harlem's best park - what's under riverbank state park
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RIVERBANK STATE PARK IN
HARLEM, NY IS LOCATED ON
145TH & RIVERSIDE DRIVE,
OVER AN OPEN SEWER
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RIVERBANK STATE PARK AND
NORTH RIVER WATER POLLUTION
TREATMENT PLANT (SEWER)
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Hangin’ on the Hudson
Pictures from under
Riverbank State Park
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Intake Area
Sewage Under
the Floor
OVER 100 MILLION
GALLONS PER DAY
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PUMPS
PUMPS
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Systems
Control
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RUNNING EXCREMENT
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Primary Tank
Covers
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Secondary
Tanks
UNCOVERED
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Notice The Steam
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The water in this tank is 85-95% clean.
What’s in the other 5-15% that is strong
enough to survive chlorine?
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Nobody knows
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This thickner helps transform the sewage
into fertilizer that is used to grow food.
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Boat going out with Sludge (sewage material without most of the liquids)
Boats leave 5-7 times a week
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AIR SCRUBBER
TANKS
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AIR FILTERS
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Year NYC Harlem
1984 -Plant Construction
13.6 16.0
1985 - Plant built 13.4 23.3
1986 12.8 27.6
1987 13.1 20.9
1988 13.4 22.0
1989 13.3 23.4
1990 7.6 27.7
1991 -Primary Tanks Covered
11.4 19.2
1992 10.2 15.9
1993 - Crack in tank 10.2 25.
North River Plant and Infant Mortality Rates
in NYC and Harlem 1984-1993
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By:
J. Nayer Hardin
Computer Underground Railroad Enterprises