Sentences with phrase «combined sewer overflows»

The Democrat says his agency's report found continued problems with combined sewer overflows,...

In 2012, the City signed a groundbreaking agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to reduce combined sewer overflows using a hybrid green infrastructure and grey infrastructure approach.

In 2014, the DEC and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $ 136 million, 15 - year plan to reduce the amount of combined sewer overflows by up to 90 percent.

As part of this study, Dr. O'Mullan and his students are also collecting temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen data, to more fully understand the impacts of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) in the East River and its bays and tributaries.

The new pipe is more than 120 feet under the surface and will carry Combined Sewer Overflows during storms.

In 2012 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and DEP signed a groundbreaking agreement to reduce combined sewer overflows using a hybrid green and gray infrastructure approach.

Antiquated sewer systems are unable to withstand more frequent and intense storms causing combined sewer overflows.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos Friday announced that the Niagara Falls Water Board violated water quality standards as a result of an August 15 combined sewer overflow discharge that caused a substantial visible contrast to the natural conditions in the Niagara River.

At a meeting Thursday on the proposed Combined Sewer Overflow Facility at the head of the Gowanus Canal, residents and others voiced concern about the public space that is part of the propose

Projects designed to improve existing wastewater treatment systems and to limit or eliminate combined sewer overflows received more than $ 41 million.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WBEN)- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released a statement on Friday morning that said the Niagara Falls Water Board violated water quality standards due to the August 15 combined sewer overflow incident.

Reilly, Lander, and Heyer all express concerns that neither the mayor's plan nor the federal government's addresses the antiquated infrastructure that allows for combined sewer overflow, which means storm water and raw sewage enter the canal via the same drainage system after even moderate rains.

Causative factors include decayed infrastructure; facility malfunctions; or heavy rainfall events which overwhelm systems using combined sewers and stormwater drains (known as combined sewer overflows).

To prevent pollution from combined sewer overflows (CSOs), developing cities need to build one sewer system for runoff from streets, and a separate sewer system for wastewater from homes and businesses.

Representing municipality in Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement action brought by U.S. EPA and Ohio EPA regarding Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).

The Democrat says his agency's report found continued problems with combined sewer overflows, which occur when municipal systems get overwhelmed and discharge wastewater directly into waterways.

Additionally, she has actively worked to address water quality and combined sewer overflows by implementing green infrastructure.

Cincinnati is embarked on a $ 276 - million public works project that revolves around daylighting a long buried creek to help reduce combined sewer overflows.

The Niagara Falls Water Board violated water quality standards last week with a combined sewer overflow into the Niagara River near Niagara Falls, the state Department of Environmental Conservation reported today.

It's caused by a combined sewer overflow — a common problem in over 700 cities and towns nationwide.

At present, the city is plagued with a combined sewer overflow, which is polluting the Mohawk River.

There is a combined sewer overflow outfall nearby.

• $ 5.1 million for Utica and $ 395,000 for the Town of Waterford, Saratoga County, to address problems that have led to combined sewer overflows.

«Plastic bags clog our storm drains, contribute significantly to the combined sewer overflows that degrade our rivers, and we spend literally millions of dollars each year to address these waste water problems,» Public Advocate Letitia James said.

More than a century of industrial dumping and combined sewer overflow has left the area filthy.

When large quantities of water flow into the combined sewer overflow systems, which make up 60 to 70 percent of the city's sewers, they tend to spill over into New York City's rivers.

We have called on Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano to conduct a comprehensive review of the cumulative impact that county - wide development will have on the facility, combined sewer overflows and the Hudson River.»

DEP is currently building green infrastructure in compliance with NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) requirements to reduce combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges into New York City's waterbodies.