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Water under the Gardens: A look back at 102 years of flushing tunnel malfunctions

By Megan Riesz

Feds: We know where Gowanus Canal filth is

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Gowanus Canal gets its motor running, but for how long?

By Megan Riesz

Lightbulb! Gowanus residents say Con Ed holds the key to saving park from tank invasion

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Lightbulb! Gowanus residents say Con Ed holds the key to saving park from tank invasion

By Megan Riesz

Tank battle: City defies feds, says it won’t build Gowanus sewage storage

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Tank rolls toward Gowanus park

By Megan Riesz

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Gearing up for a return to the Gowanus Canal’s industrial heyday, minus the toxic sludge

By Natalie Musumeci

Tank you very much! Feds’ final Gowanus Canal clean-up plan calls for giant sewage containers over city’s objections

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Tank you very much! Feds’ final Gowanus Canal clean-up plan calls for giant sewage containers over city’s objections

By Natalie Musumeci

Mini-Sponge Park bound for Gowanus

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Mini-Sponge Park bound for Gowanus

By Natalie Musumeci

Mayor on Gowanus: Tanks, but no tanks

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Mayor on Gowanus: Tanks, but no tanks

By Natalie Musumeci

Tank battle: City defies feds, says it won’t build Gowanus sewage storage

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Tank battle: City defies feds, says it won’t build Gowanus sewage storage

By Natalie Musumeci

Double D-saster! City closes Gowanus public pool for the summer!

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Save our pool! Residents battle feds Double-D closure plan

By Natalie Musumeci

Toxic avengers! Red Hookers want Gowanus sludge pier

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Toxic avengers! Red Hookers want Gowanus sludge pier

By Natalie Musumeci

Gowanus sludge could be made into concrete, added to Red Hook coast

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Red Hook activists to feds: Don’t put sludge in our backyard

By Natalie Musumeci

Superfund site specific: Pollution play staged beside Gowanus

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Superfund site specific: Pollution play staged beside Gowanus

By Natalie Musumeci

Gowanus sludge could be made into concrete, added to Red Hook coast

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Gowanus sludge could be made into concrete, added to Red Hook coast

By Natalie Musumeci

Double D-saster! City closes Gowanus public pool for the summer!

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Under the deep end! Feds may bury Gowanus sewage tank beneath Double D Pool

By Natalie Musumeci

RECAP: Dolphin swims into Gowanus Canal, meets its end

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RECAP: Dolphin swims into Gowanus Canal, meets its end

By Natalie Musumeci

Feds may watch the Gowanus Canal’s waste line

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Feds force city to keep sewage out of Gowanus; call for giant canal-side basins

By Natalie Musumeci

Levy metal! Scrappers fined for dumping into Gowanus

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Levy metal! Scrappers fined for dumping into Gowanus

By Natalie Musumeci

Mudslinging muckrakers! Dirt balls could clean Gowanus, eco-activists say

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Mudslinging muckrakers! Dirt balls could clean Gowanus, eco-activists say

By Katia Savchuk

The Gowanus Canal — a new tourist attraction?

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City: Flowers not sewers will keep waste out of boro’s waterways

By Daniel Bush

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