NYCkayaker Hudson River (Yonkers vicinity) Warning

[Richard Clifford]

*Please be advised:*
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*Sewage still pouring into Hudson; boaters warned*

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070505/NEWS02/705050394

(Original publication: May 5, 2007)

YONKERS -Boaters and others should avoid contact with the Hudson River 
today, because a broken sewer line that has dumped millions of gallons 
of raw sewage into the water has not yet been repaired.

The leak was reported yesterday afternoon. Westchester County work crews 
had to bring in fill and build a road just to reach the sewer, said Tom 
Lauro, the acting commissioner of the county's Department of 
Environmental Facilities.

"The machines were getting bogged down," he said. "It's a difficult area 
to get to."

Lauro said his crews hope to stop the leak by the end of the day today. 
By 1 p.m., about 4 million gallons will have spilled into the Hudson, 
Lauro said.

Meanwhile, crews have been pumping the sewage into storm drains so it 
does not overflow the nearby Metro-North tracks, Lauro said. The train 
tracks run between the pipe and the river.

The leak has not affected train service or residential sewer service, 
Lauro said.

The leak is in a 48-inch diameter line that carries sewage from 
Irvington to the North Yonkers pumping station.



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*Richard C. Clifford, Esq.*
Attorney at Law
1890 Palmer Avenue, Suite 302
Larchmont, NY 10538

Tel: (914) 834-0100 -or- 0757
Cell: (917) 854-5824
Fax: (914) 834-0888

RichardClifford at earthlink.net 
RichardClifford at NYSBar.com


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