With hundreds of miles of combined sewers that carry both sewage and stormwater, massive overflows are common after even small rainfalls, fouling areas like the Gowanus Canal.
Fifty years ago, New York voters approved the Pure Waters Bond Act, a predecessor of the Clean Water Act, which set the national goal of making all our waters safe for swimming. The question now is whether we let the last generation’s investment go to waste.
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