Posts tagged Riverkeeper

Riverkeeper: Help Ensure Gowanus Cleanup Includes Toxic and Sewage Overflows

“Help Ensure Gowanus Cleanup Includes Toxic and Sewage Overflows Riverkeeper and our Brooklyn partners celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to include sharp reductions in sewage overflows as part of the proposed Superfund cleanup targeting toxic waste in the Gowanus Canal. Tackling combined sewage overflow (CSO) discharges, which typically occur during rain and wash high volumes […]

Fishermens’ Ball

Help us help our waterways Riverkeepers’ Fishermens’ Ball April 26, Chelsea Piers, NYC. Click for info and tickets. Make a commitment to safe water.

Swimming in the Hudson? Check your water here.

We have pretty good water..  just make sure  you do NOT go in after a rain event! HUGE difference! Check it out inside pdf below.  Great Charts. BTW: Albany’s Hudson River water is worse than NYC. RIverkeeper is doing a great job testing local NYC waterways. Look at this PDF:  RvK_How-Is-the-Water_2006-10 to see charts on […]