New Riverkeeper report slams Hudson sewage contamination
Photo credit: John Meore | A sign and a locked gate keep people from accessing the Hudson River at Kingsland Park in Sleepy Hollow. (Aug. 9, 2012)
The environmental group Riverkeeper is calling for increased enforcement against polluters and updated state water quality standards after nearly a quarter of recent Hudson River water samples contained unacceptable levels of sewage contamination.
A newly completed study by the group, "How Is the Water? 2012," is based on water samples taken by the organization from New York Harbor to Troy...
