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562:"Nearly 30 Years and $ 3.5 Billion Later, NYC Gets Its First Filtration Plant"
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653:"Water Hazard?; Plan to Put Filtration Plant Under Park Angers the Bronx"
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303:Background
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127:73°52′44″W
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1344:NYC No. 2
1339:NYC No. 1
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