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.
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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.
Albany’s Melrose neighborhoods fear development could cause overflows – Albany Times Union
Residents peppered Albany Water Department officials with questions Tuesday evening during the Melrose Neighborhood Association meeting at the Pine Hills library branch, seeking assurance that new development won’t exacerbate sewage overflows homeowners already deal with.
Comptroller warns on sewage pollution issues – Albany Times Union
ALBANY — It will take many years and billions of dollars to fix aging municipal sewer systems that spill sewage into waterways after it rains, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli warned Thursday.
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
Albany is an old city, built atop layers of old infrastructure. And it’s currently taking on a problem that is literally a hundred years — or more — in the making. 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…
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Public airing on $45M sewer facility in Lincoln Park set for Monday – Times Union
A proposed $45 million facility that would help address Albany’s longstanding issue with untreated sewage discharges into the Hudson River will get another public airing on Monday.