Red Hook’s wastewater treatment plant has been discharging pollutants into the environment at levels that exceed allowable limits for years, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data. These violations of the plant’s operating permit began in the summer of 2022 and worsened significantly at the beginning of this year. The EPA data has fueled growing concerns from residents about contamination in the tributary that runs downstream from the plant, leading to the Saw Kill, which empties into the Hudson River. “I’m just more and more alarmed each time I hear about the non-compliance and violations that we were never made...

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