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Finish the breakfast dishes, take a shower, flush the toilet, brush your teeth, boil some water for tea and then sit down to hear reporting and interviews on the city’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2015

Uncategorized

An Hour-Long Special Report on NYC’s Water System

WNYC and City Limits teamed up last month for a series of radio stories and investigative articles on the city’s water system. Now, like a great summer beach-read that’s been…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2015

Opinion

City’s Sewer Overflows are Your Problem, too

A coalition of water-quality groups outline ways that policymakers, city workers and individual residents can make a dent in the amount of untreated water that taints New York’s creeks, rivers…

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Jul 2015

Uncategorized

City Proposes Nine-Figure Plan to Fight Bronx River Pollution

The proposal aims to reduce sewage overflows in the salt-water section of the resilient little river. But the bigger obstacles to fishing and swimming it might lie upstream.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jun 2015

Uncategorized

Bright Lights Protect NYers from Water System Bugs: A Photo Essay

New York City’s ultraviolet disinfection facility combines steel, light and water in an effort to prevent waterborne illnesses from afflicting New Yorkers.

ByAdi Talwar 0Comments

19

Jun 2015

Investigations

New York Confronts Polluted Past in its Waterways

Of all the challenges facing the city’s awe-inspiring water system, the most contentious might be playing out now at Flushing Bay, the Bronx River and other waterways, where a push…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

17

Jun 2015

Health

City Tracks Tummy Trouble to Identify Water Problems

The departments of health and environmental protection log purchases of stomach medicine from major drug-store chains as part of an effort to spot water contamination.

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

17

Jun 2015

Investigations

Croton Plant Still Stirs Anger, Questions about Water Projects

The federally mandated plant in the Bronx is finally operating, but neighbors still wonder why a site that was supposed to save money ended up costing $2 billion more than…

ByAdam Wisnieski 1Comment

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Jun 2015

Investigations

Watershed Residents Offered Buyout of Flood-Damaged Homes

FEMA deals didn’t work for many upstate residents affected by 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene. So New York’s DEP is offering to buy some homeowners out—a way to improve city-watershed relations…

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

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Jun 2015

Investigations

City’s Watershed Protection Plan Seeks Difficult Balance Upstate

Since 1997, New York City has spent $438 million to protect 135,149 acres of land in the Catskill/Delaware watershed, a land area greater than Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens combined. Decades-old…

ByAdam Wisnieski 5Comments

Resisting Development, Battling Leaks, Stemming Sewage: The Quiet Drama of NYC Water

An Hour-Long Special Report on NYC’s Water System

City’s Sewer Overflows are Your Problem, too

City Proposes Nine-Figure Plan to Fight Bronx River Pollution

Bright Lights Protect NYers from Water System Bugs: A Photo Essay

New York Confronts Polluted Past in its Waterways

City Tracks Tummy Trouble to Identify Water Problems

Croton Plant Still Stirs Anger, Questions about Water Projects

Watershed Residents Offered Buyout of Flood-Damaged Homes

City’s Watershed Protection Plan Seeks Difficult Balance Upstate

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