Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Meeting Tuesday, May 26, 2015 41 1st Street, Brooklyn NY 11231, Mary Star of the Sea, Community Room EPA UPDATE Report from Christos Tsiamis, EPA Project… Read more »
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Minutes of the March 24, 2015 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Meeting Tuesday, March 24, 2015 41 1st St. Brooklyn NY 11231, Mary Star of the Sea, Community Room EPA UPDATE Report from Natalie Loney, EPA Region 2… Read more »
In Memoriam: Bette Stoltz
We are terribly saddened to learn of the passing of our Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group colleague, and long-time local activist, Bette Stoltz, who died Thursday, November 19 after a brief… Read more »
Swimmable? Maybe some day. But we’re resolved that Gowanus Canal water quality improves.
In light of the second Gowanus Canal swim this year by clean-water activist Christopher Swain, we thought we’d reiterate that the first resolution passed by the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory… Read more »
NYSDEC Announces Start of Remediation Work at Gowanus Canal Northside Brownfield Site
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is beginning remediation of the Gowanus Canal Northside site (also known as the Bayside Fuel Oil Depot) under New York State’s Brownfield Cleanup Program…. Read more »
NYSDEC Issues Record of Decision for K-Fulton Works MGP Site Cleanup
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation today issued the Record of Decision (ROD) for the K-Fulton Works site (NYSDEC site #224051), principally bordering the eastern edge of the head of… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting, July 28, 6:30 p.m.
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group will hold its July 2015 General Meeting at the Mary Star of the Sea Senior Residences, at 41 1st Street in Carroll Gardens, at… Read more »
Ask CityLab: Why Do Sewer Systems Leak Noxious Waste in the Summer?
Here’s a good explainer from CityLab on Combined Sewer Overflows: how combined sewer systems work, why overflows are so problematic, and simple steps you can take to help reduce CSOs…. Read more »
NYC DEP Releases Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan for the Gowanus Canal
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Wastewater Treatment has released the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan for the Gowanus Canal. Click the image below to… Read more »
NYC DEP Submits Draft CSO Facility Site Recommendation Reports to EPA
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection submitted the Draft CSO Facility Site Recommendation Reports to the EPA last week, for the RH-034 (head-end of the Gowanus Canal) and… Read more »