Passaic Valley Water Commission...NASTY WATER!!

[Esox Luciano]

Went to a local spot to see wuts up. Where the Passaic River flows under the Market Street bridge in Elmwood Park/Paterson. Raw looking & smelling sewage is spewing from a pipe connecting to the bridge all into the water. I definitely suggest not fishing that area or downstream a bit till proper repairs are made.
I made a few calls to let the proper authorities know so we'll see what happens.

[Eskimo]

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Yuck.
Be careful not to mistake floating turds for surface feeding fish . :D

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/carlobertol/Myspace%20Stuff/FloatingTurds3.jpg


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[thefishermanmechanic]

Those are Hillary's baby Ruth's !

[River Renegade]

So glad i never went fishing at that river, only heard bad things over the years.

[icebadger]

is that mr hanky and his girlfriend skinny dippin?:confused: hidy-ho

[AndyS]

Thanx for making the calls !! See something, say something !!

[Rickhem]

I used to fish a lot at the Dundee falls in Garfield and that area above the falls would frequently be choked with grass clippings. And I mean like about ten or fifteen feet wide bands of floating clippings along the entire length of the Garfield shoreline. I've seen what that does on golf courses and it isn't good. This isn't just someone cutting their yard, it has to be a few soccer fields or large parks or something like that upstream. Never could figure out where it all came from but it had to be someplace upstream of the dam, and not more than a couple miles.

So out of curiosity, who do you call for this? I have the Game Thief number in my phone, but what about ecological stuff like this???

[Skunk City]

So glad i never went fishing at that river, only heard bad things over the years.

Yeah seriously, that river completely sucks :rolleyes::rolleyes:.

Esox, not sure if you have been following the current events on CSO's(combined sewage outflows), but a few groups are pushing hard to have the public notified promptly when it is released into the rivers.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/no-way-to-know-if-our-water-is-safe-1.1426161

[Esox Luciano]

Yeah seriously, that river completely sucks :rolleyes::rolleyes:.

Esox, not sure if you have been following the current events on CSO's(combined sewage outflows), but a few groups are pushing hard to have the public notified promptly when it is released into the rivers.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/no-way-to-know-if-our-water-is-safe-1.1426161

Even time I try to fish the Passaic River I waste my time & catch NOTHING!!

Would've been good to know beforehand of the sewage...but I'm thinking they found out by myself calling. Ppl that answer phones for police or municipalities are soo ufcking LAZY!! It's a phone; you pic it up, listen & talk, and God forbid they half to hang up to reach someone else needed for that same happening. From my experiences, ASK AND GET THEIR NAME BEFORE TELLING THEM YOURS!!

I really do hate LAZY PEOPLE!!

[NJSquatch]

YUMMY! Close encounters of the urban fisherman :(

Just to clarify these CSO's are owned by the City of Paterson and not Passaic Valley Sewerage (not water)Commission.

There are quit a few CSO's upstream of that location so there maybe other ones discharging. See attached map.

You can see where other CSO's are located further downstream and along other water bodies (Hackensack, Hudson, Elizabeth River, etc) on the DEP Geo Web. CSO's are located under the sites and facilities layers.

http://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm

[Esox Luciano]

Would've been good to know beforehand of the sewage...but I'm thinking they found out by myself calling.

Great that these sites posted exist, the more we know the better. But even though there is more than 1 CSO at this exact spot, the sewage was not coming from any. A pipe connected to the bridge itself that runs the length across the river and into the ground at each end (no openings), except where it busted & spewing into the water.

Didn't get a chance to get a look today, but because it's an actual pipe and not a CSO, don't think it has stopped.

[Esox Luciano]

Wondering after that last post if my river is indeed still getting "shit on", took a ride to see.
Yes, the pipe is still spewing into the water!! Had it been a CSO, probably would've stopped. Pulled up the same time as 2 gentlemen sent to survey the problem and one said as it was spewing as is, (which was a good amount), pumps turn on and make it shoot even more out until the pumps stop again. As he said this we actually watched the water shoot out more & he confirmed the "pumps" just kicked on.
At least the wheels are in motion, hope it gets taken care of properly soon.

[antgogz]

Interesting post. I have fished the passaic by a few different pipes in the past. I have smelled sewage pretty strongly in the past. I still caught fish so did not think anything of it. I just thought that it was normal after a heavy rain. But continuous days of it is very sad esox. Once after one of the bad floods back in 2009, I saw a couple of balls of used toilet paper shooting out of the pipe. It was disgusting. i will be sure to call if I ever see that again.

[AndyS]

I thought CSO's were only activated during high water events ?

[NJSquatch]

I thought CSO's were only activated during high water events ?

Yeah sounds like a broken bridge pipe in this case. God job on calling it in