As the number of oysters descends, The harbor gets worse, NYC  harbor is being taken over by Combined sewer overflows. Combined sewer overflows are so bad that the population of oysters are not doing good. NYC harbors biggest problem is combined sewer overflows and some people think that all we can do is  watch, but that is wrong by reading this  you can know what to do to help save NYC harbor.NYC harbor needs oysters a keystone species  to help clean the water and bring back life for other species.

CSO’s will not help the harbor. One of the biggest reasons that NYC harbor is polluted is because  of CSO’s (Combined Sewer Overflows.) CSO’s are releases of untreated sewage and polluted stormwater. The reason CSO’s happen is when it is raining and there is sewage the sewers can not take it so for backup they have other pipes where the raw sewage goes into the river causing a lot of disgusting pollution to the NYC harbor. It also doesn’t help that “approximately 70 percent of NYC’s sewers are connected” ( Sarah Crean, 2015) that is something that will cause more CSO’s

You might not realize this but pollution is not just bad for people it is also bad for the water and animals. Like I said before you are right pollution is bad for people. Going into the hudson river will get you very sick because of all the pollution and pathogenic bacteria “ This puts New yorkers in in potential contact with pathogenic bacteria” ( Sarah Crean,2015). Also Pathogenic bacteria from CSO’s and pollution will and has really hurt the animals who live in  NYC harbor like oysters who are only trying to help Nyc harbor yet we do not realize that we are making this happen  what did oysters ever do to us they are just  trying to help.

You might be thinking now why oyster? What is so great about little oysters? Well Oysters are really good for the ecosystem, they will also help bring other species to NYC harbor, they are filter feeders, and lots of people find oysters very tasty to eat yum!  yum! So you might be saying how do they help the ecosystem? Well they help the ecosystem by eating algae and all the gross things in NYC harbor that make it dirty,they then poop out little tiny rings that sink to the bottom that then disintegrates and poof the gross things have disappeared making NYC harbor more clean.

Maybe the number of Oysters are descending, maybe CSO’s are taking over NYC harbor.But we can stop them we can raise more oysters, we can make NYC harbor a better harbor just try harder and harder and harder and we will have NYC harbor cleaned and have lots of oysters live in it. So go now and help the environment, come on go, come on go and help,  stop reading this and help Oysters help NYC harbor because we can do it!