Post »Creativethinker
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:29pmLived in NYC for a year over 25 years ago… your skin would almost burn from the chlorine in the shower water… I was afraid of the water then!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:44pmBut its ok for the peasants to drink as the Mayor leaves town
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:28pmI guess they can’t say “Smells like New Jersey” anymore. Ever Smell Staten Island? It is NYC’s original dump ( still is ) They built neighborhoods directly on top of old landfills.. Entire neighborhoods came down with cancer. No one said a word.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:15pmBetter get used to the smell. Looks like the muslim mosque will be built near ground zero.
Report Post »rienheart
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:29pmHeard that someone secretly sprayed Pigs Blood all over the site.
Report Post »Cheetosareus
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:11pmSo that’s why they told people they could go fishing but not to eat the fish.
I’ll bet that river stinks with all that sewerage and heat.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:07pmhehehehehahahhehehehahahahah Now that made my day.. sorry NYC!
Report Post »Profx72
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:50pmHow best to comment….$#!t Happens. What would be worse is if they had simply capped the entire system, shut off the water, and made the people suffer until their “sanitary system” was repaired. Nature has a way of…ahem…disposing of its waste. It’s nasty, but it happens all the time. The sea life in the river & surrounding waters will no doubt devour it and be stronger for it, though I’d think twice about ordering the sushi anytime soon.
Report Post »http://www.maverickvoice.com
whatthecrazy
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:48pmWhat a crapy story
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:44pmThey will never know the difference, or care!
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:44pmGRoSS !! ! ! ! ! ! And T. bOONE Pickings and Coke-a-cola are drilling and have pumping stations pumping all of America natural water supply from the natural water wells hundreds of feet under the central U.S. States pumping it out and taking it off for storage, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Report Post »And China has water pumping tankers in the Great lakes ,pumping up water and trucking it away to waiting tankers on the coast headed for China !$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ We have been sold down the river! Several cities havs made it illegal to catch rain water from our roofs,to water our plants and personal gardens ! IT’S ALL TRUE PEOPLE, THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL DISAPEAR CAUSE OF GAS, ELECTRIC, FOOD,& WATER COST ! not shouting just want you to hear me ! Warning ! ! ! CODE RED ! CODE RED ! GET INVOLVED ! ! !
stevoschmidt
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:39pmto bad then president Ford didnt stand his ground in 75′ and let nyc drift into the ocean like Helmut said would happen if they didnt get a bail out nyc/sodom la/gommorah
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:47pmAre they telling us that NY can’t control their crap?
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:36pmafter harlems book fair today im not surprised i cant believe cspan airs such discriminatory people
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:36pmWhat is the big deal, that is just average everday bath water in NY city.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:35pmOo, oo that smell,
Report Post »Can’t you smell that smell?
Oo, oo that smell,
The smell thats around you.
stevoschmidt
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:40pmlynyrd skynyrd
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:35pmnyc water problems are screwed the massive tunnel/pipe will collapse soon enough look into it another shooter this time seattle
Report Post »atleast 6 wounded
spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:33pmBloomburg has opened his progressive MOUTH into NYC waters…………
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:31pmthe state is a liberal sewer anyway they deserve it hope it keeps flowing and ruins the *** weddings tommorrow
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:20pmEwwww! Why would it be diverted into the river? Did I miss something?
Report Post »shipwreckkelley
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:55amIt can either go to the river or back up into your home, which would you prefer?
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:20pmSewage, bag it up and drop it on all the Islamic animals, they would probably fry it up and eat it.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:19pmIn all seriousness, this is a shame. But on the funnier side of this story, perhaps not so very funny at all, is the fact that lazy, greedy “unionists” run the entire show in NYC. Can’t expect them to care all that much about anything that spells work, such as staying ahead of a crisis. After all, crisis means OVER-TIME. I know my remarks are “jaded” but what the heck, bet they are not that far off the mark!
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:55pmNo way the Unions only want overtime during the week…did you noticed they got it fixed Friday night so they would have the weekend off!
Report Post »katy
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:14pmI liked the commercial before hand. How many petite “white” females do you know who leave suspicious bags carrying bombs on board subways.
God forbid they show an arab leaving a bag with a bomb on it in the subway.. that would be soooo unrealistic!!!
Report Post »We’re being brainwashed folks!!!!!
UlyssesP
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:21pmIf you see something , say something.
Report Post »I see a socialist in the white house. I’m saying something Nov 2012.
katy
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:27pmlol !!!!
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:14pmSurf’s up!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:11pmSomewhere there is a joke connecting gay marriage in NY and this sewage spill.
Report Post »I just really don’t want to think about it.
vennoye
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:16pmClassic case of what goes around comes around????????
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 11:00pmI think you nailed it.
Report Post »:D
bikerr
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:04pmThat’s just nasty.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:13pmThe sludge is a result of a Gay Socieity.
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