Within the past year the Commission has established permanent offices to provide adequate and satisfactory working space for administrative engineering and laboratory personnel.
The nucleus of a technical staff has been engaged.
The Commissioners personally made detailed inspections of the more grossly polluted areas of the District.
Hearings required under the provisions of the Compact have been held throughout the entire District.
Classification has been designated for the entire water area of the District except the Central Metropolitan Section.
The first steps have been taken to require the abatement of pollution by certain municipalities now violating the Compact.
Public Opinion favorable to the objectives of the Commission is being rapidly formed.
Technical data has been accumulated.
Plans for financing abatement of pollution have been studied with bonding authorities.
There will be found within the body of this report a statement which attempts to visualize the magnitude of the pollution have been studied with bonding authorities.
There will be found within the body of this report a statement which attempts to visualize the magnitude of the pollution in the Interstate Sanitation District and the vast program that must be accomplished before pollution is abated. The report indicates that the amount of pollution entering the District is so great that if it had to be pumped, it would require 1,100 fire engines operating continuously twenty--four hours a day. Spaced at 50 foot intervals, they would occupy the Hudson River
The magnitude of the pollution and the number of municipalities violating the Compact make it obvious that the problem of abatement will require time, energy and money. The expenditures will be justified by the results.
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