Environment
fromThe New Yorker
19 hours agoStaten Island's New Oyster Cult
Engineered breakwaters off Staten Island are attracting marine life and may host oyster reefs that improve water quality and restore native populations.
New York City's sewer system is over a century old. In much of the city, stormwater and sewage still flow through the same pipes. When it rains, even just a 10th of an inch in an hour, the system overflows. These combined sewer overflows (CSOs) happen around 90 to 100 days a year, releasing an estimated 27 billion gallons of untreated waste directly into local waterways. That's the water oysters are expected to filter.