CONSTRUCTION ON THE NORTH RIVER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. TREATMENT PLANTS IN MOST OF THE 31 MAJOR DRAINAGE AREAS DISPOSE OF THEIR SLUDGE IN THE NEW YORK BIGHT ABOUT 12 MILES FROM ENTRANCE TO NEW YORK HARBOR AND LONG ISLAND BEACHES IN 1973 THERE WERE 5.8 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE DUMPED INTO THE WATERS OF THE BIGHT. THIS VOLUME IS EXPECTED TO TRIPLE IN A FEW YEARS
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