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Most of NYC's sewers are combined sewers, meaning they collect both sewage from buildings and stormwater runoff from the streets in a single pipe and carry it all to a wastewater treatment plant. During times of significant rainfall or snowmelt, however, the increased volume of runoff entering the sewer can exceed the capacity of the system. In order to prevent a backup, the excess (including untreated sewage) is dumped directly into area waterways.
Some areas of the city, however, like almost all of southeastern Queens, have two separate sewer systems: one that carries sewage from buildings to a treatment plant and one that channels stormwater runoff directly to a local waterway. This prevents heavy volumes of runoff from overloading the treatment system and causing sewage overflows, but it also means that any pollutants in the runoff will be discharged into the city's waterways without treatment. Hence the warning on the storm drain above, which I assume was painted pink to call further attention to its message. (Other nearby storm drains were painted bright colors as well. Also, if you're wondering what the green and white dots are, here's your answer.)
The overcast sky and fireworks smoke made this last dump and burn ever (for Riverfire) look like a glowing candle in the sky.
Do you reckon we'll see the F111's do a dump and burn at Indy? I reckon there might be a good chance.
Towards the end of Riverfire I was trying to take shots with people in the foreground with my wideangle, I thought it makes the photos more interesting, might try this next time there is fireworks on.
A massive 60 shot upload to keep you all occupied for the next week or so whilst I nip out and take a few more shots.
Please pace yourself, I don't want any complains of Repetative Shot Syndrome...
I'll be adding individual titles and details of what you are looking at (assuming you are bothering to look) as and when I get time. Although I'm not always sure what I'm looking at as, despite several visits to Skye over the years, this is the first time I've actually managed to see the view!
This, apparently is how the whole dump-n-burn thing was discovered - during an aborted landing, the aircrew decided to dump fuel while running on reheat for additional thrust - and the dumped fuel ignited. A lucky accident, but sooooo spectacular.
this is the house that was once known as "the crescent street apartments". it was here that margaret mitchell wrote most of her novel "gone with the wind" in the early 1930's. the house is now a museum dedicated to margaret mitchell and gone with the wind. miss michell while living here often refered to it as "the dump".
items in this picture:
an outdated, broken desktop computer
a rusted barbecue
a broken bird feeder
an old fish tank missing it's lid
a weed wacker which is missing a piece
my beautiful friend Erin, a subject thrown away and unwanted.
7 September 2017. Pieces of concrete rubble; plus a bag with garden waste and litter. Dumped in a green area of the Homes for Haringey flats at 93-98 Holcombe Road N17.
First reported to Haringey Council on 16 August 2017 via the free website FixMyStreet.
About Failure Demand
The management writer John Seddon uses the term "failure demand". It describes extra, usually unnecessary, work which is generated because an organisation fails to carry out a task quickly and efficiently.
  Subsequent requests for the work to be done; or completed are likely to increase the costs. Each repeat request generates more work and added expense; Including in simply processing the unmet or incomplete request.
  The minor example above illustrates this. Council contractors visited n the same place twice; one trip entirely unnecessary. Plus further additional work in processinnd recording.
§ Read about Failure Demand in Wikipedia.
I've no idea who made this behemoth as there were no badges on it, and it just seems to have been dumped in this field in Rossendale. I wouldn't fancy the job of getting that tyre on again.
I think word is getting around, when the cowboy is working the dump, all dogs get a treat! This is one of dozens to come thru today.
We took a drive to the dump today to get rid of the some of the
building materials we thought we were going to use. Another truck
pulled up behind us and was dumping all sorts of nice stuff. Wendy
jumped in and grabbed two of chairs and a pot. She is sitting in one
of the chairs here.
A dump on the outskirts of one of the many ghost towns along Route 66. It has outlasted most of the buildings.
I took this photo at the dump in Ajo, AZ. One of the guys who worked at the dump had obviously found a doll and impaled its head on a fence post. Creepy...
Opening of the overflow tunnel (Nevada side) leading overflow water downstream from Hoover Dam. Looks like it would carry a lot of overflow!
My first 3-D cake. I made this for my cousin's son's second birthday. He's really into trucks, and this Wilton's version was perfect.
In 2004 in the Soc Son district of Vietnam, construction began of the Nam Son Waste dump. The Urban Environmental Company was assigned to manage the dumping ground. However, the company failed to comply with conditions and obligations of the manager for solid waste containment and treatment in accordance with the regulations on industrial waste management causing deep discontent among the local people and their appeal against the company.
TAI partners undertook a case study to evaluate how effective the government was providing public access to justice. The findings showed that there have been legal regulations established to support public access to justice but they are not detailed and are incomplete. The capacity of State agencies and juries remained weak, resulting in the people's prolonged suit.