The Sludge Boat...Soon Will Be Making Another Run

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Arun Venugopal
WNYC News | Jul 13, 2010

8,000,000 New Yorkers generate a whole lot of sewage, and on any given day some of that sewage - more than 2,000,000 gallons - is being shipped around on the city's waterways. I was treated to a ride on the city's fancy new sludge boat, dubbed the Red Hook.

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