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Old 03-05-2005, 10:17 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Location: Buffalo, NY
I'm in an Environmental class right now, and we talked about our city's (Buffalo) system. Basically, it is a combined storm/sewer, and minimal amounts of rain will overflow the system. I think the professor said that between 100-120 days a year the system overflows and dumps completely untreated waste water directly into Lake Erie. I'm sure this is happening in a LOT of cities.
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