Septage dumping costs in the Catskill Mountains of New York will remain the same because a New York City agency reversed an earlier decision to curtail the amount of septage it accepts.
Earlier in the year, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection decided its wastewater treatment facilities in the Catskills would accept only 26,000 gallons of septage per week instead of the current 71,000 gallons, reported the Albany Times Union. In April, Paul v. Rush, the department’s deputy commissioner, wrote a letter saying the city would continue to accept the larger volume of waste for the time being.
The city department has
