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Sewer Backups Nearly Doubled in NYC Last Year Due to Climate Change

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  • Chuck McAlexander
    Posted September 25, 2022 at 7:33 pm

    Sewer backups are greatly aggravated by the tonnage of litter and other trash that is left on the streets. An enforced anti-littering law and a big advertising campaign to geberate public awareness and sympathy for cleaner streets and waterways would go a long way toward ameliorating the problem. An anti-littering culture has to be created.

  • Mary O'Shaughnessy
    Posted September 27, 2022 at 2:08 am

    I live in Wakefield, near the MTA rail yard for the 2 and 5 trains. We finally had our street sewer line cleaned a couple of months ago after intervention by our council member. One longtime homeowner is so frustrated by repeated backups that she told me she “will just walk away” after the next one.

  • Martha Danziger
    Posted September 27, 2022 at 2:46 pm

    Because of outdoor eating structures, bike lanes and illegal parking, I never see street sweepers anymore.
    As a result the street drains are usually covered with piles of garbage, leaves and food containers.
    This ends up in drain and causes flooding.
    Who is supposed to clean the drains? The businesses?

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