Locations of all the CSOs in the Capital Region are shown in Figure 1, which can be found at the website for the Albany Pool Communities CSO Notification System. CSO's are located near parks, restaurants, docks,
and parking lots.
Figure 1, a map of all of the CSOs in the Albany Pool provided by the model based monitoring system.
Green signs identifying “N.Y.S. Permitted Discharge Point” occur in pairs with one facing the river and one facing the shore (Figure 2). The signs provide two phone numbers to call for more information. There is no warning on these signs about the potential health risks either. There are 92 of these signs in the "Albany Pool;" consisting of the Cities of Albany, Troy, Rensselaer, Cohoes and Watervliet, and the Village of Green Island. 48 of them are in Troy.
Figure 2, shows a CSO as viewed from the river. Two folding chairs, presumably used for fishing, were located almost directly above the CSO. The red circle is around the green "N.Y.S. Permitted Discharge Point" sign.
Public health officials recommended to avoid waters near CSOs 48 hours after a rain event has ended. These sites are near public spaces that are used regardless of potential health risk. Presumably, this is due to the lack of direct public notification about these discharges, the safety precautions, and the dangers.
The Albany Pool does not actively monitor any CSOs. A predictive model was developed to estimate the probability of discharges from CCOs along the Hudson River. The model can be publicly viewed on a website and tells the user the probability that a
CSO will be discharging; either low, medium, or high. In other words, there is not
live monitoring system, only the probability based on a model.
The NYS DEC offers a grant for up to $50,000 for towns to install flow monitoring devices that would permit live monitoring of CSO effluents. Unfortunately, many municipalities do not apply for funds out of fear that the towns themselves may be saddled with expenses for installing additional monitoring devices in the future.
Figure 1, a map of all of the CSOs in the Albany Pool provided by the model based monitoring system.
Green signs identifying “N.Y.S. Permitted Discharge Point” occur in pairs with one facing the river and one facing the shore (Figure 2). The signs provide two phone numbers to call for more information. There is no warning on these signs about the potential health risks either. There are 92 of these signs in the "Albany Pool;" consisting of the Cities of Albany, Troy, Rensselaer, Cohoes and Watervliet, and the Village of Green Island. 48 of them are in Troy.
Figure 2, shows a CSO as viewed from the river. Two folding chairs, presumably used for fishing, were located almost directly above the CSO. The red circle is around the green "N.Y.S. Permitted Discharge Point" sign.
Public health officials recommended to avoid waters near CSOs 48 hours after a rain event has ended. These sites are near public spaces that are used regardless of potential health risk. Presumably, this is due to the lack of direct public notification about these discharges, the safety precautions, and the dangers.
The Albany Pool does not actively monitor any CSOs. A predictive model was developed to estimate the probability of discharges from CCOs along the Hudson River. The model can be publicly viewed on a website and tells the user the probability that a
CSO will be discharging; either low, medium, or high. In other words, there is not
live monitoring system, only the probability based on a model.The NYS DEC offers a grant for up to $50,000 for towns to install flow monitoring devices that would permit live monitoring of CSO effluents. Unfortunately, many municipalities do not apply for funds out of fear that the towns themselves may be saddled with expenses for installing additional monitoring devices in the future.
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