This is interesting, because New York City's system is still
combined. A heavy rain routinely overloads the system and discharges
raw sewage into the environment.
http://riverkeeper.org/campaign.php/pollution/the_facts/986
And in nearby Hoboken, the city has tomatoes sprouting all over,
allegedly from seeds in sewage that flooded the area.
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2007/10/attack_of_the_killer_tomatoes.html
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2007/10/crappy_tomato_plants_growing_b.html
I don't know if it's true, but it makes an amusing story.
At 10:11 AM 10/30/2007, pethier@comcast.net wrote:
>We used to have combined sewers here, but a Federal Court Order
>caused us to separate the entire system a few decades ago.
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