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What Happens When 25,000 Amazon Workers Flush Toilets?

An outfall between the East River and wetlands designed to absorb stormwater inside Hunters Point Park South in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York, Dec. 1, 2018. Amazon plans to build a campus for as many as 25,000 workers over an aging sewage system in the neighborhood. The city says the pipes can handle the wastewater, but residents are worried. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)