The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn is the largest of 14 wastewater treatment plants owned and operated by the New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection.
The former unlined landfill that operated in the town of Salina, N.Y., from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s and accepted all types of waste had been dormant for nearly 20 years.
The $27-million Johnson Avenue Yard Reconfiguration design-build project is part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority- Long Island Rail Road’s $301-million Jamaica capacity improvements, Phase I project.