Don’t Dump In, On Or Upstream From The Bronx!

Don’t these towns have water treatment systems? Septic tanks? Of course, there’s little need for such technology when you can just dump shit into the Bronx River:

Four Westchester municipalities — Scarsdale, White Plains, Mount Vernon and Greenburgh — agreed to stop discharging sewage into the Bronx River by May 1, 2007, under a Nov. 28 agreement reached with the attorney general and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Discharging untreated sewage is already against state law, but the prohibition lacked teeth before Spitzer’s office began testing water samples along the river and identifying which towns were responsible for violations. The towns have agreed to improve their storm-water systems and will pay fines for future violations.

“This will help make the river safe and swimmable for those of us downstream,” said Dart Westphal, chairman of the Bronx River Alliance, which oversees the 8-mile stretch of the river from the Westchester County line to where it empties into the East River.

Well, don’t go overboard there . . .

Location Scout: Bronx River.