Tag: riverkeeper
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Our Hot HAB Summer
Reclaiming our Rivers This summer brought news of a harmful algal bloom (HAB) that closed access to our village kayak launch in Horan’s Landing. The release of raw sewage from the Westchester County Wastewater Treatment Plant in Yonkers that closed our entire waterfront. In addition, the Yonkers plant continues permitted sewage overflows into the Hudson…
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State of the Hudson
The Yonkers Wastewater Recovery facility (where our sewage goes) lost power and discharged sewage into the river on July 3. Westchester County passed on the New York State warning telling people not to use the river.Then heavy rains that weekend lead to potentially more storm and wastewater in the river. The county told people to…
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Toxic Algae at Horan’s Landing
Similar Seen in Other Hudson River Coves The Village closed Horan’s Landing because of a confirmed Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) at Horan’s Landing June 12-14. This particular bloom is gone, but people have anecdotally reported these highly unusual blooms in coves along the Hudson this year, according to Sleepy Hollow resident and Riverkeeper president Tracy…
