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Dumped On

City crews in Albany, N.Y., investigating the source of raw sewage being dumped into the Hudson River, found it: a five-storey building had never been hooked into the city’s sewer system; its sewage, about five gallons a minute, was flowing into a storm drain, which led to the river. The sewer pipes in the area were installed in 1913, so the problem had been going on for more than a century. “Someone back in 1913 was not doing their job,” offered Albany Water Commissioner Joe Coffey, who says the city will pay for the work to hook up the building. “When we find issues like this, we fix them.” (RC/Albany Times Union) ...That’s the word that worries Albanians: “when.”