The Newtown Creek plant is the largest of New York City's 14 wastewater treatment plants. The plant
01/15/2018
Wet wipes flushed down the toilet pollute the planet for 500 YEARS Most wipes aren’t designed to be flushed but nonetheless, consumers chuck baby wipes, cosmetic wipes and others down the loo, with awful consequences.
01/15/2018
Brilliant Minds of Trash and Sewage - Here's The Thing - WNYC Studios Two of the world's leading thinker-practitioners on how humans can handle our huge and growing output of wastewater and trash.
01/15/2018
From Bicycles to Wooden Beams: The Weird Stuff Found in City Sewage While potentially amusing, foreign items can cause serious damage to a sewage treatment plant’s infrastructure.
01/15/2018
Our sludge boats do a job that we simply can’t live without — transporting liquid sludge from our 14 wastewater treatment plants. In a city that treats 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater daily, aren’t you glad that someone’s on the job? http://bit.ly/2kzaG9Y
10/25/2017
Newtown Creek Digester Eggs Among the most dramatic elements of Newtown Creek’s new plant are its eight futuristic, stainless steel-clad digester eggs. Processing as much as...
05/03/2017
Acconci Studio - NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Acconci’s artwork “shakes” or “loosens” the edge of the Newtown Creek Visitor's Center, where the plant and the neighborhood meet.
02/03/2016
These de-commissioned thickeners at Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant are in the process of becoming a receiving tank for pre-processed organic food waste or "bioslurry." Once construction is complete, the bioslurry will be incorporated into the wastewater treatment process, which will help to reduce the amount of organic waste sent to landfills, produce a reliable source of clean energy, and improve air quality! http://bit.ly/1meeGdC
Digester Egg Tour Registration The New York City Department of Environmental Protection invites you to attend our Valentine’s Day Digester Egg Tour at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Tours are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. To view available times and to register for a tour, pleas…
02/03/2016
It's that time of year again! Join us on February 6 for our Valentine's Day Digester Egg Tours at Newtown Creek. Advance registration is required and tickets go quickly, so be sure to register on our website: http://on.nyc.gov/1PjVdUw
08/21/2015
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