Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1967 birnin ya gina Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, wanda a yanzu shi ne mafi girma da ke kula da tsabtace ruwa mai tsabta wanda ke aiki da New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Yana kan gabar kudu kusa da bakin rafin a Greenpoint, masana'antar tana kula da babban yanki na magudanar ruwa daga Gabashin Manhattan. Ruwan najasa daga Gundumar Kudi, Greenwich Village, Lower East Side, Midtown East da East Side har zuwa titin 71 yana gudana ta bututun magudanan ruwa zuwa bututun mai shiga zuwa tashar famfo ta 13th Street a 13th Street da Avenue D, daga inda ake aikawa a ƙarƙashin Kogin Gabas zuwa shuka. Yawan shigowa na yau da kullun ne, wanda ke ƙaruwa a lokacin yanayi mai ruwa. Lokacin da aka yi ambaliyar ruwa mai yawa a lokacin katsewar wutar lantarki na Birnin New York na 1977 (na ruwan najasa da aka zubo cikin Kogin Gabas), gwamnatin tarayya ta ba da umarnin a 1995 cewa garin ya gina wuraren ajiya. Duk da wannan, da Northeast blackout na 2003
An samar da shi ne daga ruwan najasa da aka zubar.