From the intersection of Columbia Street and Broadway down to Primeau Park at George Street, the city is laying 48-inch diameter pipe and making use of underground 19th-century infrastructure that was used to channel streams and handle stormwater flow to try to end flooding and sewage overflow.
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View our Program Update Presentation to the Hudson River Watershed Alliance
Martin Daley, CDRPC’s Director of Water Quality Programs, presented Albany Pool Communities’ program updates to the Hudson River Watershed Alliance at their virtual September breakfast lecture. A recording of Martin’s presentation is available on the Hudson River Watershed Alliance’s YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/d2d9bl2Tfwk
Mayor Sheehan happy with progress at Beaver Creek Clean River Project – WNYT
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan says the Beaver Creek Clean River Project is the most environmentally beneficial project in the city in decades.
A look at how Lincoln Park’s huge hole will save Hudson River – Albany Times Union
Just outside the Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology sits the beginning of one of the largest public works projects in the city in decades – a $45 million effort to reduce the amount of raw waste that enters the Hudson River during heavy rains.
Managing Sewage Overflows Can Help Abate Climate Change – WAMC
As global climate strikes take place across the region today, another focus of climate change is an unaccounted-for source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hudson River sewage overflows are the culprit, and a new study suggests that stopping water pollution is an untapped strategy to mitigate climate change.
Concerns of water pollution drive greener construction trends – Albany Times Union
Communities across the Capital Region are installing various green infrastructure measures to mitigate stormwater runoff, but each person can do their part to help with water pollution, local flooding and combined sewer overflows that plague cities across the country, too.
Cities are using new cloud technology to fight increasingly expensive and catastrophic flooding – CNBC
Intense storms are becoming much more frequent, resulting in heavier rainfall and flooding that wreaks havoc on local infrastructures, budgets and economies.
The plan to fix a problem in Albany that’s been a century in the making — and the concerns about that fix – All Over Albany
Large portions of Albany’s (very old) sewer system combine both sewage and stormwater. And when it rains a lot, the system can’t handle all that water. So the sewage ends up in the Hudson River. Yep, gross. It’s a serious environmental and health problem. But the city and its neighbors are currently working on a…
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Quail St. Project: Making Albany Permeable – WAMC
One of Albany’s busiest thoroughfares is getting a makeover, but there’s more to the project than meets the eye.
Storm, melting snow drive municipal sewage spills in Hudson River – Albany Times Union
When large amounts of rain or snowmelt flow into storm drains, the increased volumes exceed the treatment capacity at the plant. That causes a mix of untreated sewage and water to be diverted around the plant and into the river.
The plan for a sewer facility in Lincoln Park is set to move forward next year — with a significant change – All Over Albany
The project still includes a new sewer facility and park space in the old Beaver Creek ravine, but engineers have made a significant design change that officials say will result in both a smaller footprint and smaller impact.
Keeping sewage overflow at bay in Albany – News 10
Every year millions of gallons of sewage flow into the Hudson River and it’s especially bad when there’s torrential rainfall. When heavy rains cause sewage overflow a new $8 million project will keep debris from making its way into the Hudson River but it won’t keep out the sewage.