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Tag Archives: plume
What Effect Would Stopping the Flow Have on Ironman?
Westchester County officials say that repairs on a broken pipe are almost complete and they hope to stop discharging sewage into the Hudson River by Friday afternoon. So, what effect would shutting it down have on pathogen concentrations near George … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, Ironman, New York City, pathogen, plume, sewage, sewer, Sleepy Hollow, swim, Tarrytown, tracer, Yonkers
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Tracing the Sewage Plume and Impact on the Iron Man Swim
There’s nothing that says summer like a raw sewage leak into one of New York City’s major rivers. There was another sewage spill in the Hudson, this time due to a broken pipe and resulting diversion into the Hudson at … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, Ironman, New York City, pathogen, plume, sewage, sewer, Sleepy Hollow, swim, Tarrytown, tracer, Yonkers
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Pathogen Forecast for the Latest Hudson Sewage Spill
There was another sewage spill in the Hudson, from a broken sewage pipe at Ossining, New York. Fortunately, this time the volume was about one hundred times less than the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant spill back in July. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged beach, CSO, fishing, forecast, Haverstraw Bay, Hudson, Ossining, pathogen, plume, quality, river, Rockland, sewage, sewer, swimming, Tappan Zee, water, Westchester
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Bike Touring the Aftermath of the Riverbank Sewage Meltdown
You likely heard the news, that a fire at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, which lies beneath Riverbank State Park, disabled the facility Wednesday afternoon. As a result, the city cannot treat sewage from roughly half of Manhattan, and … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged CSO, fecal, Hudson River, Identify, New York City, plume, Riverbank, sewage, visual
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Latest plume forecast for Japan
Future Japan air and water radiation plume updates will continue at a different blog site so change your bookmarks. Predicted plume dispersion over the next 36 hours (through morning of 17 March, Japan Standard Time). Although the plume was directed … Continue reading
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Tagged forecast, Japan, nuclear, plume, radiation, Tokyo, wind
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