Combined Sewage Overflow and Plankton: An Analysis of Ecological Disruption in an Urban Waterway

My poster presentation will describe the adverse implications imposed by outdated gray infrastructure like "Combined Sewage Overflow" pipes on an urban waterway. I will examine the correlation of oscillating peaks in Enterococcus bacteria and plankton that directly follow rainfall above 0.5 inches at Dutch Kills Basin in Newtown Creek, NY.