Table 19. Sewage Discharges in the New York— New Jersey Region of the Bight 



Receiving Water 



Number Total Flow* 



New York— New Jersey Metropolitan Area f 

 Intracoastal Waters of Nassau County J 

 Atlantic Ocean (New Jersey) 

 Intracoastal Waters of New Jersey Coastal Area § 



57 



1,682.0 



8 



76.0 



31 



39.0 



34 



46.0 



Total 



130 



1,843.0 



Ad Hoc Committee, 1970 

 * Million gallons per day 



■f 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. 



X 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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