An interesting listserv covering the waterfront is "Waterwire", organized out
of the Municipal Art Society.  The first page of this week's issue follows.

Cross-posted by Christopher "I'm boycotting B-P until we haze new members"
Gray

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> From: [log in to unmask] (Carter Craft)
>  To:  [log in to unmask]
>
>  W A T E R W I R E , December 2, 1999
>
>  o SLUDGE: IT DOES THE DESERT GOOD?
>  o WILL SLEEPY HOLLOW LEARN FROM SANDY HOOK?
>  o SAVING WHAT'S LEFT; THE EASTERN DISTRICT TERMINAL SAGA
>  o NJ COULD OPEN SENSITIVE LAND TO BUILDERS
>  o CLEANING UP HUDSON RIVER CONFUSION
>  o EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
>  o CALENDAR
>
>  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>
>  o SLUDGE: IT DOES THE DESERT GOOD?
>
>  For all the discussion about the 13+ million cubic yards of dredge "spoil"
>  that will likely be generated by port expansion, there is relatively little
>  consideration given locally to the sea of sludge produced by sewage
>  treatment.
>
>  As was noted recently in a bulletin posted by the Texas Employees for
>  Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Texas Governor George Bush has
"quietly
>  created the nation's largest dump for sewage sludge" in a small town on the
>  border between Mexico and the US called, ironically, Sierra Blanca.
>
>  Texas is now spreading more than 200 "wet" tons a day of human and
>  industrial waste from New York City - nearly one fifth of all the Big
>  Apple's sludge - on the ground outside of the town, an activity that has
>  prompt a rash of health and odor complaints from nearby residents.
>
>  It has been noted that the Big Apple sludge flowing to Texas contains an
>