NYC Sewage Goes Green

In a very interesting article this week, the New York Times announced that the sewage system in New York City is "going green." The author, Mireya Navarro, does a very good job of explaining the shift from the city's older system to a more environmentally friendly version, and by citing city officials and lawyers involved in the program, her claims and facts are verifiable.

From holisticfuture.com

The program, which has already been put into place in other major cities in the U.S., involves solving the sewage overflow problem that New York has been facing for years. Until now, heavy rains have caused untreated sewage and storm water to run into city waterways, creating not only immense pollution, but also causing waterways not to meet "...federal standards for fishing, swimming and healthy habitats for wildlife." This new plan, one which the city has committed more than $2 billion, will solve this problem by using vegetation, soils and environmental infrastructure to retain storm water before it overloads the sewage limit.


I found this article to be both uplifting and well-written. It is short and to-the-point, but gives readers exactly what they need to understand all aspects of the new plan: the problem, recently accepted solution and facts that show what the expected results will be. The city officials either quoted or cited really help to substantiate the author's claims, and create a fuller story. I am pleased to see that this problem is finally being taken care of, and I think that this New York Times article does a wonderful job of displaying that to the greater American public.


Read this article at: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/a-greener-strategy-on-new-yorks-runaway-sewage/?ref=environment