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Combined Sewer Overflows Discharge Billions of Gallons of Untreated Sewage Into NY's Waterways
- "When it rains significantly, the plants have to divert excess water directly to the waterbody through an outflow pipe. 460 Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) outfall pipes discharge an estimated 27 billion gallons of raw sewage and untreated stormwater annually into the New York harbor and surrounding waterways.” - excerpt from NY Riverkeeper's 2015 How's the Water report.
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