NYCkayaker What Are the Issues NYC Kayakers Want to SeeAddressed by the Next President.

[David Gottlieb]

It's one of the following: Chicago, Cincinnati or Colorado Symphony
Orchestra... 

Actually, it is combined sewer overflow pollution  which is the discharging
of raw sewage into our lakes, rivers, estuaries, harbors and oceans....

Yeah, I can really see the presidential candidates talking about raw sewage
issues during their debates and seven-second tv spots..... HA!!!!....


On 1/21/08 9:48 AM, "Gordon, Peter" <pgordon at exchange.tc.columbia.edu>
wrote:

> What's CSO?
>  
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> From: nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net on behalf of baptowicz at comcast.net
> Sent: Mon 1/21/2008 7:05 AM
> To: TomBrooklyn; nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker What Are the Issues NYC Kayakers Want to SeeAddressed
> by the Next President.
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> Tom:
> 
> Just as requesting cleaner water is an appropriate objective, I would argue
> that asking for further reductions in CSO discharges, and not total CSO
> elimination, is reasonable.
> To eliminate CSO discharges from ever occuring would require a new piping
> system to be constructed in every street that contains a CSO pipe or the
> construction of a CSO storage reservoir that would store the stormwater until
> the rain event subsides and the reservoir can be slowly discharged into the
> wastewater treatment plant. If you look at the largest rain events that have
> ever ocurred, the storage requirements would simply be unreasonable.
> I would argue that what we want is for the CSO cities to continuously increase
> their capacity to capture ever increasing storm events. And by accomplishing
> this, all CSO discharge from the small and moderate storm events is
> elliminated. However, when the gully-washer occurs (and is that the time we
> want to be out there kayaking?), CSO is allowed to discharge. I would want to
> see specific numeric CSO reduction requiremnents - within a schedule - to be
> mandated for each CSO system.
> 
> Bruce Aptowicz
> 
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: TomBrooklyn <tombrook11232 at yahoo.com>
> 
>> What are the issues NYC Kayakers want the next US President to address or at
>> least
>> show a sensitivity or proclivity towards. I will suggest some things to
>> start.
>> I suppose Jim W would like to see the building of platforms be part of the
>> candidates platform.
>> 
>> 1. Waterfront access
>> 2. Cleaner Water
>> 3. Elimination of CSOs
>> 4. Oyster seeding
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