What would it take to make NYC's waterways safe for swimming?

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Rosemary Misdary
WNYC News | Jun 12, 2024

Cleaning up more waterways and making them swimmer-friendly would give New Yorkers who don’t live near pools or beaches an easy place to swim. But doing so would be expensive. The city’s aging sewer system has 700 outfalls — or pipes — along the city’s waterfront that discharge street litter and raw sewage directly into the rivers during heavy rain. 

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