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B. Major Sources of Pollution 
There are “ major sources of pollution in the New York Bight: 
1. Sewer outfalls 
2. Ocean disposal Seemhatione 
3. River discharge and land runoff 
4. nddtidental spills on land and at sea 
5. Vessel dvantiinnes of trash, bilge wastes, and sewage 
6. Mechanical pollution (Harbor debris) 
Descriptions of these follow: 
1. Sewer outfalls 
There are a total of 130 municipal waste outfalls emptying 
into the New York Bight summarized as follows: 
Number of Total Flow 
Receiving Water Discharges (MCD) 
1/ 
New York-New Jersey 
Metropolitan Area 57 1682.0 
2/ 
Intracoastal Waters 
of Nassau County 8 76.0 
Atlantic Ocean (New Jersey) 31 39.0 
3/ 
Intracoastal Waters 
of New Jersey Coastal Area 34 46.0 
TOTALS 130 1843.0 
1y/ tones i 
Includes the municipal wastewater discharges from New York and 
New Jersey to the Hudson River from the New Jersey-New York State 
line, the Upper and Lower Bays of New York Harbor, the Raritan Bay, © 
the Arthur Kill, the Kill Van Kull, the East River and Jamaica Bay 
2/ Includes the municipal wastewater discharges from Nassau County, 
New York, to the intracoastal waters along the southern Long Island 
shore. 
~ Includes the municipal wastewater discharges from Monmouth, Ocean, 
Atlantic, and Cape May Counties to the intracoastal waters along the 
New Jersey eastern shore. 
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