Comments on: Behind Corrugated Walls: A Tour of Local Toxicity

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:13:26 +0000

Dresden – It doesn’t take much rain at all to flood the sewer system. Raw sewage enters our waterways almost every time it rains.

http://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/stop-polluters/cso/

Also, while it would take a considerable amount of time and money to fix our sewers, it is possible, and there are ways to reduce the volume of storm water run-off that is at the root of this problem.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:50:14 +0000

Okay geniuses, we have indoor plumbing. When it rains a lot (and I mean a lot) as it does about twice a year, the sewers flood into the water “runoff” which dumps into the waterways. This is not uncommon in ALL urban environments. What remedy would you suggest? Fact is, there isn’t one. People living in densities like this piss and shit too much material to avoid this reality.

Otherwise, yeah, industry is dirty. We aren’t meant to live next to it. But don’t you like having your modern conveniences?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:20:59 +0000

the living bread! always wondered about that place. So, what’s fret worthy about that place?

By: NewtownSurfer

NewtownSurfer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:22:38 +0000

I’ve worked in a building right on the creek. Once we walked in to find inches of water in the building- which was directly from the wretched source. My ingenious friend stepped in it barefoot.

Two things;
1) At least they pulled most of the cars out!

2) Most of the workers I know there fret more about the Living Bread deli than they do about the polluting facilitites…

By: BrooklynJTrain

BrooklynJTrain — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:55:42 +0000

Excellent Article and Pics Diego…

Although the guy slumped over was most likely high on heroin. =0/

By: Aaron Short

Aaron Short — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:56:57 +0000

Dude, nice piece. I linked it up. So, um… you got a new bike?

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:08:21 +0000

Chillin – some people work in these areas all day. I wonder how severely it effects their life expectancy …

By: Professional Alternative

Professional Alternative — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:55:51 +0000

That is nasty. NASTY.

By: chillinoncentral

chillinoncentral — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:38:28 +0000

Diego, you should know better than riding a bike (breathing profusely) on a windy day (such as your tour day) at these particular locations.

“the sewer outfall discharges about 586 millions gallons of raw sewage into Newtown Creek every year.” – WOW! That’s 1.6 million gallons of feces or urine dumped into the Newton Creek waterways per day! ewww!