New York has a combined sewer system, which means there is one ... One state rule requires public reporting whenever sewers overflow into bodies of water and threaten water quality.

The findings add to growing concerns the cities could be facing a public health crisis and emphasize an urgent need for ...

Elkins and his team have advocated for further planned reductions of combined sewer overflow into the creek, particularly as New York City leaders have committed to eradicating nearly all overflow ...

Bronx clean water advocates sounded the alarm Tuesday at a press conference in Mill Pond Park over a state proposal that ...

The deteriorating South Street interceptor sewer near the South ... heightening the risk of overflow. While rehabilitation was desperately needed, New York City’s Dept. of Design and ...

Instead of cycling through a wastewater treatment plant, that sewage-filled, untreated overflow gets dumped directly into waterways like the Hudson River in New York City . These combined sewer ...

Alexx Caceres is a native of East New York, one of the four focus neighborhoods ... infrastructure will help to prevent subsequent sewer overflows and floods. “They are trying to create ...

Alexx Caceres is a native of East New York, one of the four focus neighborhoods ... infrastructure will help to prevent subsequent sewer overflows and floods. “They are trying to create ...

“We’re seeing communities invest in reducing combined sewer overflows, which is awesome — that’s happening from the Capital District all the way to New York City," says Feaster. "And we ...