Mid Hudson Times Nov. 25 2015 | Page 3

3 Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Pipe discharges raw sewage into Hudson River By SHANTAL RILEY [email protected] An outfall pipe was discharging raw, undiluted sewage into the Hudson River and had been for decades. That was the gist of a public advisory issued by the City of Newburgh last week. And, according to city officials, had it not been discovered by contractors, there is no telling how long it would have continued to do so. Emergency repairs and a new portion of sewer main diverting the dry-weather discharge to the city sewer plant were completed by contractors a few days following the announcement. The discharge was discovered as contractors explored the city sewer system with a robotic came