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(7) In a 1979 presentation to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries 

 Committee, data submitted by the City of New York projected 

 that by the year 2000, the City would be producing 500-600 

 dry tons of sludge per day, approximately double what the 

 City produces now. Has that figure been revised, or is the 

 City still expected to double its sludge production in the 

 next 20 years? 



The following table shows the anticipated sludge production on a 

 plant by plant basis for the year 2000. 



2000 



Projected sludge Production 

 (Dry Tons) 



Wards Island 16,529 



Hunts Point 8,382 



26th Ward 4,320 



Coney Island . 12,342 



Owls Head " 11,620 



Newtown Creek 25,298 



Jamaica . .^ 9,376 . ^ 



Tallman Island 5,267 



Bowery Bay 12,019 



Rockaway 829 



Oakwood Seach 2,070 



Port Richmond 4,405 



Red Hook 2,676 



North River 14,019 



TOTAL 129,355 



\ or 354.4 Dry Tons/Day 



The revised estimate of 354.4 Dry Tons/day for the year 2,000 

 represents an increase in sludge quantities of only 23.5 percent 

 over 1980 sewage sludge volumes. 



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