the water which is why they cancelled them. This Website has actually grumbled of this circumstance to the Department of Environmental Management [DEP] and has actually started an effort to get them to examine the bacteria counts in the East River waterway off Hallets Cove [see below] Victoria reminded me about the North River Waste Water Treatment Plant spill in July of 2011. New York City North River Water Treatment Plant Sewage Spill 2011 In July of 2011, a fire broke out.
at the North River Water Treatment Plant in Manhattan along the Hudson River, because something occurred with among the plant pumps. Kayakers along the west side [who go for Pier 66 near 27th Street & near the boat basin at 72nd Streets in Manhattan] saw an uncommon quantity of sewage in the Hudson River and notified the media and New York City officials. In time the New York City federal government stopped the spill, however not before they had to dissuade swimming at beaches in Staten Island and Brooklyn.